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Dora Siliya acquitted

CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka MINISTER of Agriculture Dora Siliya has been acquitted of abuse of authority charges she was alleged to have committed when she was Minister of Transport and Communications during the MMD administration. Siliya was charged with two counts of abuse of authority of office for allegedly cancelling a tender for installation of a

Increase support to those hosting refugees – Lungu

HONE SIAME, Lusaka PRESIDENT Lungu has called on the international community to increase their support to African countries hosting refugees to help facilitate the education and livelihood opportunities for the displaced victims. And the head of State says Government is considering extending the offer of local integration to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) refugees who

Jerabos reclaim Black Mountain

MWILA NTAMBI, Kitwe THE Kitwe High Court has granted a group of Copperbelt small-scale miners, commonly known as jerabos, an interlocutory injunction restraining Nkana Alloy and Smelting Company and Tianjin Maolin Technology Company from preventing them from accessing the copper slug dumpsite, Black Mountain, in Kitwe. Kitwe High Court judge Isaac Kamwendo granted the order

Boy, 11, arrested for murder

BUTTYSON KANDIMBA, Solwezi AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy of Mwinilunga district has allegedly punched his school-mate to death after purported provocation. North-Western Province commissioner of police Auxensio Daka said in an interview yesterday that the incident happened on Tuesday at 11:30 hours at Chinyimba village in Chief Kakoma’s area in Mwinilunga district, North-Western Province. He identified the

Lungu to start airport project

NKOLE MULAMBIA, Ndola PRESIDENT Lungu is expected in Ndola today to commission the ground breaking of the US$500 million Copperbelt International Airport project, and construction of Copperbelt township roads in Chingola. Copperbelt permanent secretary Elias Kamanga said at a press briefing in Ndola yesterday that the President is scheduled to arrive in Ndola at around16:00

Holding out for hope

DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka MIGRAINES are something that never ran in the family of Antony Chiwone, a 21-year-old first year student in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Zambia (UNZA). Neither his late father nor mother ever had them. But Antony has had migraines and swollen face for some time now. He had

Wina challenges public workers

NANCY SIAME, Lusaka ACTING President Inonge Wina has urged public service workers to uphold the highest level of professionalism when executing their duties to boost citizens’ confidence in the public service, and government as a whole. Mrs Wina said Government will continue formulating and implementing polices, systems and practices that nurture a culture of professionalism
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