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Mar- 2023 -8 MarchHeadline News
Sista-Sista arrested over homosexual parade
By NAMO PHIRI and GIDEON NYENDWA Police have arrested and charged the co-founder of Sistah Sistah Foundation identified as Gladys Mwangala Monde aged 29 of Silverest area in Lusaka with the offence of giving false information to public officers and unlawful assembly. And New Heritage Party president Chishala Kateka has said homosexuals and lesbians should stop daring Zambians and should know that their abominable acts are against the culture and values of Zambia and shall never be tolerated despite being massaged by both the Zambia Police and the State. Namo Phiri
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7 MarchHeadline News
Zambians have been sold, says Leadership Movement
ZAMBIANS are up for grabs under the UPND administration because the government has clearly shown that they do not prioritize them over foreigners, Leadership Movement president Dr Richard Silumbe has said. Dr Silumbe has expressed concern over the continued prioritizing of foreigners at the expense of Zambians by the UPND government which he said should not be the case because Zambians should always come first. He was commenting on the construction of the Lusaka-Ndola Dual Carriageway which has been awarded to a foreign private contractor, Micro Ocean Investment Consortium under a 25 years concession. Dr Silumbe said the UPND government’s…
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Feb- 2023 -25 FebruaryHeadline News
Be balanced in dealing with China, US; gov’t urged
It is very important that we develop a striking balance in dealing with both China and the United States in the country’s developmental agenda to show that we are declaring our sovereignty in as much as we try to develop a relationship and choose partners in development, Lukashya Member of Parliament George Chisanga has advised President Hakainde Hichilema.
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18 FebruaryCommunity
Prudential and RTSA Launch Safe Steps Campaign
PRUDENTIAL Zambia has through its Prudence Foundation partnered with the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) and other stakeholders to launch the Safe Steps 2023 Road Safety campaign. Speaking during the launch of the campaign, Prudential Chief Operations Officer Raymond Ngoma said the campaign by the Prudence Foundation is an initiative aimed at raising awareness and provide lifesaving educational content to road users and local communities. Mr Ngoma said Prudential believes that road traffic accidents and fatalities can be mitigated with consistent and visible educational material, equipment, road signage and emergency services. And RTSA deputy director Safety Engineer Alinani Msisya…
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15 FebruaryAgriculture
Media advocacy on tobacco control law vital – Prof Goma
TOBACCO Control Consortium of Zambia chairperson, Fastone Goma has urged the media to support information dissemination on the enactment of the tobacco control law in order to regulate smoking, especially among the youth.Proffessor Goma said enactment of the tobacco control legislation would be a game changer in as far as keeping citizens healthy and free from tobacco abuse.He also called for the participation of lawmakers in advocating the enactment of the tobacco control law.Prof Goma commended Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo for her contribution in advocating the enactment of the tobacco control law so that citizens could be protected from…
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9 FebruaryHeadline News
Mining in Lower Zambezi to start after rains
WE cannot continue preserving the bushes and the animals while people continue suffering hence mining in the lower Zambezi will start after the rains, Feira Member of Parliament Emmanuel Tembo has said. Mr Tembo said in an interview that it was high time Zambians started looking at what worked for them and cut issues of wanting to fulfill obligations of certain international instruments which the country was mostly forced to sign to get aid from certain countries. He said he did not agree with stakeholders who were calling for the protection of the lives of the animals because people came…
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5 FebruaryCommunity
Catering industry urged to promote Zambian cuisine
Mastercook Zambia founder Abigail Mbuzi says the catering industry should work towards putting traditional Zambian cuisine on the international market and to avoid dependence on foods from western countries.
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Jan- 2023 -27 JanuaryHeadline News
MILLERS ARE PF – UPND
THE United Party for National Development (UPND) has accused millers of aligning themselves with the Patriotic Front (PF) and are deliberately sabotaging the new dawn administration by increasing mealie meal prices so that Zambians could revolt against Government. Beene Haachombwa, a member of the UPND campaign committee claims most millers were sympathizers of the former ruling party and that was why they had been increasing the prices of mealie meal with the aim of invoking anger among citizens so they could rise against an elected government. “We still have Patriotic Front millers who want to sabotage the UPND government by…
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25 JanuaryHeadline News
Remove Banks from CDF Accessing Equation, Sinkamba
There is need to come up with a different and less complicated way of accessing Constituency Development Funds (CDF) by the different constituencies going forward which will not involve long procedures at banks going forward, Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has said
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21 JanuaryHeadline News
We inherited load Shedding – UPND
UPND Chairperson for Energy Engineer Charles Kaisala has called on those still criticizing government for load shedding to stop doing so as this was an issue that has existed long before the party got into power. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, Mr Kaisala said it was surprising that a lot of people were putting a blame on the UPND government over load shedding when the previous governments failed to resolve the problem. He said it was unfortunate that there are many people talking about the issue of load shedding without providing solutions. Mr. Kaisala said that there were…
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