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RTSA grants motorists 14-day-grace-period

RTSA grants motorists 14-day-grace-period


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By Jessie Zimba and Fulman James Mukobeko THE Road Transport and Safety Agency(RTSA) has given a period of 14 days within which motorists should acquire motor vehicle and trailer licenses and road services licenses for the third quarter of 2017. RTSA Spokesperson Fredrick Mubanga said motorists and Public Service Vehicle Operators have been given an extension of up to 14th July 2017 to pay for the required licenses. Mr. Mubanga said there will be no enforcement of the validity of said documents by the RTSA and the Zambia Police until the stated grace period expire. Mubanga said the Agency is...

Marapodi man commits suicide

Marapodi man commits suicide


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By Dyson Jayson Bubala in Lusaka’s Mandevu Constituency Demon-possessed Kabamba Mubili of Marapodi compound in Lusaka’s Mandevu Constituency   attempted to commit suicide last Thursday. Narrating the ordeal, Kabamba’s mother Dorcas Mubili disclosed that her 14 year old daughter is demonic and that she has been saying she has been seeing three people in her dreams demanding her blood. Kabamba was rushed to Marapodi Police Post on where she spent in night in police custody. On Friday afternoon, police released her and instead took her to church for prayers. Kabamba’s mother said her daughter‘s life is in danger, disclosing that Satanists...

Spuki Mulemwa defends President Edgar Lungu


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By Jessie Zimba and Fulman James Mukobeko Niko ZAMBIAN DNA Spokesperson Spuki Mulemwa has dismissed assertions that President Edgar Lungu is a tin-pot tyrant following his move to consult the nation on whether Zambia should remain in the International Criminal Court (ICC). Mulemwa said in Lusaka that despite the fact that President Lungu allowed wide consultation on the ICC issue it is evident enough that he is not a dictator as the opposition view him. Mulemwa said if President Lungu was a despot he would not have consulted Zambians but would have have just announced that Zambia had withdrawn its...

Gen. Malimba Masheke courts Zambian media

Gen. Malimba Masheke courts Zambian media


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By Jessie Zimba and Derrick Sinjela UNIVERSAL Peace Federation (UPF) Zambia Chapter Secretary Malimba Masheke says media practitioners in Zambia should freely play their role as the eyes and ears of the public. Officiating at a one-day Media Practitioners Seminar at the Peace Embassy in Lusaka themed: “Responsible Journalism in Pluralistic Society”, General Masheke said no one must thwart media personnel voices on issues of national concern. General Masheke, who served as Zambia’s Prime Minister in the United National Independence Party (UNIP) Government of President Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda, admonished journalists as the Fourth Estate to be vigilant and responsible...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema petitions HPCZ


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By Fulman James Mukobeko Nico UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has written to the Health Professions Council of Zambia, complaining that director of health service Dr Msipu Phiri is colluding to take over his health care in prison by force. According to the letter dated 28th June, 2017 and signed by Hichilema, the UPND leader is worried that Dr Phiri is breaching to his privacy and that his life is in danger. Hichilema who has so spent 80 days in prison for alleged treason offence said Dr Phiri is insisting on supervising his personal doctors. Be...

HH arrest worries Professor Elijah Ngwale


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By Fulman James Mukobeko Nico SENIOR Blind Citizen Elijah Ngwale says Hichilema’s incarceration has done more harm than good to the Patriotic Front (PF) regime. Ngwale said in an interview with Pan African Radio that even if Hichilema does not become president of Zambia he will influence the exit of PF in the 2021 polls. Ngwale said the arrest of Hichilema attracted negative publicity of Zambia to the outside world. And Ngwale says calling for the release of Hichilema is not a priority at the moment. Ngwale said what is necessary now is to call for early elections to usher...

Boring Zambian politics worry Humphrey Malimba

Boring Zambian politics worry Humphrey Malimba


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By Caesar Sindele and Fulman Mukobeko A ZAMBIAN-BASED in the United States of America (USA) has described the state of Zambia’s politics as boring. In an interview with Pan African Radio News, Humphrey Malimba said instead of engaging the opposition in positive dialogue and finding the common ground to political problems, Government is treating people with divergent views as enemies. Mr. Malimba noted that insults and shallow engagements have dominated the political landscape. And Malimba holds a view that United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema should not have been arrested. Malimba brands people thinking that the arrest...

Salary negotiations on-course, Joyce Nonde-Simukoko assures partners


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By Caesar Sindele and Fulman James Mukobeko LABOUR Minister Joyce Nonde-Simukoko has said government’s negotiating team for the 2017 Improved Salaries and Conditions of Service has submitted to her ministry information a progress report on the on-going negotiations. In a press release, Simukoko the Ministry of Labour and Social Security expects its partners which are government unions and the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to guide and mediate in the negotiating process of their affiliates and provide the bargaining team space to amicably conclude negotiations. Simukoko, who is looking forward to an amicable conclusion, said should there be any...

ERB Public comments on ZESCO Limited’s Electricity Tariff Application


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ERB starts receiving public comments on ZESCO Limited’s Electricity Tariff Application Agnes Phiri DIRECTOR – CONSUMER & PUBLIC AFFAIRS   The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has started receiving public comments on the proposed electricity tariff adjustment application by ZESCO Limited.   The follows an application by the utility to vary tariffs by 75% on average, in two phases starting with 50% on 1st May and a further 25% on 1st September 2017.   Members of the public are hereby requested to lodge their written submissions to the ERB in line with the Public Consultation Paper which is available on the...

António Guterres, 9th United Nations Secretary-General since Sunday 1st January 2017

António Guterres, 9th United Nations Secretary-General since Sunday 1st January 2017


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Biography=António Guterres United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres UN Photo/Mark Garten António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on Sunday 1st January 2017.  Having witnessed the suffering of the most vulnerable people on earth, in refugee camps and in war zones, the Secretary-General is determined to make human dignity the core of his work, and to serve as a peace broker, a bridge-builder and a promoter of reform and innovation. Prior to his appointment as Secretary-General, Mr. Guterres served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015,  heading one of the world’s foremost humanitarian organizations during...

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