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THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested two directors of a training consultancy firm who swindled people out of more than K250 million claiming they will find them places in learning institutions abroad.
ZAMBIA'S Head Coach Herve Renard is a relieved man after guiding the Chipolopolo to next year's Africa Nations Cup (CAN) in Angola. Saturday's goalless draw against Amavubi meant that Zambia secured their 14th appearance at Africa's premier football tournament.
RWANDA'S Amavubi Stars will not be at next year's Africa Nations Cup finals after being held to a goalless draw against Zambia's Copper Bullets in the decisive qualifier played yesterday at Amahoro stadium.
THE National Union for Communication Workers (NUCW) leadership deserves commendation for the noble and mature manner in which it is approaching the impending Zamtel sale.
THE two-day protests by workers at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) in Chingola are uncalled for, especially that unions and management are still engaged in neg3otiations, stakeholders from a cross section of society have said.
THE MMD national executive committee (NEC) has appointed veteran politician William Banda to act as Lusaka Province chairperson for the party in the interim capacity.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has said the MMD will hold its national convention to elect new leaders contrary to allegations that the party does not want to do so.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has accused some people with vested interests in the fuel procurement process of blowing the current fuel shortage Zambia is experiencing out of proportion.
THE Government has said President Rupiah Banda and Vice-President, George Kunda cannot be subjected to a debate with United Party for National Development (UPND) president, Hakainde Hichilema because that would demean their status.
ZAMBIA'S Chipolopolo arrived in the country yesterday for Saturday's 2010 Africa Nations Cup (CAN) qualifier against Amavubi.
A LUSAKA magistrate's court has sentenced a Lusaka businessperson, Anuj Kumar Rathi to four years imprisonment with hard labour after convicting him on one count of corruption.
INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Minister, Ronnie Shikapwasha has challenged the media to be proactive and deliver social and economic information to a wide audience in a meaningful and useful way.
THE National Union of Communications Workers (NUCW) has said it supports the on-going privatisation of Zamtel because the move will help solve many problems the telecommunication company is currently grappling with.
AN independent candidate in next Thursday's Solwezi Central parliamentary by-election has pledged to open a constituency farm to create employment opportunities if elected as the Member of Parliament (MP).
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect lifted the land agency ban imposed on Solwezi Municipal Council last year because the issues that led to the ban have been resolved.
THE looting and destruction of property by striking KCM miners in Chingola yesterday were misplaced acts, which will not yield the desired results.
KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has accused some employees at the Nchanga Integrated Business Unit (IBU) of inciting their counterparts to protest in pursuing information regarding wage negotiations.
A LUSAKA woman was yesterday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for obtaining more than K20 million on pretext that she was a secretary in the Office of the President (OP).
GOVERNMENT has expressed displeasure at misrepresentation of facts alleging that President Rupiah Banda had called Patriotic Front(PF) leader Michael Sata, son of Satan.
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Amusaa Mwanamwambwa yesterday advised aggrieved citizens to resolve their differences peacefully as opposed to resorting to violence.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda is shocked with the death of 24 people that perished in separate road accidents in Northern Province in the past two days.
The statement made in the Zambian parliament recently by Vice-President George Kunda - that the government was treading carefully on the Freedom of Information (FoI) bill because it could be used for espionage by irresponsible and unpatriotic media houses - does not make sense. State secrets are not supposed to be made available to the media even if the bill was to be enacted.
It's finally been done! Government has now completed the decentralisation of the Payroll Management and Establishment Control (PMEC) system to all provincial centres to address problems associated with weaknesses in internal controls which had in the past resulted in high expenditures on personnel emoluments and discrepancies between the establishment register and the legacy database.
THE Nigerian woman claiming to have been married to New Revolution Party (NRP) president Cozmo Mumba by the Unification Church was on Tuesday morning flown back back home by her country's high commission.
THE MMD in Northern Province has expelled its Provincial Youth Chairperson Dan Chisanga with immediate effect.
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