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FORMER Republican President Rupiah Banda's trip to South Africa was yesterday blocked because the former Head of State is on a travel ban. Home Affairs Minister Edgar Lungu said Mr Banda was blocked at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport for fear that he would sabotage ongoing investigations against him. Mr Lungu said immigration authorities were in a dilemma on whether to
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DEFENCE Minister Geoffrey Mwamba has urged the Church to supplement Government's efforts in sensitising people on the benefits to be derived from the removal of fuel and maize subsidies. Mr Mwamba said this when he officiated at the Christian Faith Mission Centre Fundraising Dinner at Government Complex in Lusaka on Friday where he also pledged KR20, 000 to the church
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For several months now students at the University of Zambia have engaged in frequent protests and clashes with police over the conditions at the institution, raising some worries that the situation may escalate beyond control. This morning UNZA students staged a large protest over the removal of subsidies of both fuel and mealie-meal that they said had led to an
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The Network of Anti Retroviral Users of Zambia is perturbed at the current shortage and rationing of the life-prolonging drugs used for treatment of HIV-positive citizens. However these complaints have thus far been dismissed by government officials. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Peter Mwaba said there was no need to panic, arguing that there were enough stocks of anti-retrovirals
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Lusaka - The high profile trial of prominent Zambian gay rights activist Paul Kasonkomona was delayed on Wednesday, after his lawyer argued the charges were vague and should be heard by the High Court. Kasonkomona, 38, was arrested last month and charged with "soliciting for immoral purposes" after appearing on a live television programme where he argued for gay rights.
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On the occasion to mark the 2013 Labour Day celebrations President Michael Sata said a lot of incoherent things, perhaps that is his trademark. Like he has done several times before in the last few weeks, he accused two opposition presidents, Nevers Mumba and Hakainde Hichilema of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, MMD and the United Party for National Development,
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Harare - Zimbabwe plans to seize majority stakes in foreign owned mines without paying compensation in a pre-election move that could heighten tension in the unity government and spook investors, a document showed on Tuesday. A notice issued by the indigenisation ministry headed by Saviour Kasukuwere, a member of President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party, said the "ministry and the government
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Lusaka - Embattled ex-Zambian president Rupiah Banda was rearrested Monday and slapped with fresh graft charges linked to the acquisition of nine trucks for his 2011 re-election campaign, investigators said. "The former president, Rupiah Banda has today been formally charged and arrested in connection with nine light trucks which he received from a construction company that was constructing a stadium,"
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THE Lusaka High Court has granted the application by former President Rupiah Banda to commence proceedings challenging the lifting of his immunity from prosecution. The application will however, not operate as a stay to discontinue criminal proceedings against Mr Banda. Annie Sitali said in her ruling said yesterday that Mr Banda had a case that should go for a judicial
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Lusaka - Zambian police have arrested a gay rights activist minutes after he appeared on a live television show to press for same sex marriages, the police said on Monday. Paul Kasonkomona was picked up on Sunday night as he stepped out of MUVI TV studios, where he openly advocated for gay rights. He was on Monday charged with "inciting
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Lusaka - The start of a highly-charged trial of Zambia's ex-president Rupiah Banda on corruption charges was again delayed on Friday, after his lawyers questioned the jurisdiction of the court. Banda's lawyers argued that a magistrate court could not hear a case that involved offences allegedly committed when Banda was head of state, because they concern constitutional matters. Magistrate Joshua
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FORMER President Rupiah Banda is tomorrow expected to appear before the Government Joint Investigations Team (GJIT) for another interview on continued investigations over his alleged corruption transactions. The former Head of State's immunity was removed by Parliament recently following Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba's motion in the House. Mr Banda, who ruled Zambia between 2008 and 2011, was last week arrested
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Lusitu, Zambia — Indigenous people who were displaced from the Zambezi Valley almost six decades ago for the construction of the Kariba Dam say they have not benefited from the development they made way for. The building of the Kariba hydroelectric dam was supposed to usher in a bright future for the people of Zambia and Zimbabwe who gave up
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Lusaka - Zambia's ex-president Rupiah Banda on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to a charge of abuse of power linked to an oil contract signed while he was in office. He was arrested on Monday after being questioned by investigators over his role in a deal with a Nigerian firm. "No my Lord, I deny the charge," Banda told Magistrate Joshua
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The Government Joint Investigative Team (GJIT) in Lusaka has arrested former president Rupiah Banda and also seized his passport. Both GJIT spokesperson and Banda’s lawyers confirmed the arrest in separate interviews today and said the former Head of State had been released on police bond in his own recognisance. Banda was arrested on charges relating to the Oil deal involving
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Lusaka - Zambia's parliament voted on Friday to strip ex-leader Rupiah Banda of his presidential immunity, a move critics say is politically motivated. The former president is accused of corruption, money laundering and fraud, which his lawyers say are part of a political ploy by his successor, President Michael Sata, to purge any and all opposition. Presenting the allegations in
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Lusaka - Zambian lawmakers loyal to President Michael Sata will attempt to strip his predecessor of presidential immunity on Friday, according to a parliamentary order paper obtained by AFP. Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba is expected to present a motion which states "that Mr Rupiah Bwezani Banda who has held, but no longer holds the office of the president may be
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Harare - A senior official from Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party has been hospitalised after his house was fire-bombed ahead of a weekend constitutional referendum, police said on Wednesday. William Chapepa, who is running for election as a local government councillor in the eastern Manicaland province later this year, was attacked on Tuesday. It comes just over two weeks after
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Opposition United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema says he will not be cowed by intimidation tactics directed at him and vows to die fighting for a politically and economically better Zambia. Hichilema says he will not at any point surrender to intimidation tactics employed by the Patriotic Front government under President Michael Sata. The opposition leader is facing
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Lusaka - Zambian President Michael Sata on Wednesday pleaded with the country's citizens to stop killing each other in the bloody run-up to parliamentary by-elections. Ahead of elections in two parliamentary constituencies on Thursday, campaigns have been marred by violence that has included the killing of Harrison Chanda, an official from the ruling party. "Why are you fighting? Stop fighting
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Lusaka - Zambia's former president Rupiah Banda will not seek political asylum in South Africa, his spokesperson said on Friday, as a fight between the government and opposition heats up. Zambian President Michael Sata late on Thursday accused his predecessor of heading to South Africa, the neighbouring regional power, to avoid corruption charges in Zambia. Even if he does, "we
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United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema yesterday refused to take plea on grounds that he needed more time to study the new offence slapped on him by the State. Hichilema who was arrested for defamation of the President last week on Thursday was supposed to take plea on the same day in the afternoon but could not
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The prosecution of opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema yesterday failed to take off in the case where he is charged with the defamation of President Michael Sata because the State was not prepared. Hichilema's lawyer Sakwiba Sikota disclosed this following a meeting with the State prosecutors held in chambers at the magistrate court. Hichilema is represented by Sikota, Jack Mwiimbu,
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Freelance journalist Chanda Chimba III says he is ready to suffer harm at the hands of the PF government persecuting him for producing Stand Up for Zambia documentaries that were critical of President Michael Sata in the run up to the 2011 elections. Chimba was arrested last week and charged with allegedly producing articles that exposed the other side of
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TO ensure maximum security for the Chipolopolo at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in South Africa, the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) will attach two police officers to the squad. FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya said apart from security to be provided by the AFCON Local Organising Committee (LOC), Zambia Police Service officers would also be with the African
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