CITIZENS FIRST DATES SAMFYA AT CHITETA GROUNDS RALLY 23rd August, 2024 Tomorrow 24th August, 2024, the Citizens First, CF a member of the United Kwacha Alliance, UKA will be holding a mass rally at Chiteta Grounds in Samfya District of Luapula Province. The UKA Leaders will be offering alternative economic solutions in agriculture, energy, mining,
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ECL’s resignation created vacancy, says Sampa MILES Sampa, the embattled Patriotic Front (PF) president, has defended his election, arguing that former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s resignation created a vacancy. Mr Sampa, contended that Article 46(3) provides for an extraordinary general conference to elect a new party president. The petitioners, nine expelled PF members, seek to
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They want to seriously clampdown on social-media! “Spreading lies on Social Media can incite despondency” -HH …as Cabinet approves the amendment of the Cyber Crimes Bill of 2024 to amend the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act of 2021… President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA says people should NOT abuse social media in the name of democracy. President
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Three years of HH and the UPND government feels like 10 years of pure burning hell! By Azwell Banda, The majority of Zambians are living in painful slow motion, towards nowhere apart from death. It is grinding second after second of hunger and excruciating poverty, stretching into long minutes of sheer desperation which extend into
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GOVT HAS DESTROYED 3288 BAGS OF MEALIE MEAL AND 10 METRIC TONNES OF DOG FEED CONTAMINATED BY AFLATOXINS Today, Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana led the media to witness the incineration of quarantined contaminated mealie meal products containing aflatoxins. Below are the highlights; A total number of 3288 by 25kg bags of mealie
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Despite Zesco’s tariff hike proposal, there was no reduction in load shedding – ERB ZAMBIANS have let out a deep sigh of reliefas the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) stepped in to save them from experiencing increased electricity tariffs. ERB rejected Zesco’s application for an emergency tariff increase aimed at addressing the power deficit expected in
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Lusambo falls ill on judgement day THE Lusaka magistrates court could not deliver judgement in a matter where Bowman Lusambo is accused of interfering with witnesses because the former minister was reported ill by his surety. When the case was called before magistrate Trevor Kasanda, Lusambo’s surety Christopher Shakafuswa who is Mandevu Constitiency member of
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‘Contaminated mealie meal an act of terrorism’ The Patriotic Front (PF) has alleged that the presence of Aflatoxin in some mealie-meal brands was an act of terrorism against the Zambian people by the UPND administration. PF Secretary General, Raphael Nakacinda said UPND was undertaking an act of ‘genocide’ against its own people by its recklessness
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BREAKING NEWS: BRE’S NALIELE PALACE SENIOR CHIEF DR. AKASHAMBATWA MBIKUSITA LEWANIKA RESIGNS. Senior chief of Naliele Palace in Kaoma District, Dr. Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika has resigned as a Senior Chief and handed over his Royal Instruments of power at Lealui Royal Village this morning. The BRE has accepted his resignation and confirmed this sad news.
Read MoreREGISTRAR OF SOCIETIES ABANDONS OFFICE Lessina-Mariah Mulenga – Acting Chief Registrar of Societies has abandoned the office and gone on self forced leave! Mulenga was brought in to do the hatchet job of changing office bearers of the Patriotic Front from Edgar Lungu to Miles Sampa when Chief Registrar of Societies, Thandiwe Phiri-Mhende refused stating
Read MoreAKA resigns BRE’S NALIELE PALACE SENIOR CHIEF DR. AKASHAMBATWA MBIKUSITA LEWANIKA RESIGNS. Senior chief of Naliele Palace in Kaoma District, Dr. Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika has resigned as a Senior Chief and handed over his Royal Instruments of power at Lealui Royal Village this morning. The BRE has accepted his resignation and confirmed this sad news.
