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The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is once again under fire from opposition political parties and some civil society organisations, which accuse it of bias in favour of the ruling party during elections.
New evidence has emerged showing that both local and foreign lawyers probably did not want the Chiluba corruption case to die because they were making a killing.
DIALOGUE is an important avenue through which pertinent issues could be resolved amicably. Consensus can be reached through dialogue rather than resorting to violence in any situation, including in negotiations for better salaries and conditions of service.
WIFE of former Western Province MMD provincial chairman Simasiku Namakando, Ruth, has ruled out any foul play in her husband's illness, saying he had been unwell long before he travelled to meet President Rupiah Banda for the reconciliatory meeting at State House.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has learnt with deep sorrow the death of Mr Otema Musuka who died on Sunday.
INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Minister Ronnie Shikapwasha has said the MMD is willing to iron out the differences that exist between the party and former Defence minister George Mpombo.
VICE-PRESIDENT George Kunda has arrived in Port of Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which officially opens this Friday.
PARLIAMENT yesterday heard that the influx of old second-hand vehicles and the Government's decision to allow sale of second hand tyres is a contributing factor to the high number of road accidents in the country.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda is today expected to launch the 2009/10 agricultural planting season at Mufika Farm in Monze.
ACTING Foreign Affairs Minister Ronnie Shikapwasha yesterday led scores of mourners who included senior Government officials and members of the diplomatic corps to the funeral of the late Zambian counsellor to Brazil Gerald Musilekwa Wakumelo.
MMD National Secretary Katele Kalumba is still admitted to the high cost ward of the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, public relations manager Pauline Mbangweta has said.
ETHIOPIAN First Lady Azeb Mesfin who is the current Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA) chair person, arrived yesterday in Zambia ahead of today's First Lady's workshop.
FORMER Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Edward Mumbi says he has not received summons in the case in which PF leader Michael Sata has sued him for defamation.
KABWE High Court Judge Timothy Katanekwa has found four Chawama police officers with a case to answer for aggravated robbery involving K75 million.
THE reduction of the Kwacha base-lending rate by Standard Chartered Bank, which will come into effect next month, is a positive move which will benefit the Zambian economy.
STANDARD Chartered Bank has reduced its Kwacha base-lending rate from 24 per cent to 21 per cent with effect from next month because of stability in the economy.
THE MMD in Western Province has described President Rupiah Banda as a true leader whose stance on reconciliation will work towards uniting the party.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda was yesterday among several mourners that attended the requiem mass for former Zambia Army commander, Georjago Musengule's son, Joe, who died last week.
MMD Lunte Member of Parliament (MP), Felix Mutati, has urged party officials not to despair following the party's recent defeat in the Kasama and Solwezi Central parliamentary by-elections.
SPECIAL assistant to the president for Press and public relations, Dickson Jere has said insinuations that President Rupiah Banda played a role in second Republican president, Frederick Chiluba's trip to Nigeria, are erroneous.
Zambia have included two foreign team-based professionals for the Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup that kicks off on Saturday in Nairobi.
TODAY, the world is faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in everyone's thinking so that humanity stops threatening its life-supporting system called climate.
A 19-YEAR-OLD pupil at Nkwazi Basic School in Ndola was yesterday acquitted by the Ndola High Court for aggravated robbery.
AN UNIDENTIFIED man was killed in the early hours of Sunday by an instant justice mob in Itawa Township in Ndola.
THE condition of MMD National Secretary, Katele Kalumba who is admitted to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) is stable, hospital public relations manager, Pauline Mbangweta has said.
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