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MMD has won Muchinga

Former vice President George Kunda’s son Howard has scooped the Muchinga seat. He polled 3,419 votes closely trailed by PF’s Jeliat Ntembwe who polled 3,023 votes while NAREP’s Kenneth Ngosa polled a paltry 168 votes. The Patriotic Front (PF) was fielding 34-year-old Jeliaty Ntembwa who has been beaten MMD (Howard Kunda, 37) the son of [...]

The ruling PF has won the parliamentary bye-election in Chama North. The final results had not been announced by 23 hours local time but people in the MMD team confirmed that their candidate has lost. Yotam Mtayachalo was contesting on the MMD ticket in Chama North, while PF had January Zimba (PF).  Herbert Zimba  stood [...]

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Reigning champions Zambia will face Uganda in a home and away knock-out tie of the final qualifying round of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The first leg will be played between 7 – 9 September whilst the second leg will be played between 12 – 14 October. Zambia will play at home first while [...]

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Police have locked up six Evelyn Hone College students for taking part in the riots that have engulfed the biggest public college. Thursday afternoon, students at Evelyn Hone College rioted on the third day of demonstrations over PF government’s failure to improve sanitary and the general learning environment at the biggest public college. The students [...]

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United Party for National Development (UPND) has scooped the Livingstone Constituency seat with 11, 979 votes with a landslide margin Returning officer Elester Hazinji declared Reverend Howard Sikwela at 02:36 hours this morning as the duly elected candidate at the civic. Reverend Sikwela%u2019s closest rival Patriotic Front (PF%u2019s) Josephs Akafumba polled 8,318. Other contesting the [...]

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Despite major pronouncements that government media are doing fine under the PF regime, Times Printpak Zambia Limited which runs the Times of Zambia Newspaper is in deep financial woos and is not operating profitably. Looks like sales are dwindling due to the PF crap the paper propagates daily and companies are not advertising in the [...]

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The Road Traffic and Safety Agency (RTSA) has clarified that Inter-Cape Mainliner can legally operate on local routes in Zambia. RTSA Director, Fredrick Mwalusaka, explained that the bus company meets the necessary criteria to obtain a local road service licence in Zambia. Mr. Mwalusaka said the company has all the basic requirements to have a licence issued to them. [...]

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The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has castigated Open Society Foundation Executive  Director Sunday Chanda for accusing the former ruling party of being behind the massive unemployment in the country. Open Society Foundation is a one man NGO with no offices and the person running it Sunday Chanda lost parliamentary elections last year in Kanchibiya in Muchinga [...]

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The United States Embassy in Lusaka is compiling a report on the humiliation of their former president George W. Bush by Zambian president Michael Sata, the Watchdog has been informed. And the Watchdog understands that Sata’s sudden attack on Bush could be linked to a visit by a Zimbabwean minister at State House the day [...]

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Students at Evelyn Hone College have rioted on the third day of demonstrations over PF government’s failure to improve sanitary and the general learning environment at the biggest public college. The students are now also demanding an apology from PF minister of education John Phiri for shouting at then on Wednesday when he went to try to [...]

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