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Yet again, Zambian journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo faces prison over reporting August 21, 2024 5:19 PM EDT Lusaka, August 21, 2024—Zambian journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo is facing up to seven years in prison for his reporting on corruption and poor governance in the southern African nation. It is at least the third time that Zgambo
Read MoreJUST IN:ERB SAYS NO TO ZESCO’S EMERGENCY TARIFF INCREASE APPLICATION By: IP Kbn Tv The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has rejected Zesco’s emergency tariff increase application. Speaking to the media in Lusaka this morning, ERB Board Chairman, James Banda, said the application has been rejected on account that even if the tarrifs were to be
Read MoreVIOLENT UPND THUGS ATTACK SP….in full view of the police after successfully filing in nominations for Chidi ward by-election Zimba District…. Thursday, August 22, 2024 UPND cadres, on Tuesday, vici0usly attàcked Socialist Party members in Zimba District during the filing in of nominations for Chidi ward by-election. According to SP Campaign Manager in Chidi Ward,
Read More“THIEVES” RANSACK ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA SILVEREST WAREHOUSE IN CHONGWE Unknown persons have ransacked the highly guarded SILVEREST Warehouse belonging to the electoral commission of Zambia and made out with unknown quantities of sensitive goods and election equipment and machinery. Both ECZ and the Police have chosen to keep the matter under wraps owing to
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SECOND LARGEST DIAMOND EVER FOUND UNEARTHED IN BOTSWANA BBC-The second-largest diamond ever found – a rough 2,492-carat stone – has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine owned by Canadian firm Lucara Diamond. It is the biggest find since the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond, found in South Africa in 1905 and cut into nine separate stones,
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UKA presidents suspend 1 party from alliance OUT of the 16 political party members under the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA), the council of presidents that includes former president Edgar Lungu have suspended one political party from the political grouping. The UKA Council of Presidents announced through a Facebook statement that it had decided to freeze
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The brutal murder of Clement Hadebe aged 29 has highlighted the dangers faced by LGBTQ+ individuals in South Africa. Hadebe, originally from Madadeni in Newcastle, in KwaZulu-Natal province, was found shot nine times at a bed and breakfast lodge in Johannesburg in the early hours of Monday morning. Hadebe’s friends have alleged that he met
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A controversial Ghanaian rapper Medikal has opened up about his heartbreak, marital struggles, and his preferences when it comes to relationships. In a candid conversation on Efia Odo’s podcast, Medikal discussed various aspects of his personal life, including the fallout from his marriage to actress Fella Makafui. Medikal, who recently finalized his divorce from Fella
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8 milling companies named to have high levels of Afla-toxins in their products By Hector Simfukwe Government has named the eight milling companies whose maize and mealie meal products had elevated levels of Afla-toxins. These are PEMBE, AFRICA, SHABCO, CONTINENTAL, GIRAD, BUSU and STAR MILLING as well as Farm Feed. Ministry of Information and Media,
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Mealie-meal on the market may have aflatoxins but is safe for hunan consumption-Chintala Our mealie meal safe for humans – MAZ MILLERS Association of Zambia (MAZ) says mealie meal on the Zambian market meets the stipulated standards which are safe for human consumption. In an interview yesterday, MAZ president Andrew Chintala said the public ought
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Chopper lands in Zambia 🇿🇲 sewage pond after engine failure An engine failure on Tuesday (20 August ,2024) evening forced a helicopter to make emergency landing in a sewer pond, near Livingstone’s Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park. According to police, two international tourists were on board with the pilot and escaped unhurt. There are no serious damages
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TASILA WILL ONLY COME TO ZAMBIA WHEN HER BABY HAS TRAVEL DOCUMENTS – LAWYER Former president Edgar Lungu’s daughter Tasila breaks down as her husband Patrick Mwansa and her brother console her during a press briefing on July 4, 2023 A LAWYER representing former president Edgar Lungu’s daughter Tasila says his client will only present
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I have never stolen from anybody – Kasanda FOLLOWING his re-arrest by the police hours after the Lusaka High Court discharged him of aggravated robbery, Lusaka businessman Shadreck Kasanda is still protesting his innocence saying he never stole from his Egyptian client. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/m7HXjBT9Aws1yAZe/?mibextid=oFDknk As he was being led to Police force headquarters for questioning, Kasanda
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS POISONING ALLEGATIONS MADE BY MP MUNIR ZULU The National Assembly has expressed concern over allegations made by Lumezi Constituency Independent Member of Parliament, Munir Zulu, who claimed that the food he ordered at the National Assembly Motel on Monday may have been laced with poison. In a statement, National Assembly Senior Media
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Jerome Kanyika’s Defence Counsel quizzes ZAMRA witness Friday, 16th August, 2024 Mufulira Surbordinate Court Ruling – The court was called to order at 08:45 hours for the ruling on the Preliminary Issue (PI) raised by Defence Counsel in the application Defence Counsel had indicated that the evidence on record already confirmed that the importer of
