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/ 11 February 2004
Media organisations in Zambia are staging a five-day campaign this week to lobby for the proposed Freedom of Information Bill to be brought before the current session of Parliament. This follows government claims that the law needs to be revised.
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/ 18 January 2004
Human rights activists in Zambia scored another victory recently when they got Parliament to outlaw corporal punishment in the country. Legal Affairs Minister George Kunda said corporal punishment went against constitutional provisions. But not all teachers are happy with the ruling.
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/ 17 December 2003
Six people have died from cholera and another 165 are reported to be in a serious condition as the disease sweeps through Zambia’s capital, Lusaka. It appears that local authorities have been caught flat-footed by the outbreak. They are now engaged in a frantic bid to contain the disease.
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/ 13 November 2003
The demand for anti-Aids drugs far outstrips supply in many African countries. But, Zambia appears to be an exception to this rule — at first glance. People are not visiting clinics to get access to anti-retrovirals. However, the Zambian government and Aids groups disagree on the reasons behind this.
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/ 23 October 2003
Martin Mubanga’s parents have changed his schools twice this year, because his class got too large, 15 pupils. ”What’s the point of sending your child to an expensive school if it’s going to be crowded,” says his mother Elizabeth.
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/ 16 October 2003
More than 2 000 Zambian workers have been left in the lurch as the South African franchise shop Supreme Furnishers was liquidated by a Lusaka court this week — the third South African franchise in Zambia to close down after the expiry of its five-year tax grace period, a government privatisation incentive. "We appear to have set ourselves up for a fall. We have to scrutinise this policy again," said Zambia’s commerce minister.