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Zambia army secretly recruiting army officers

Some top civil servants, PF politicians and senior army officers are secretly carrying out a recruitment exercise of their relatives who will join the army as commissioned officers, the said officers...

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Junior Chipolopolo go down 2-1 to Tunisia

The under 23 junior Chipolopolo have opened the CAF under 23 Championship in Senegal on a poor note losing 2-1 to Tunisia. The North Africans drew first blood hitting the back of the Zambian net...

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PF minister confirms abuse of money for mortuary equipment

Central province minister Davies Chisopa has confirmed that government is carrying out investigations into the abuse of money that was meant for mortuary equipment. He has however not stated how far,...

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Saunders says miners are bitter with PF

Political Analyst Dante Saunders says the continued job losses in the mining sector will have a negative impact on the performance of the PF during next year’s elections. Mr. Saunders has explained to...

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Brace for more suffering – Mwape

The Zambia council for social development (ZCSD) has charged that poverty levels in the country are likely to hit the highest mark under the current economic challenges. ZCSD Executive secretary Lewis...

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Kafue Gorge Lower Project might start producing power in 2020

President Edgar was yesterday praising himself on what he called ‘Zambia’s biggest investment in 40 years.’ He was boasting during the handover of the Kafue Gorge Lower Project ‘site’ to the contractor...

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Some of the hooligans who attacked Kabimba, Breeze Radio named

Some of the PF hooligans that were paid to attack Wynter Kabimba and stone Breeze FM are Kawana Mubiya, Tom Bowa, Henry Mumba, Joe Lung, Mabvuto Banda, Andrew Banda, Eliud Chalwa, some punk called ‘shi...

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Here is the list of ZAF successful applicants

You will recall that 73,000 desperate youths applied for jobs in the Zambia Air-force (ZAF) but that less 400 were selected. The less than 400 were supposed to start training last month but ZAF has not...

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Economy has recovered, says Kambwili

PF Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili says the Zambian economy is headed for a recovery following the appreciation of the kwacha and the recent increase of commodity prices at the international...

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Only intelligent people will vote for UPND in 2016 – Mumbi Phiri

PF Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri has charged that only intellectuals will vote for the UPND in the 2016 general elections. Mrs Phiri said the UPND has failed to convince the majority of Zambians...

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Printing press required for immediate purchase

Pre-owned Printing press. (like the one in photo). It must be able to print Newspapers, Books, Magazines, Calendars etc… Email the details, including photos of the Press (taken within 2 days of your...

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Photos of the day: miners yearn for HH, Anglo American

When miners who are losing jobs protested in Chingola last week, some of them were displaying placards yearning for Hakainde Hichilema to bring in Anglo American mining giant. Thousands of miners have...

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Lungu aborts Kabwe trip, as court grants Mulungushi Textiles ‘investor’...

President Edgar Lungu has abruptly cancelled his intended trip to Kabwe after learning that the Lusaka high Court has granted an injunction to Mohammed enterprises Tanzania Limited (METL) to restrain...

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Chanda gives Lungu free lessons on mine job losses

It’s not surprising to hear that President Edger Lungu is now asking miners to go back to the land, because in his view farming is the simplest job one can do. I disagree with him. During the ZCCM...

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No courts as Judicial workers country wide stop work

UNIONISED judiciary workers countrywide are on a go-slow in protest of a proposed salary increment of K100 by management following negotiations. The workers were demanding a K3,000 increment across the...

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Just after announcing fake austerity measures, PF set to get $1 billion loan...

The PF government says it expects to sign $1 billion in Chinese loans and investment at this week’s China-Africa summit in Johannesburg, in direct contradiction to ‘austerity’ measures announced by...

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Sinkamba punches holes in Lungu’ statement

Green Party Leader, Peter Sinkamba has charged that President Edgar Lungu’s press conference last week was full of inconsistencies and contradictory statements. Mr. Sinkamba in a telephone interview...

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‘2016 is going to be really hard for Zambia’

Price of headache medication soars as currency fuels inflation Borrowing costs set to rise amid slowest growth this century The Bank of Zambia’s currency headache just got a lot more expensive. The...

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Kwacha resumes losing value

Just like we reported last week, the Kwacha has started crumbling now that mining houses and other entities that were meeting tax and other monthly obligations have stopped buying the Kwacha. The...

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Reconfiguration of Zambia cabinet is affront to constitution

  By Chanda Nkholoma – Tembo   During the month of October 2015, the President of the Republic of Zambia made an announcement inviting deputy ministers and provincial deputy Ministers to attend cabinet...

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