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February 22, 2014 - 0 Comments

FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) deserves commendation for coming up with the idea of a national mortgage credit institute intended to bridge Zambia’s housing deficit. As the story we are carrying today clearly states, the development...

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February 20, 2014 - 0 Comments

THE impending enactment of the Business Regulatory Bill Number 22 of 2013 into law is long overdue and should be accorded the urgency it deserves. It is an issue which has been pending for a...

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February 19, 2014 - 0 Comments

THE relocation of Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola to a more spacious area will certainly attract more investment and change the face of the Copperbelt provincial capital, which has had an old structure...

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February 17, 2014 - 0 Comments

THE upcoming parliamentary by-election in Katuba Constituency has once again provided an opportunity for all participating political parties to put their prowess to a stern test in a battle that may define their political direction....

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February 15, 2014 - 0 Comments

WHEN the Government came up with a re-admission programme for school girls who became mothers, this was done in good faith out of sympathy for the females, especially that under the previous school rules, girls...

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February 14, 2014 - 0 Comments

PRISONS in Zambia can be devastating; the sight of those walls scares visiting relatives, while new convicts fail to reconcile their minds and body to the harsh environment. In the words of Republican Vice-President Guy...

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February 13, 2014 - 0 Comments

THERE is no shortage of hints that radio has continued to play a pivotal role in providing information essential to combating poverty, diseases and ignorance, especially among the rural population. People in rural areas have...

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February 13, 2014 - 0 Comments

EVERY year, Zambia loses hundreds of productive lives through road carnage and this has exerted huge costs on the country’s coffers. Records show that, not less than 2,000 lives are lost in Zambia through road...

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February 9, 2014 - 0 Comments

NEWS of calm returning to Zambia’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kasumbalesa is not only welcome but also a giant step towards the conclusive resolution of the impasse created by the shooting...

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February 8, 2014 - 0 Comments

IT is imperative to find an immediate solution to problems at Kasumbalesa border where so far five truck drivers have been slain in cold blood, but the idea to close the border as suggested by...

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