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UK to boost economic links with Zambia

By JOHN SAKALA Zambians will benefit as the UK puts more attention and resource into economic development and trade links to create the economic growth that will sustain rapidly growing populations in Africa. The UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, has announced on her first visit to Africa as Prime Minister that the UK supports a […]

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Is Lusambo panicking over a possibility of being overshadowed by Miles Sampa

Jeff Mbewe Competition is fertilizer of creativity and progress, if done with positivity and civility. However, when done with negativity it conveys destruction and sometimes unfriendliness. The statement attributed to Lusaka Minister Bowman Lusambo  of dispersing the assertions of Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa, that he was almost attacked by some alleged PF cadres, speaks loudly […]

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Shut Chililabombwe Chinese shop reopened

By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chililabombwe Municipal Council has re-opened a Chinese shop that was shut down for flouting compliance obligations. The newly constructed Zam CC shopping mail was shut down by the local authority for lack of proper ventilation and operating without occupation certificate. Chililabombwe Council Assistant Public Relations Manager Chilufya Chungu has told The Independent […]

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Tribal campaigns unsettle Chagwa in Kasenengwa

By Martin Chawanzi in Chipata President Edgar Lungu is disappointed with tribal based campaigns in the Kasenengwa Parliamentary by-election of Eastern Province. President Lungu he was disappointed with political campaigns centered on tribal lines. Speaking during campaign rally in Chiparamba yesterday to drum support for PF parliamentary candidate Sensio Banda, Mr Lungu said he heard […]

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MMD fraction goes to Luapula for intraparty polls

By KANCHELE KANCHELE Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) National Secretary Raphael Nakacinda has announced that MMD will this weekend be holding Luapula provincial conference.  In a statement issued to the media Mr Nakacinda said the party’s National Executive Committee resolved during a meeting held on June 9, 2018, to commence the holding of provincial conferences […]

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RTSA closes Lusaka illegal driving schools

By JOHN SAKALA The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has closed seven Driving Schools in Lusaka for operating illegally and outside the provision of the Road Traffic Act No.11 of 2002. The Schools have since been ordered to immediately close and stop offering driving lessons. The affected Driving Schools are Galaxy Driving School, Puma […]

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