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The trial of Roy Bennett, the MDC-T deputy Minister of Agriculture designate, has been adjourned to early next year, exactly ten days after his trial for terror charges began at the High court in Harare.
A bilateral investment protection deal between South Africa and Zimbabwe was finally signed in Harare on Friday, amid remaining doubts over the future protection of investments in the country.
Co-Home Affairs Minister Giles Mutsekwa has ordered the police to arrest notorious state security operative Joseph Mwale, who is accused of murdering two MDC activists at Murambinda Growth Point in 2000. Tichaona Chiminya and Talent Mabika were brutally killed when Mwale threw a petrol bomb into their car, burning them to death. Kainos Kitsiyatota Zimunya, another ZANU PF activist, was also ...
Welshman Ncube, the Minister of Industry and Commerce and one of the Mutambara MDC negotiators to the talks, said there is no SADC deadline for the implementation of the Global Political Agreement. This is despite various statements by the MDC-T and Morgan Tsvangirai saying Robert Mugabe had been given 30 days to implement the outstanding issues.
THE Government is implementing the cattle restocking programme in Kapiri Mposhi District under the Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) to benefit more people, Central Province Permanent secretary Denny Lumbama has said.
THE Ministry of Lands has approved a total of K937 million under the land development fund for Kapiri-Mposhi Council Secretary Venture Kafula has said.
A KAPIRI-MPOSHI women's group has commended the Government for uplifting the welfare of the less privileged in rural areas through the provision of goats.
FORMER First Quantum Minerals (FQM) country manager for Zambia, Chisanga Puta-Chekwe has been awarded a Canadian medal in recognition for his outstanding contribution over the years.
CHIEFS on the Copperbelt have come out strongly against the provision of condoms to guests at lodges and hotels because it is promoting promiscuity.
THE Government has released an initial K3 billion towards construction of a girls' technical school in Kapiri Mposhi.
THE labour movement in Zambia has called on Government to expedite the strategies aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change and take on board all stakeholders including trade unionists.
THE Government has released more than K12 billion to pay outstanding terminal benefits to retired police officers who are still occupying institutional houses countrywide.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda is today expected to conclude his tour of development projects in Kalabo, where he reiterated the Government's resolve to develop infrastructure in Western Province.
TO many Zambians, human trafficking appears to be a peripheral problem that affects other countries and foreign nationals, and its discussion does not attract interest.
THE Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) president, Joyce Nonde-Simukoko has rapped Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Gabriel Namulambe for allegedly practicing tribal politics.
RUNWELL Elias Chilambo 53 is a retired teacher who has developed a simple way of irrigating his crops in the dry season.
"IF you respect God in privacy, God will respect you in public," is one of the phrases the late Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church pastor, Joe Silishebo Lubasi uttered at his last meeting with students at Kitwe School of Nursing on November 14 this year, a week before he died.
THE MMD on the Copperbelt has said the ruling party should not bank on the possible cracking of the Patriotic Front (PF) and United Party for National Development (UPND) pact for its victory in 2011, but should work extra hard.
KANSANSHI Mine in Solwezi says it has raised production by 19 per cent in the year to date. The mine says in the third quarter of the year from July to September, it had recorded a 15 per cent increase in production benefiting from increase copper concentrates and tolled cathodes output.
RADIO Maria-Zambia President, Martin Mwitumwa has said plans are underway to mount more transmitters in some districts in order to enhance the radio coverage to the entire Eastern Province.
THE Government has appealed to politicians not to make political capital of the newly constructed Soweto Market in Lusaka following delays to open the facility.
TWO Serenje chiefs have hailed President Rupiah Banda and the Government for the developmental projects the State is undertaking in the district.
THE Government has established a Public Private Partnership (PPP) unit in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning to spearhead works in various sectors of the economy.
PROFESSIONALS have been challenged to utilise their expertise to help the country overcome its socio-economic challenges and aim for increased development.
THE Immigration Department has intercepted 22 Somalis youths believed to be victims of an international syndicate involved in human trafficking.
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