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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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Govt to vaccinate cattle in Choma

By Staff Writer Choma District Livestock Coordinator Alex Hachangu says government has procured over 10,000 doses of Chitongo Vaccine to vaccinate about 10,000 herds of cattle in the District. Dr Hachangu said the vaccination is aimed at boosting the immune system of animals with a target of calves aged between 4 months to 1 year. […]

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