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Mar- 2023 -26 MarchHeadline News
Apologise, Archbishop Mpundu tells HH
By NATION REPORTEREMERITUS Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu has demanded that President Hakainde Hichilema should apologise or step aside for failing to meet the aspirations and expectations of Zambians.Archbishop Mpundu has branded the UPND government an incorrigible establishment that did not care or tend to the needs of the people but those of their own.“You are dealing with an establishment that is incorrigible because we tell them and they do not care to listen. There is documentary evidence to that effect. President Hichilema should apologise to Zambians for failing the people. He has failed to meet the aspirations and expectations of the…
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25 MarchHeadline News
No Sugilite has dissappeared – Kabuswe
By NATION REPORTERTHE Sugilite that was reported to have been stolen is in fact kept in some warehouse in Kabwe and it is not correct to insinuate that the precious gem had mysteriously gone missing, Paul Kabuswe has clarified.Mr Kabuswe, the Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources has stated that at no time did he claim that the Sugilite was stolen and that the police had been instructed to investigate the matter.He said he had never given interview to any reporter alleging that the Sugilite had been stolen because the gem had never gone missing from the time it was…
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22 MarchHeadline News
Fashion, Daka in
CHIPOLOPOLO stars Fashion Sakala and Patson Daka have reported for camp in Ndola ahead of the crucial back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Lesotho. Zambia will tomorrow host Lesotho at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola before travelling for the reverse fixture scheduled for March 26 in South Africa. Fashion and Daka who features for Glasgow Rangers and Leicester City FC respectively are joined by Lecce speedster Lameck Banda, Benson Sakala who stars for FK Viagem Pribram in the Czech Republic and Frankie Musonda from AYR in Scotland. The five stars are part of the 16 foreign-based players Chipolopolo…
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22 MarchHeadline News
HH’s vision is to transform the Zambian economy – Chipoka
COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga says President Hakainde Hichilema’s vision is to transform the Zambian economy into an industrial hub in the region. This industrialisation drive will enable Zambia maximise benefits from the Continental Free Trade Area-AfCTA, which is a flagship program of the African Union (AU) towards Agenda 2063. Mr Mulenga observed that this can be noted from the business-friendly policies introduced to promote local and foreign investment in the country. The minister said as the situation stands, Zambians can now occupy space in the economic zones and produce goods for domestic and export markets. He said…
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22 MarchCourt News
Money for my property came from Gen Muma – Chungu
By CHARLES MUSONDA I BUILT my property using money that former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) commander Lieutenant General David Muma and others paid me for the pieces of land I sold them, businessman James Chungu has testified. This is in a case Chungu, 56, and another former ZAF commander Eric Chimese have been put on their defence for alleged money laundering involving a single storey residential house and nine apartments located on the remaining extent of farm 2303/Q in Lusaka’s Ibex Hill area. Opening his defence yesterday, Chungu told Lusaka Magistrate Nsunge Chanda that sometime in 2009 and 2010 he…
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22 MarchEconomy
Kabimba, Kateka advise HH to address high cost of living
By NATION REPORTER TWO opposition political leaders have observed that the UPND administration’s economic model being implemented is negatively affecting the under-privileged and have advised President Hakainde Hichilema to address the high cost of living because there is a risk that Zambians could resort to what is currently happening in South Africa and Kenya. The Economic Front party and the New Heritage Party (NHP) have advised President Hichilema to stop thinking that those with divergent views on how best Zambia should be governed were his enemies. Mr Wynter Kabimba, the leader of the Economic Front says one of the characteristics…
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22 MarchHeadline News
Mwamba questions presence of Blair, Greg Mills in Zambia’s protected premises
By NATION REPORTER PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema should make public the MoU he has signed to allow former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and South African lobbyist Gregg Mills to set base in Lusaka. Mr Mwamba, Zambia’s former envoy to Ethiopia and the African Union (AU) said it was illegal for foreigners without clearance to work from the country’s security installations as advisors because that was compromising the security of the country. “Since our Constitution does not allow foreigners to work as advisors inside high protected premises, it is therefore a breach of the security of the country for foreigners to…
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22 MarchEconomy
Kwacha depreciation negatively impacting local MSME’s – Silavwe
By NATION REPORTER THE continuous free falling depreciation of the Kwacha against major convertibles is quickly turning into a serious business nightmare. It is increasingly becoming expensive to run a local business, Golden Party president Jackson Silavwe has said. Mr Silavwe said this trend was negatively affecting the business environment at both local small and medium levels in an import based economy, compounded by the fact that Zambia’s economy is consumer based. He said local small and medium businesses which employ a large chunk of workers 90 percent plus outside the formal sector were now experiencing high operational costs owing…
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22 MarchBusiness
BREAKING BARRIERS: Overcoming Challenges To Women’s Participation In Politics, Leadership & Businesses In Zambia
Bernadette Deka-Zulu (PhD Researcher-Public Enterprise) As we are headed to concluding this special month of March when women are celebrated world over, we look at the progress of women’s participation in politics, business, and socio-economic development. In Zambia, efforts have been made to increase women’s participation in these sectors, but challenges still exist. It is crucial to examine the progress made so far and the challenges that hinder women’s full and equal participation in these areas. This article explores the current status of women’s participation in politics, business, and socio-economic development in Zambia, the legal framework that supports women’s development,…
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21 MarchHeadline News
Drug shortagebites
By NATION REPORTER SHORTAGES of drugs and other medical supplies have continued in hospitals and clinics with those not on the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIMA) scheme being told to purchase their own medication. A number of stakeholders have blamed corruption as the major cause with former Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia president Jerome Kanyika left angered that the country has continued experiencing persistent and critical shortage of drugs in most of the health facilities despite government having released money to the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA). Mr Kanyika has attributed the continued shortage of medicines and other medical…
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