Zambia: Govt to Look at Poor Drainage Systems
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
THE issue of poor drainage systems in most towns in the country has become a perennial problem encountered every rainy season.
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Zambia: Taskforce Gobbled Up More Than Recoveries
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
THE total expenditure of the Task Force on Corruption was higher than the recoveries made during the period of its operations, Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani has said.
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'Chief Tindi's Chiefdom Was Abolished'
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
CHIEF Mnkhanya of the Kunda speaking people of Mambwe District in the Eastern Province has said the man claiming to be Chief Tindi is his subject as that chiefdom was abolished in 1948.
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ZNAN Chief Wants PTA Fees Scrapped in Schools
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
ZAMBIA National Aids Network (ZNAN) executive director Elizabeth Mataka has called for the abolition of Parent Teachers Association (PTA) fees in schools to make education truly free for all.
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Lusaka Police Corner Murder Suspects
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
POLICE in Lusaka have picked up four Zambians in connection with the killing an Asian woman and wounding of her husband a week ago.
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Work On Roads Before Rains, Machila Tells Lusaka Council
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
ACTING Local Government and Housing Minister, Bradford Machila has directed the Lusaka City Council (LCC) to rehabilitate the dilapidated roads and drainages around the city before the onset of rains.
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Zamtel Workers Ink Separation Perks Deal
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
THE National Union of Communication Workers (NUCW) and Zamtel management have agreed on a conditional separation package to be paid to all workers before the firm is partially privatised, NUCW general secretary, Clement Kasonde has said.
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Govt Challenges Levy Death Expense Critics
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
THE Government has challenged civil society organisations and others disputing that K19 billion was used during the illness and funeral of late president Levy Mwanawasa to report the matter to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
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Central Africa: RB Challenges Great Lakes
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has challenged countries in the Great Lakes Region to tackle corruption, poverty, human rights violations and diseases that have dogged the African continent.
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Zambia: It's All Nonsense, Says Grey Zulu
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
FORMER UNIP secretary general Grey Zulu is upset with a media reports that the Government regards him as a criminal when he has all along been receiving help from the State.
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Zambia: Citizens Chide President Banda's Critics
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A CROSS-section of Zambians has condemned the smear campaign launched by some former Government leaders and members of the civil society against President Rupiah Banda's family and the Government.
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Zambia: Media Can Be Dangerous Tool - MPs
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
PARLIAMENT yesterday heard that the media can be a dangerous tool if placed in the hands of non-professionals, especially during election time when political tension is high.
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Country Gets Over 3,000 Tonnes of Maize-Meal
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Zimbabwe received more than 3 000 tonnes of maize meal yesterday, which is part of the 9 000 tonnes Zambian President Rupiah Banda pledged in May this year.
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Morgan Tsvangirai calls off boycott
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Zimbabwe's unity government pulled back from the brink last night when Morgan Tsvangirai, the prime minister, called off his boycott of power sharing with president Robert Mugabe. "We have suspended our disengagement from the government with immediate effect," said Tsvangirai after an emergency regional summit in Maputo, Mozambique. But he presented Mugabe with a new ultimatum. "We...
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Zambia: Readying young minds to fight cholera through better hygiene
Unicef (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
LUSAKA, Zambia, 5 November 2009 – The rainy season has returned in Zambia, bringing with it the threat of cholera, a preventable waterborne disease that sickens thousands here every year.