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No unplanned children-Nchanga MP

By ALICE NACHILEMBE Nchanga Member of Parliament (MP) Chali Chilombo says that parenting can be planned, hence no one should have unplanned children. Mr Chilombo was speaking when he officially closed a three day workshop Sexual Reproductive Health and rights which attracted participants from Kapisha community. He said times have changed and now women can […]

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Zambia Railways ups its game

Rail SI, the statutory instrument which compels mines and other businesses to transport 30% of their bulk cargo by rail, will not be enforced until Zambia Railways has increased its freight-carrying capacity and improved its infrastructure, board chairman Lubinda Linyama has said. He was speaking this month (Wednesday 13th June 2018) during an address at […]

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Irate Isoka mourners beat and stone man to death

A-33 year old man of Sansamwenje Village in Chief Kafwimbi’s area in Isoka has been murdered by a mob of mourners. Muchinga Police Commissioner Chola Katanga has confirmed the development to ZANIS in Isoka today. Mr Katanga said an irate mourners pounced on Thomas Sichamba at the grave yard during the burial of another man who was murdered earlier in the course […]

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Zambia’s 10-year rule

By Michael Chishala More than a year ago, I wrote an article in which I expressed strong concerns that the main opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) was making itself irrelevant by being obsessed on their dead election petition and their “right to be heard” court case. Many others since then have begun ringing […]

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500 girls withdrawn from early marriages in Kaoma

The Community Child Labour Committee in Namalomba Community in Kaoma district says it has managed to withdraw over 500 children from child labour activities and early marriages. CCLM Committee Chairperson says the committee has been sensitizing and making follow ups of the children that have been withdrawn from child labour. Mr Miyo also stated that […]

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DP finally deregistered

By JOHN SAKALA The Democratic Party (DP) has finally been deregistered by the Registrar of Societies. DP has been threatened with deregistration ever since it dated Bahati Member of Parliament as its 2021 Presidential candidate. DP Spokesperson Judith Kabemba has confirmed the deregistration of the partyy to The Independent Observer. “The indescribable fear that had […]

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