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April 20, 2016 - 0 Comments

THE benefits from the newly completed Mongu-Kalabo Road in the western part of Zambia will continue to accrue to the people of that region and the country as a whole. Definitely, Western Province will never...

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April 18, 2016 - 0 Comments

IT is surprising to hear the raucous debate shifting from load-shedding, and appreciation of the Kwacha to where the printing of ballot papers should be done. Note: It is not that people who are advocating...

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April 11, 2016 - 0 Comments

IT is sad to note that despite Government banning the export of maize and maize products recently, smugglers have resorted to using small motor vehicles and bicycles to smuggle the commodity to neighbouring countries like...

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April 11, 2016 - 0 Comments

WE agree with the Zambia Road Safety Trust that, among several measures, the Government should enforce speed limiters on public service vehicles in order to reduce road traffic accidents, which usually result from speeding. Surely...

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April 9, 2016 - 0 Comments

IT is heartening to note that while some African presidents shun the Church to participate or even comment on national issues, President Edgar Lungu welcomes ecclesiastical input for development. We say this after noting that...

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April 8, 2016 - 0 Comments

WE are waiting to hear what the noisy prophets of doom will be talking about now, since one of their favourite subject of the Kwacha underperforming is adequately being addressed by the Government. The intervention...

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April 7, 2016 - 0 Comments

THE Government should never budge on the introduction of the grade 12 clause in the amended Constitution. Even in the face of desperation that has seen some people forging the documents, we feel the clause...

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April 5, 2016 - 0 Comments

ACCESS to clean water and sanitation by all members of the public cannot be over-emphasised. This is why we join the residents of Lusaka in welcoming the Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage (LWSSD) project,...

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April 3, 2016 - 0 Comments

NEWS of some unscrupulous business persons smuggling maize and mealie-meal to neighbouring countries has dominated headlines for the past weeks. It is against this background that we strongly support the Government’s directive to restrict the...

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April 2, 2016 - 0 Comments

SABOTAGE is defined as a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity or corporation through subversion, obstruction, disruption or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a saboteur and usually works in secrecy to conceal...

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