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Zambia’s sovereign debt crisis: How foreign creditors have all the power over the country’s economic recovery

As power-cuts force pupils to take their own water to school, we investigate the effect of the crisis on Zambia's debt-ravaged electricity company

Charles Mafa and Nick Mathiason (Finance Uncovered)

June 27, 2022

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A TALE OF DEATHS, ABUSE AT CHINESE MINE IN ZAMBIA

Kyaiwa said he was lifting rocks at Jifumpa Mine’s underground site sometime in 2019 when his fingers on the left hand were crushed by the mine hutch after a machine operator accidentally set it in motion.

Charles Mafa

June 15, 2022

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LOW WAGES TRIGGER DECLINE IN ETHICAL REPORTING

A 38-year-old Mazabuka-based journalist Jacob Maambo, said the poor working conditions have driven many journalists out of the profession.

Linda Soko Tembo and Hannock Kasama

June 13, 2022

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Eye clinic’s closure might cost some patients their sight, Mwami administration warns

According to a 28 February 2018 letter by Dr Jabbin Mulwanda, the former Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, seen by MakanDay, the services and equipment were moved to Chipata because government wanted only the outpatient department (OPD) to remain at Mwami.

Christopher Miti - Chipata (Eastern Province)

June 10, 2022

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While Zambia’s history is undoubtedly long, when reading many accounts of contemporary events, it almost appears as though it did not exist

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FEBRUARY 2 1964 Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula’s Shadow Cabinet is formed as a government in the waiting. Nkumbula promises to "breathe down the nec

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LOOKING BACK AT HOW ZAMBIA SURVIVED THE FUEL DROUGHT AFTER BORDER CLOSURE

The story of how Zambia survived the fuel drought begun on 11 November 1965 when former rebel leader, lan Douglas Smith declared UDI (Unilateral Declaration of Independence) for Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

Moses Walubita

May 12, 2022

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REMEMBERING ZAMBIA'S FORGOTTEN FREEDOM FIGHTER

Ashok Desai said his father was a forgotten hero who sacrificed business, time and his family’s comfort to liberate the country, then called Northern Rhodesia which became independent as Republic of Zambia on 24 October, 1964 and died a year later.

Moses Walubita

May 7, 2022

Zambia’s sovereign debt crisis: How foreign creditors have all the power over the country’s economic recovery

As power-cuts force pupils to take their own water to school, we investigate the effect of the crisis on Zambia's debt-ravaged electricity company

Charles Mafa and Nick Mathiason (Finance Uncovered)

June 27, 2022

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A TALE OF DEATHS, ABUSE AT CHINESE MINE IN ZAMBIA

Charles Mafa

June 15, 2022

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LOW WAGES TRIGGER DECLINE IN ETHICAL REPORTING

A 38-year-old Mazabuka-based journalist Jacob Maambo, said the poor working conditions have driven many journalists out of the profession.

Linda Soko Tembo and Hannock Kasama

June 13, 2022

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Eye clinic’s closure might cost some patients their sight, Mwami administration warns

Christopher Miti - Chipata (Eastern Province)

June 10, 2022

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