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Zambia: The Post editor-in-chief appears in court

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:42:00 +0200

LUSAKA: David Simusamba on 17 November 2009 appeared in court to answer to the charges of contempt of court leveled against him and the Post newspaper. He is being charged with one count of contempt of court contrary to Section 116 of the Penal Code chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
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Zambian journo cleared of porn charges

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:06:00 +0200

LUSAKA: A Zambian journalist was acquitted on Monday, 16 November 2009 of pornography charges after emailing unpublished pictures of a woman giving birth on the sidewalk outside a hospital during a doctors' strike.
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FNB officially launches Zambia operation

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:00 +0200

LUSAKA: First National Bank announced yesterday, 27 October 2009, the launch of its Zambia operation. The operation was officially opened by the president of Zambia, President Rupiah Banda. The company's banking license was issued on 25 November 2008.
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Veteran Zambian editor charged with contempt

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:30:00 +0200

NEW YORK: The editor-in-chief of Zambia's largest newspaper was criminally charged for the second time on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 after running an op-ed critical of controversial pornography charges against a journalist, according to local journalists and news reports.
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ZAMBIA: State warns My TV for airing Muvi TV content

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:31:00 +0200

LUSAKA: The Zambian government on 5 September 2009 warned My Television (My TV) and other satellite broadcasters operating in Zambia, to desist from providing a broadcasting platform to other radio and television stations whose frequencies are restricted to specific areas.
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Zambian paper's staff summoned on contempt charges

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:33:00 +0200

NEW YORK: A magistrate in Zambia issued a summons today for the entire editorial staff of the southern African country's largest independent newspaper to appear in court on Wednesday, 2 September 2009 on contempt charges, according to local journalists and news reports. The ruling was prompted by an op-ed commenting on the prosecution of the paper's news editor.
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Economy-Zambia: Hard times on the Copperbelt

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:56:00 +0200

LUANSHYA: Nowhere in Zambia is the impact of the global financial crisis being felt harder than in the copper and cobalt-rich province of the Copperbelt.
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Invest in Zambia and get Real Africa's rewards

Fri, 29 May 2009 08:03:00 +0200

Zambians say their country is the Real Africa. The landlocked country might not be as superficially ‘flashy' as others, but the investment opportunities abound and can hit one in the face like a ton of bricks. Delegates attending the Intra-Africa Business Breakfast hosted by Upbeat Marketing at Joburg's Michelangelo Hotel yesterday, Thursday 28 May 2009, got a glimpse of Zambia's potential if they choose to head north.
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ZAMBIA: Media resists calls for state regulation

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:35:00 +0200

LUSAKA: After almost a decade of fighting for self-regulation, the Zambian media may finally have its wishes entrenched with constitutional protection. The new draft constitution of the country prohibits legislation that would undermine media freedom and administrative behaviour that could hinder the development of the sector.
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A better meal than maize-meal

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:19:00 +0200

SAMFYA: As food prices soar and stocks continue to fall, Zambians are finding it increasingly difficult to depend on maize and are being urged to look at a cheaper, drought- and pest-resistant alternative that already puts food on the table in the north of the country.
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