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Lies: Govt not taxing boreholes

By ALICE NACHILEMBE Minister of Water Development, Sanitation and Environment Protection Dennis Wachinga says Government is not charging tax on boreholes. Dr Wachinga said that there has been some misinformation over the signing of the Statutory Instrument (SI) concerning the drilling of boreholes. “People are saying they have to pay tax to sink well. The […]

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10 jerabos interred

By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA in Kitwe Hundreds of Kitwe residents turned up yesterday to pay their last respect to the wednesday’s black mountain tragedy that claimed 10 people. Business come to a stand still as scores of residents took turns to bide fairwell to the small scale miners popularly known as the jerabos. The residents assembled at […]

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What went wrong at KCM?

…KCM must not be allowed to fail, its cost of production is high By Special Correspondent In the world of rotaries Vedanta Mineral Resources must have won the biggest jackpot ever when it was handed the copper rich mine, the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) in 2004. Vedanta was handed over a property with over a […]

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