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Church burying 8 measles victims at night shocks FDI

Secret burial of 8 measles victims at night by Zion Church in Sinazongwe District, Southern Province, has shocked Family Development Initiatives (FDI). Zambia Daily Mail newspaper yesterday reported that about 10 people had died from suspected measles while several others were battling with the disease following an outbreak in Sinazongwe District after a group of […]

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Govt releases redundancy package for Indeni workers

By Staff Writer Government has released more than K500 million as a redundancy package for workers of Indeni Oil Refinery, which is currently under care and maintenance. This means that the 320 Indeni Refinery workers, who were declared redundant in June this year, will be paid their full benefits starting today, barring procedural delays. Minister […]

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Barbra Banda itching for COSAFA Cup

By Mercy Chewe Zambia Women National Team captain Barbara Banda says she is excited to return to the Shepolopolo squad after months of absence. Striker Banda is part of the Zambia squad for the COSAFA Women’s Championship that runs from August 31-11 September in South Africa. Banda controversially missed the Africa Cup in Morocco over […]

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Former Mungwi DC nabbed for money laundering

By Staff WriterThe Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit (AMLIU) has arrested former Mungwi District Commissioner for Obtaining Money by False Pretences. Kaniki Daniel Bwalya 65, of Plot No. F4502 Lukulu North in Kasama District, has been arrested for obtaining over K240, 000.00 from a named company as rentals for a […]

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Kitwe man kills mother in cold blood

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA A 22-year old man of Twikatane in Kitwe has stabbed his mother to death. Copperbelt Commanding Officer Sharon Zulu said Marvelous Tiyango stabbed Elizabeth Tiyango 48, peasant farmer with a knife for unknown reasons.  “Brief facts are that the mother was cooking dry fish under the tree at the farm when her […]

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Bowman Lusambo nabbed for electoral corruption

By Staff WriterThe Anti- Corruption Commission has arrested and charged former Kabushi Constituency Parliamentarian Bowman Lusambo for electoral corruption. Lusambo has been arrested and charged with four counts of Bribery ACC Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono said the offences were committed between April 2021 and August 14, 2021 in Ndola during the August 2021 General […]

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Gutted Kapalala Market to be reconstructed

Government has released K4m to Ndola City Council for rehabilitation of Kapalala Market that was recently gutted. Local Government Permanent Secretary for Administration Maambo Hamaundu says Government wants the works at the market to be completed before the rain season. Mr Hamaundu said that the defense forces have been engaged to work on the facility. And […]

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Seven schools to delay opening

Seven Schools on the Copperbelt, Central and Southern Provinces to open a week after the actual opening day September 5, because they are still being used as GCE examination marking centers. Education Minister Douglous Syakalima said that the delay is expected not to take longer than Seven days. Mr Syakalima has appealed to teachers marking […]

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