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What A Monday!!!I was in court much earlier today and as usual after court I took time to go to Parliament motel for some soup 🍲. What was shocking was that those that ordered heavy meals like nshima had their orders ready before mine which is the easiest to prepare, vegetable soup and I was
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CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE DEMANDS FOR TRANSPARENCY, DISCLOSURE OF TOXIC MAIZE, MEAL BRANDS August 21, 2024….Lusaka Centre for Environment Justice (CEJ) has urged the Government, through the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, to immediately disclose the brands of mealie meal and maize products currently on the market that are suspected of causing
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We are back in UNIP Days RE: INVITATION TO COME AND WELCOME THE HEAD OF STATE Refer to the above subject matter. I write to invite all Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers, Heads of departments and all Senior Teachers to come and welcome the Head of State on Wednesday, 21st August, 2024 at Chikola Secondary School ground,
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A LETTER TO MAUREEN MWANAWASA 19 August 2024 Dear Maureen, Your departure was sudden. Were you in a hurry to join and be reunited with your husband? It is not lost on us that he too died unexpectedly in the month of August, exactly sixteen years ago today, the sad day when the earth is
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PREPARE FOR MORE TOUGH TIMES UNDER THE UPND REGIME ….how do they increase electricity tariffs at a time when loadshedding hours are escalating? Questions the SP on the Copperbelt Mufulira…. Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Socialist Party (SP) Copperbelt Provincial Vice Chairman Reagan Kashinga has warned that the people of Zambia should prepare for more tough
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Lusaka man divorces wife day before anniversary WITH the current economic status of the country where candles are not only on demand but expensive too, a man of Lusaka West has saved himself from the expense of lighting up a candle light dinner of romance by divorcing his wife a day before their 16th wedding
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GOVT CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF AFLATOXIN IN MEALIE MEAL, OVER 400 DOGS DIE The government has confirmed the presence of Aflatoxins in ten (10) mealie meal brands that has led to the death of over 400 dogs. According to the Minister of Health, Dr. Elijah Muchima, out of 25 samples of maize meal collected, 13 tested
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FOR ME I WILL EMPLOY ALL THOSE CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS PROMISED A JOB BY PRESIDENT HICHILEMA PROMISED MINISTRY OF HEALTH -MOH ON COURSE TO RECRUIT ALL CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS 20th August, 2024 Health Minister Elijah Muchima says his ministry has taken the presidential directive on the recruitment of volunteers who worked in the cholera centers very seriously.
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WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS – MUSOKOTWANE ….in July 2024, goverment released K16.8 billion to finance developmental programmes & general public service delivery Lusaka…. Wednesday August 21, 2024 (SMART EAGLES) The Ministry of Finance and National Planning says in July 2024, it released K16.8 billion to finance developmental programmes and general public service delivery. The Ministry
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IMMINENT HANDOVER OF KCM TO VEDANTA RECEIVED WITH MIXED FEELINGS By Nonhlanhla Phuti The imminent handover of Konkola Copper Mines -KCM- to Vedanta Resources by President Hakainde Hichilema has been received with mixed feelings by stakeholders in the mining industry. President Hichilema is today expected to officially hand over KCM to Vedanta resources on the
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GOVERNMENT ENGAGES CHINA’S STARTIMES GROUP TO BOOST ZAMBIA’S SOLAR POWER GENERATION The government is in discussions with China’s StarTimes Group to explore the installation of a solar power plant aimed at enhancing the country’s electricity generation capacity. Information and Media Minister Cornelius Mweetwa, who is also the Chief Government Spokesperson, stated that government has launched
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HH HEADS TO CB TODAY PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema is today expected on the Copperbelt for a two-day working visit. Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary Augustine Kasongo said President Hichilema is scheduled to officially hand over Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to Vedanta Resources Limited in Chililabombwe today. Vedanta Resources has paid about US$246 million to creditors to
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF POOR LEADERSHIP AND LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY If Edgar Lungu had disciplined JJ Banda, people would have forgotten his atrocities. If Lungu hadn’t illegally put Francis Muchemwa on the ZESCO payroll, Muchemwa would be a free man today. The Lungu family’s involvement in public resources has led to their current troubles. In contrast,
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LEVY NGOMA WAS PRESENT DURING MY TORTURE, JAY JAY TELLS COURT EMMANUEL Jay Banda has maintained that Levy Ngoma, President Hakainde Hichilema’s political advisor was present during his beating and torture when he was abducted.
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