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THE call by stakeholders that the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) displays its toll free numbers in public service vehicles must be considered seriously by the agency in its quest to improve safety on the roads.
Zambia coach Herve Renard has said Chipolopolo Boys are ready to take on Kenya's Harambee Stars in the CECAFA tournament opener match next Saturday.
THE prisons reforms process seems to be well underway and the release of the second batch of prisoners under the parole system confirms the determination of the authorities to push the reform process forward.
MMD national secretary Katele Kalumba has said his party's loss in Solwezi Central Constituency by-election is a strong wake up call to reorganise itself and regain the confidence of people in the area.
"Its start was the worst but the ending was the best in recent years." This is how one small-scale farmer in Mbala District in Northern Province described the Food Reserve Agency (FRA)'s crop marketing.
ZESCO will acquire 130,000 prepaid meters worth US$12.6 million which the company hopes will improve service delivery and revenue collection.
IN today's world of diseases which continue to inflict different levels of suffering on human nature, it is almost unthinkable that breathing and body exercise can be better remedy for some perceived incurables than conventional chemical drugs.
THE Government has disclosed that the books of accounts for the disbanded Taskforce on Corruption will be audited by the office of the Auditor General.
A combined team of police, the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) officers has arrested four people in connection with the fraudulent award of contracts to hold Government workshops at the infamous Best Home Lodge in Lusaka.
THE African Manzi Centre (AFMAC) and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) have embarked on a project aimed at promoting the provision of safe and clean drinking water in schools.
The Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) has called for the amendment of the Electoral code of conduct (ECC) to curb political violence that currently characterises elections.
THE MMD has disowned a strategic meeting that was recently held at Andrews Motel saying it was never sanctioned by the office of the party national secretary.
THIRTY-EIGHT prisoners from various prisons on the Copperbelt yesterday walked to freedom when the national parole board cut down their prison sentences.
FIRST Lady Thandiwe Banda yesterday launched a seven year Strategic Plan for the SOS Children's village with calls on Zambians and co-operating partners to join hands in improving the lives of the under privileged in Zambia.
UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema yesterday thanked the people of Solwezi for the Patriotic Front (PF)-UPND pact victory and said it was a foretaste of things to come in 2011.
VICE-President George Kunda has said that the Government has commissioned a study to determine the viability of Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) before making a final decision on the future of the company.
ACTING MMD spokesperson Mike Mulongoti has attributed the party's loss in the Solwezi Central parliamentary by-elections to some breakdown in party organisation.
ZAMBIA Episcopal Conference (ZEC) president, George Lungu has challenged priests in Chipata Catholic Diocese to be obedient and stick to their vows in order to serve the calling of God.
THE MMD in Ndola has decided to lift the suspension of the Ndola District Youth Chairperson Patrick Nyasulu.
ZAMBIA stands to gain economically once the installation of the optic fibre network is completed, Communications and Transport Minister Geoffrey Lungwangwa has said.
STAKEHOLDERS have called on the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) to make it mandatory for all public transport vehicles to display the agency's toll free numbers to facilitate easy communication by passengers in an event where a driver contravenes traffic rules.
SIX houses collapsed in Chipulukusu Township in Ndola at the weekend due to heavy rains. Chipulukusu area ward councillor Laban Chibuye confirmed the development yesterday in an interview.
SECOND Republican president Frederick Chiluba is in Nigeria for a two-week holiday, his spokesperson Emmanuel Mwamba has said.
THE Patriotic Front (PF) has said it does not owe an explanation to its Luapula member of Parliament Peter Machungwa and his Chifunabuli counterpart Ernest Mwansa as to when the party will hold a convention, as the two parliamentarians are not members of the party.
THREE members of the same family among them a juvenile were at the weekend murdered by unknown criminals in Nchelenge District.
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