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Zambian President Michael Sata on Tuesday appointed a judge from neighbouring Malawi to probe three judges he claims acted unprofessionally in a $2.7 million loan extended to a local airline. Sata hired a foreign judge to chair a special tribunal to investigate three local high court judges over alleged misconduct in a ruling on a loan from a government bank
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WHAT started as a routine day on Wednesday for Mazabuka mortuary attendants turned into a traumatic experience when they scampered for cover after they heard a 'lion' roaring from the morgue. The attendants had just taken a body of an accident victim in the mortuary but as they were going about their routine work, they heard a strange loud noise
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Lusaka - Zambia's former ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) won a temporary reprieve Friday after a high court ruled that its dissolution could only be determined by a court. "The court has granted our party the MMD a stay of execution and I wish to call upon our members to remain calm and united as everything is under control,"
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Lusaka - Zambia's former ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy has been dissolved for failing to pay registration fees, which could see it stripped of its parliamentary seats, the chief registrar said on Wednesday. Political parties are required to pay annual registration fees, but the MMD has not paid since 1993 and now owes more than 390 million kwacha ($74 300),
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Corruption of previous governments is likely to be targeted by new Sata regime, particularly in infrastructure, energy and retail sectors. In the next six-months, President Sata is unlikely to ease his anti-corruption drive, which was one of his key campaign promises, and he started implementing immediately after his election as President in September 2011. On 9 January 2012, the government
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that Zambia had deepened its democracy with a peaceful handover of power following the election of ex-opposition leader President Michael Sata last year. "Last September, once again you conducted free and fair elections. Once again you managed a smooth and dignified transition of power," said Ban. "From far away we have watched great
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Lusaka - Opposition lawmakers in Zambia walked out of parliament on Wednesday, saying President Michael Sata and his government had been violating the constitution. "As members of parliament, we pledged to uphold the constitution of the Republic of Zambia and we feel that this government has been breaching the constitution," parliamentary opposition leader Felix Mutati told journalists. "They have been
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Frenchman Herve Renard is set to extend his contract with Zambia by two years, just days after guiding the country to its first African Cup of Nations title. Renard, whose contract was due to expire this year, will remain as Zambia coach until after the 2014 World Cup, according to Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili. The extension will be sealed "very
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FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya has said his association will do everything humanly possible to ensure Zambia retains the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title in South Africa next year. Kalusha said during a luncheon hosted for the victorious squad by First Lady Christine Kaseba at State House in Lusaka yesterday that the Chipolopolo wanted to keep the trophy. "Even coach
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The Zambian government has given $59,000 to each player in the national side which won the country's first Africa Cup of Nations title on Sunday, the sports minister said. Mr Chishimba Kambwili said on national radio, "The government has given each one of you $59,000, and that is beside what the corporate organisations might decide to give. This money is
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Lusaka - With an escort of jet fighters screaming above and tens of thousands of screaming fans on the ground, Zambia's victorious soccer team flew home to a hero's welcome. The Copper Bullets, or Chipolopolo as the national team is called, descended from the plane on Monday to meet ecstatic fans and show off the African Cup of Nations trophy
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Celebrations were still running on Monday morning as ecstatic Zambians prepared a heroes' welcome home for their national team after the country lifted its first Africa Cup of Nations title. "I am happy that finally the Cup is coming to Zambia," said Charity Sibanda, still celebrating in the streets since the night before. "We have waited for too long, and
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Zambia's footballers, in a simple but deeply moving ceremony here Thursday, honoured their fallen compatriots who perished in the 1993 air crash off the coast of Gabon. Shortly after arriving in Libreville, where they take on Ivory Coast in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final, the Copper Bullets made their way to the spot where 500 metres offshore a Zambian
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Zambia captain Christopher Katongo has been promoted to Warrant Officer Class One following his impressive showing at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. The Chipolopolo are in the semi-final of the ongoing tournament in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea and will face Ghana on Wednesday. Zambia army spokesperson Christopher Musonda said in a statement: “The president of the republic of Zambia
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Petauke — GOVERNMENT has said it plans to completely scrap all fees in schools but is currently constrained by the huge amounts of money being spent on the purchase of maize through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). Vice-President Guy Scott said this when he paid a courtesy call on Chief Nyamphande of the Nsenga-speaking people at his palace in Petauke
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An Australian woman whose bungee jumping cord snapped, plunging her head-first into raging crocodile-infested waters in Africa's Zambezi River, on Monday described her "miracle" survival. Erin Langworthy, 22, was on holiday on New Year's Eve when she took on the 111-metre (364-foot) bungee jump from the Victoria Falls bridge above the river, which borders Zambia and Zimbabwe. But it all
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PRESIDENT Michael Sata yesterday said the differences he had with Malawian President Bingu Wa Mutharika have been resolved following the 45-minute meeting he held with Malawi's retired president Bakili Muluzi. President Sata told journalists at State House in Lusaka yesterday that "by gone is by gone" and was hoping to visit Malawi soon. Dr Muluzi was present when President Sata
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Lusaka - Zambian president Michael Sata said on Friday he had decided to reconcile with eastern neighbour Malawi after a diplomatic row over his 2007 deportation from that country when he was an opposition leader. Sata, who took over as president of Africa's biggest copper producer after a surprise September 20 election victory, made the announcement after meeting former Malawian
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POLICE Inspector-General, Martin Malama says law enforcers will soon make arrests of politicians and individuals who want to use underhand methods to ascend to power through the formation of an illegal parallel "cabinet" in Western Province. Meanwhile, Defence Minister, Geoffrey Mwamba has said his ministry has started working closely with security wings to ensure that people planning the secession of
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Zambia were on Monday expected to re-group in Lusaka ahead of Tuesday's departure for South Africa for the final phase of preparations for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals. Herve Renard's men are scheduled to begin training tomorrow in Johannesburg where they would be based until January 18 when they shift base to the battle ground in Equatorial
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THE number of inmates on death row at Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison has swelled to 279, Commissioner of Prisons Percy Chato said yesterday. Mr Chato said in a brief response to a press query in Kabwe yesterday that there were 279 inmates who had already been sentenced to death, but could not state the capacity of the condemned section. Sources
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PRESIDENT Michael Sata yesterday arrived from Kampala, Uganda where he went to attend the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The Presidential Challenger plane carrying the president touched down at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport at exactly 18:05 in the midst of a heavy down pour. Mr Sata who was in a jovial mood and accompanied by First Lady
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Zambia will face fellow 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finalists, Angola in a friendly away on December 18. FAZ communications officer Erick Mwanza said in an interview yesterday that the game will be played in the north-Eastern Angolan town of Dundo. The friendly is Chipolopolo's second confirmed warm-up game after the January 11 away game against Bafana Bafana. Chipolopolo are
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Lusaka - Zambia will not arrest former US president George W Bush during his African tour for violating international torture laws, the foreign minister said on Saturday. Rights group Amnesty International on Thursday urged Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia to arrest Bush during the five-day tour to promote efforts to fight diseases like cancer, Aids and malaria. "On what basis does
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Lusaka — Former US President George Bush and his family arrived in Zambia yesterday to a thunderous welcome. Bush is on a health awareness three-African nation trip and was welcomed warmly in Lusaka despite Amnesty International's call for his arrest over human rights violations. A traditional dance troupe entertained Mr Bush, his wife Laura, daughters and his delegation at the
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