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Federation of employers happy with Sata’s de-linking labour ministry

  Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE) has commended President Michael Sata for delinking the labour portfolio from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Federation president Alfred Masupa said the decision by the President will significantly help enhance the effectiveness of the labour representation in the country. Mr. Masupa told ZANIS in Lusaka today that the [...]

Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)  Serenje District Youth Chairperson  Michael Mambwe is nursing wounds in Serenje District Hospital after being beaten by PF carders at Nchimishi in Chief Chibale’s area yesterday. Both District Police Officer Commanding Daniel M’seteka and District Hospital Medical Doctor,  Reached Kanki confirmed the incident to ZANIS. M’seteka said the incident happened [...]

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Dear Editor, Please allow me space on your website to express my concern on the ritual practices of  Father Franck Bwalya during last year’s campaign. During the elections campaign,  Frank Bwalya came up with a strange way of campaigning were he publicly strangle a chicken during a rally in Luanshya and sprinkling its blood on [...]

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The decision by Robert Amsterdam to position himself as the official mouthpiece of Rupiah Banda and some opposition political parties gives credence to the assertion that the claimed reputed lawyer is nothing more than a pure mercenary. Whereas his point of entry into the issues that concern Zambia involved his remote control style of representing [...]

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  Former Minister of Community Development and Social Services Michael Kaingu’s daughter Iris, has been found with a case to answer by the Lusaka Magistrate Court. This is in a matter in which Kaingu aged 20, a former Zambia Center for Accountancy Studies (ZCAS) student, is charged with one count of appearing in cinematography tending [...]

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Opposition political parties are mobilizing themselves to fight president Michael Sata on the streets, in court and in parliament over his decision to appoint and swear in two ministers on ministries that do not legally exist. The Watchdog understands that the opposition contend that the appointment and swearing in of Sylvia Masebo and Fackson Shamenda [...]

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President Michael Sata is expected in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this week. President Sata is going to attend the 19th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) is scheduled to take place from 09 to 16 July 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme: “Boosting Intra-African Trade” The 19th Ordinary [...]

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UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says former president Rupiah Banda was right to apologise to George Bush on behalf of Zambians. And Hichilema has maintained that he will write a letter to president Michael Sata to guide the president on how to behave and conduct himself when he meets foreign dignitaries. He said the letter will [...]

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President Michael Sata has re-shuffled cabinet and brought back two ministries he removed a few months ago. Sylvia Masebo has been given a cabinet ministry in charge of Tourism which has been de-linked from Foreign Affairs. This was how it was in the last government. Kennedy Sakeni will be the new Minister of Information and [...]

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A critical shortage of petrol has hit chipata district in Eastern Province A check by ZAINS in all the four filling stations this morning, found that only Caltex filling Station  had petrol while the other three stations had run out of the commodity. Motorists this morning were found at the caltex filling Station queuing up as early as 05 [...]

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