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The Independent Observer

Mane named African Footballer of the Year

Liverpool star Sadio Mane was crowned on Tuesday as Africa’s 2019 Player of the Year for the first time at an awards gala in Egypt. The 27-year old Senegalese striker was up against his Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian who won the award the last two years, and Algerian Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City. […]

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Hunger makes NDC cadres defect to PF

By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA About 100 former National Democratic Congress (NDC) party members have defected to the ruling Patriotic Front PF party saying they were hungry in NDC. Receiving the defectors during an interactive meeting with the PF social media bloggers held at Roadview Hotel in Kitwe yesterday, PF Provincial chairperson Nathan Chanda urged the new […]

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ZRA surpassed its 2019 revenue target

…. The authority collected K63.8bn in gross revenue while the refunds stood at K10.9bn The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has announced that it surpassed its revenue target of K51.8 billion for the fiscal year 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019 by K1.1 billion. Speaking during the end of year review for 2019 in Lusaka, […]

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Bus fares increased

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) and Bus and Taxi Owners Association of Zambia (BTOAZ) have resolved to increase bus fares. The increase follows a consultative meeting held today in Lusaka were bus operators requested to vary their current Road Service Licences (RSL) by making adjustments to bus fares as stipulated under the Road […]

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Chingola MP, highlights constituency achievements

By Staff Writer Chingola Member of Parliament Matthew Nkhuwa says the completion of road rehabilitation in Chingola into modern highways is testimony enough that Government is committed to uplift the living standard of the people in the mining district. Mr Nkhuwa who was appearing on I-wave community Radio station yesterday said good road network has […]

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