Sata ups subsidy drive

May 21, 2013
Sata ups subsidy drive

…President dispatches ministers to explain it more By ALVIN CHIINGA PRESIDENT Sata has directed Cabinet and deputy ministers to go out and explain Government’s decision to scrap subsidies on maize and fuel. Mr Sata issued the directive during a caucus held...
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Wynter, Miles beat subsidy drum

May 21, 2013
Wynter, Miles beat subsidy drum

By CLAVER MUTINTA MINISTER of Justice Wynter Kabimba says the removal of fuel and maize subsidies is not intended to punish the people but to improve their lives. Mr Kabimba says although the government action appears to be a setback at...
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Zambia’s top ranking cheers PSDA

May 21, 2013
Zambia’s top ranking cheers PSDA

By TEDDY KUYELA THE Private Sector Development Association (PSDA) says Zambia’s ranking by Goldman Sachs as the most promising economy in Africa out of a survey of 14 African countries is a boost for the country. The report by the global...
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State to devise sector-based minimum wage

May 21, 2013

By CLAVER MUTINTA LABOUR Commissioner Cecilia Kamanga says government is considering ways of devising a sector based minimum wage in the construction sector following concerns over the lack of a minimum wage from some stakeholders. Ms Kamanga says the Ministry of...
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Zambia on track

May 21, 2013
Zambia on track

FOR some time now Zambia has been undertaking Private Sector Development Reform Programmes (PSDRP) meant to...
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CEC to conclude financing hydro project

May 20, 2013
CEC to conclude financing hydro project

By NKOLE CHITALA COPPERBELT Energy Corporation (CEC) says it expects to reach financial close for the...
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Poverty in midst of plenty

May 20, 2013
Poverty in midst of plenty

WE ARE ranked as Africa’s highest producer of copper and yet we have little or nothing...
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HH, Lungu lock horns over UNZA

May 19, 2013
Unza-police

By CHRISTINE CHISHA HAKAINDE Hichilema, the UPND president, has asked the government to immediately and unconditionally...
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Subsidy removal

May 19, 2013
Subsidy removal

The removal of subsidies on fuel and maize has raised so much debate in the country...
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Playhouse to host ‘Fig Tree in the Wrong Field’

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By KELVIN KACHINGWE THE Matero Theatre and Media Arts Society in conjunction with the Lusaka Theatre Club will on May 31 and June 1 play host to a drama play titled “A Fig Tree in the Wrong Field” at the Lusaka Playhouse. The play is written and directed by Bizwell Mudenda, Ngoma Award nominee...

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