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CIO boss Thuthani dies

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DEPUTY director external in the President’s Department, Cde Nothando Thuthani, has died. She was 57 and has been

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Sata names white ally vice president

Tendai H Manzvanzvike Foreign Editor
ZAMBIA’S new president Michael Sata yesterday named his 19-member cabinet including a white vice president Guy Scott. 
This is the first time a white man has held such a high position in post-independent Zambia.

Under the constitution of Zambia, when a sitting president dies, the vice president automatically becomes president but must run for elections within 90 days.

The Zambian leader has also fired, with immediate effect, the Central Bank Governor Caleb Fundanga, who is believed to have helped curb inflation to below 10 percent for the first time in 30 years.
Sata, who was sworn in last Friday, said the Ten

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Zesa’s US$12m bulb tender cancelled

Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
THE State Procurement Board has cancelled all tenders for the supply of 5,5 million energy-saving bulbs because bidders  failed to meet set requirements.

This will result in Zesa Holdings delaying the distribution of the bulbs worth US$12 million.
Zesa decided to distribute free compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), which will result in the country saving 200 megawatts.

This energy is enough to cater for half of Harare, the whole of Bulawayo or at least four small cities like Gweru, Kwekwe, Masvingo and Mutare.
Twelve bidders that had forwarded their tenders under a special formal tender process are now complaining that the cancellation was done under unclear circumstances.

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137 firms defy Govt directive

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AT least 137 mining firms risk losing operating licences for refusing to comply with indigenisation regulations. Firms likely to  be affected if they do not comply in the next 14 days include Murowa Diamonds, Metallon Gold, and Anglo-American.

Youth, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday said 38 mining companies have complied while others have agreed to the indigenisation framework.

Minister Kasukuwere said discussions were underway with some of the companies hoping that a common ground would be reached in the next 14 days.
He, however, said defiant companies will face the full wrath

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Set up rural courts: Makarau

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SUPREME Court judge Justice Rita Makarau has called for the establishment of more courts and circuit courts in the rural