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February 5, 2015 - 0 Comments

CASTING a ballot, be it during the general or by-elections, is one of Zambia’s human rights any citizen of voting age is entitled to. However, except for the presidential and general elections of 1991 which...

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February 4, 2015 - 0 Comments

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has obviously taken a hardline stance on the continued pilfering of drugs in the country’s health institutions by advising health authorities to ‘borrow’ his powers if the Ministry of Health does not...

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February 3, 2015 - 0 Comments

MINING has not been one of the most audited subjects by the Auditor General’s office and concern has continued to prevail on the mining sector’s obligations to pay their taxes to Government. Auditing of mining...

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January 31, 2015 - 0 Comments

THOSE who have travelled to South Africa without a Yellow Fever Certificate know how inconveniencing it can be to be sent back at the border for travelling without a yellow book. Cross-border traders also recollect...

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January 30, 2015 - 0 Comments

DISGUSTING! That is the only word we can readily summon concerning the shocking story of a 47-year-old monster from Kabwe who has been arrested for defiling his own sick biological daughter. The story that has...

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January 29, 2015 - 0 Comments

IT is no secret that the men and women in uniform, especially police officers, are some of the public service workers who have continued to operate under difficult conditions. There has been notable lack of...

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January 28, 2015 - 0 Comments

ALL is well that ends well. Finally Henry Kanyanta Sosala has been recognised as Paramount Chief Chitimukulu since August 2013 when the Government withdrew recognition of the Mwine Lubemba (overseer of Bembaland). The problem started...

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January 27, 2015 - 0 Comments

THE phenomenon of tribal politics seems to be slowly getting into Zambia’s politics, and this needs to be dealt with immediately. Human nature has it that people tend to turn a blind eye to certain...

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January 24, 2015 - 0 Comments

ZAMBIA has once again demonstrated that it is indeed a peaceful country whose bedrock is firmly anchored on democratic tenets. The journey though rocky started immediately after President Michael Sata died in a London hospital...

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January 23, 2015 - 0 Comments

THE adage that cheap is expensive has turned out to be real nowadays in Zambia when many consumers want to buy sub-standard items or secondhand materials just for the sake of making a saving. It...

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