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  • Compounds are receiving up to 15 hours of power – Chikote
    ENERGY Minister Makozo Chikote says residents in compounds are now receiving up to 15 hours of electricity, attributing this improvement to government’s structured and methodical approach to addressing load-shedding. He says for residents in areas like Woodlands who can afford rooftop solar, government has increased their power supply to a minimum of six hours, instead of the one or two.......
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    UPND congratulates opposition on by-election wins: “We’re not jealous”
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    Don’t just talk about problems and end there, discuss solutions – HH
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    Kampyongo warns of rejection vote, but speaker defends HH: “Don’t compare Malawi to Zambia”
  • OPINION
  • Why are we struggling with cholera in the dry season?
    IN the last few weeks, Zambia has recorded nearly 200 cumulative cases of cholera in Mpulungu, Nsama and Mbala districts of Northern Province. The nation has also recorded two deaths from the disease. How is this happening during the dry season? Typically, cholera is a disease that comes with the rains, so why are we failing to deal with it in the dry season? This doesn’t even begin to make sense. What level of poor hygiene are we dealing with that we should be struggling with cholera at this time of the year? Cholera is.......
  • Compounds are receiving up to 15 hours of power – Chikote
    ENERGY Minister Makozo Chikote says residents in compounds are now receiving up to 15 hours of electricity, attributing this improvement to government’s structured and methodical approach to addressing load-shedding. He says for residents in areas like Woodlands who can afford rooftop solar, government has increased their power supply to a minimum of six hours, instead of the one or two hours of electricity they were receiving. Appearing on Diamond TV’s COSTA programme, Sunday, Chikote said while the distribution may not be fair, the approach was part of a structured and methodical roadmap aimed at gradually.......
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    Mweemba has been condemned without context, RTSA needs a transparent recruitment process
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    It’s not possible to increase PAYE exemption to K10,000 – MoF
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    300,000 bonded farmers have sold maize to FRA – Phiri
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    We’re in the process of selecting mediators in Lungu funeral talks – Makebi
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  • POLL

Do you agree that child defilers should be castrated?

  • Yes (80%, 606 Votes)
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    No wind of change in Zambia; Malawians are reacting to incumbent’s performance – Milupi
    UPND Alliance Chairperson Charles Milupi says there is no wind of change in Zambia, arguing that what is happening in Malawi is a reaction to…….
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    Some proposed laws are inimical to democracy – Musa
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    We’re being insulted by people who haven’t been paid under Cash for Work – Kapyanga
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    Parley is biased, UPND MPs go unpunished – Fr Mwewa
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    If one is using political lenses to see progress, then they won’t see anything – Kabwe DC

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    Only 10,000 out of 46,000 SMEs are paying back loans – Mubanga
    SMALL and Medium Enterprise Development Minister Elias Mubanga says only 10,000 out of the 46,000 SMEs that accessed empowerment loans are paying them back. And…….
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    ZRA seizes 2 trucks carrying smuggled alcohol, cosmetics worth K4.9m
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    If all energy projects are completed, we could end loadshedding by 2027 – PDU
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    It’s not possible to increase PAYE exemption to K10,000 – MoF
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    ZRA intercepts alcohol smuggled in bags of fish

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    Magistrate recuses himself from handling Why Me’s hate speech case
    LUSAKA Senior Resident Magistrate Andrew Peter Mungala has recused himself from handling the case in which Francis Kapwepwe, popularly known as ‘Why Me’, is charged…….
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    Maria Zaloumis, others appear in court
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    Clinical evidence insufficient to support rape claim, court hears in John General case
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    Lungu’s family loses bid to block repatriation of body
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    Lusambo moves to block forfeiture of properties

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    Nora names provisional squad for WAFCON qualifier against Namibia
    ZAMBIA Women National Team Coach Nora Häuptle has named a 42-member provisional squad for the back-to-back WAFCON qualifier against Namibia. In a statement posted on…….
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    MMA Zambia members petition NSCZ over governance concerns
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    Clingy Partner
    Dear Aka- Monde, My wife is too clingy. In the early years of our marriage, I thought it was love and a honey moon phase thing. She followed me everywhere,....
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    Zambia’s Critical Minerals Boom – Opportunities and Risks (Part I)
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    Mwanakampwe recounts 2017 torture ordeal: “PF police broke my testicle, locked me in a mortuary”
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    Postmaster General outlines plans to modernise Zampost to reach Alibaba level
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    “My pastor hubby video-calls women while naked in my presence”
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    MEC Urges Calm as Results Processing Continues
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    Nora names provisional squad for WAFCON qualifier against Namibia
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    MMA Zambia members petition NSCZ over governance concerns
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    No wind of change in Zambia; Malawians are reacting to incumbent’s performance – Milupi
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    Only 10,000 out of 46,000 SMEs are paying back loans – Mubanga
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    Some proposed laws are inimical to democracy – Musa
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    We’re being insulted by people who haven’t been paid under Cash for Work – Kapyanga
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    If one is using political lenses to see progress, then they won’t see anything – Kabwe DC

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