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Over 300,000 title deeds processed using ZILAS

By Staff Writer Government says over 300,000 title deeds have so far been processed using the newly installed Zambia Integrated Land Administration System (ZILAS). Speaking during a Press briefing, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Elijah Muchima said the system recorded over one million accounts where 300,000 title deeds were processed. He said 200,000 records […]

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NCHANGA CONSTITUENCY DISBURSES 2022 CDF EMPOWERMENT LOANS TO 41 BENEFICIARIES

By Chiluba Chabi Forty-one businesses and groups in Chingola have received empowerment loans under the Nchanga Constituency Development Fund. The symbolic handover of the empowerment loans was held at the Civic Centre Grounds on Thursday where 41 Businesses, Cooperatives, Groups and individuals where empowered.   Speaking after receiving the loan agreement forms Enala Tembo one […]

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19 year old woman facing murder charge

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA A 19-year-old woman of Kabanda compound in Mwinilunga District of North-Western Province is facing a murder charges after a man she allegedly hit with a pounding stick died two days after the incident. Facts before the Police are that Florence Kasempa is alleged to have hit her former boyfriend identified as Justin […]

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ZMERIP launches phase 2 of livelihood support subproject

By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Zambia Mining and Environmental Remediation and Improvement project (ZMERIP) has launched the second phase of the livelihood support subproject by the Government through the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development. Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe said that the second phase of the livelihood subproject targeted to benefit 200 cooperatives equally divided across […]

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Support Communities, Mining Companies Urged

By ALICE NACHILEMBE Communities living in mining areas must benefit from their resources and the Zambian government must make it compulsory that a portion of earnings that companies make be directed towards developing local communities. At present, community leaders and ordinary citizens feel that they are not benefitting from the extraction of natural resources in […]

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LG Travellers Bus burnt to ashes in Kitwe

By Staff Writer Zong Tong bus belonging to LG Travellers Bus Services Company has been burnt to ashes after it caught fire from behind at Jonken Area along Ndola Kitwe Dual Carriage Way of Luanshya. Kafwende George 48, the Driver, reported that as he was driving from Ndola going to Solwezi via Kitwe the bus […]

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