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Lungu urges chiefs to embrace local, foreign investors in agric

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has urged traditional leaders in North Western Province to embrace both local and foreign investors interested in investing in agricultural production. He said the province should grow sufficient food to meet the growing demand in the area, including the neigbouring Angola and DRC. Launching the 2018/2019 planting season in Mwinilunga yesterday, President…

Kapata, not HH to blame for CB riots, charges Zaza

LUSAKA lawyer McQueen Zaza says arresting Hakainde Hichilema will not help resolve the confusion Zambians are in regarding the listing of ZAFFICO. Meanwhile, lands and natural resources minister Jean Kapata has claimed that the government will not allow any foreign to buy shares in ZAFFICO. He says Kapata, not Hichilema, was to blame for the Copperbelt…

Malumo yearns for national team call-up

(By Tobias Phiri and Vera Phiri)   ENGLAND based Mwiya Malumo says he will work towards earning a slot in the senior national team after the 2018 Mopani COSAFA Under 20 Championship. Malumo, who is attached to Vulcan FC, said his immediate target was to deliver at the regional tournament before he sets his eyes at…

Chief Jumbe, 4 others in court for assault

CHIEF Jumbe of the Kunda people in Mambwe district and four other people were on Tuesday slapped with three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Oswell Zimba, who is chief Jumbe, Jeffrey Banda, Kenneth Mwale, James Yolamu and Victor Nsefu appeared before Chipata principal resident magistrate Jenifer Bwalya for explanation of the charge and…

Injured keeper, Musonda, out of CAF finals

SHEPOLOPOLO second choice goalkeeper Catherine Musonda has been ruled out of the Africa Women Cup of Nations that kicks off in Ghana this weekend. Team doctor Faith Chibeza Mwansa confirmed the development from Ivory Coast where the team is camping. Mwansa said Musonda sustained the injury after colliding with a Cameroon striker in the friendly…

UPND MP REPORTS MINISTER OVER DEATH THREATS

CHOMA Central UPND member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa yesterday stood on a point of order in Parliament complaining that infrastructure development and housing minister Ronald Chitotela has consistently threatened him with death on account of his parliamentary debates. Mweetwa, the UPND deputy spokesperson, says threats of death will not deter him from speaking fearlessly and…
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