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Government has approved a medical trip for Second President of the Republic of Zambia, Dr. Frederick Chiluba.
This is to enable him attend to his scheduled medical review.
He was last in South Africa in April 2010. He is expected to be in South Africa for a period of two weeks.
The review will be conducted at Garden [...]

Opposition New generation party president Humphrey Siulapwa says that Zambians need change.
Mr. Siulapwa has however stated that change should not only be concentrated on changing the presidency of the party.
Mr. Siulapwa says that the change of the president will not bring any difference in the country as perceived by many Zambians.
He noted that young people [...]

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has said Zambia’s bumper maize harvest will guarantee food security for the citizens and more income for small scale farmers.
Mr Banda said in Lusaka yesterday the country was focusing on investing in agriculture and the abundant maize produced this year would help strengthen the country’s food security.
He said the subject of food [...]

COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Felix Mutati has said the Government has this year managed to attract investment worth US$100 million in the agriculture sector because of the conducive business climate in Zambia.
Mr Mutati said this yesterday during the luncheon organised by the Agriculture and Commercial Show Society in conjunction with Cavmont Bank.
The Government has [...]

Alliance for democracy and development ADD interim president, Charles Milupi has described republican president, Rupiah Banda’s call for the electorate in Luena not to vote for him as a distortion to democracy.
And Mr. Milupi, the immediate past Luena Member of Parliament, who recently relinquished himself of that position and took up ADD presidency, says that [...]

The economic association of Zambia has described the decision by the energy regulation board ERB to approve a 25.6% electricity tariff hike, as a double edged sword.
EAZ executive director, Alexander Chileshe says that the decision might be positive due to the enormous financial needs that the country has in the energy sector.
But Dr. Chileshe says [...]

The recent castigation of critics of mobile hospitals by President Rupiah Banda that the issue is none of their business should be openly condemned by all citizens who care about the future of our beloved country.
I surely thought President Banda’s decision to purchase mobile hospitals from the China National Aero Technology Import and Export Corporation [...]

Former Media institute of southern Africa MISA Zambia chapter chairperson Kunda Mwila has added his calls to have the MISA chairperson to resign.
Mr. Kunda says that the call by the two Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chapter Board of Trustees for the organization’s chairperson Mr. Henry Kabwe to resign is long overdue.
He says [...]