Daily Archives: March 30, 2015

Magistrate Chibesakunda warns child defilers

Lusaka Magistrate Wendy Chibesakunda has issued a timely warning to child defilers and perpetrators of Gender Based Violence (GBV) ahead of the opening of the Fast Track Court on Gender Based Violence. Magistrate Chibesakunda who is one of the three Magistrates who will be handling cases of gender based violence at the Fast Track Court on GBV says perpetrators of ...

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PF has failed to manage mines – Saunders

                                    Political Activist Dante Saunders has charged that it is clear that the PF administration has lamentably failed to manage the mining sector. Mr. Saunders points out that the decision to make changes to the 2015 mineral royalty tax is one good example ...

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Ex PF Chawama MP dies

Former Chawama Patriotic Front Member of Parliament and Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) Secretary General Reverend Violet Sampa Bret has died. Reverend Sampa Bret died in Germany. CCZ Secretary General Suzanne Matale in statement says the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) acknowledges the enormous contribution that Rev Sampa Bret made to the life and work of CCZ during ...

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Dodia weighs opportunities for local companies to partner with foreigners

Economic Analyst Yusuf Dodia has observed that opportunities for Zambian companies to partner with investors from developed countries are still very slim. Mr. Dodia notes that currently there are very few Zambian companies that have the financial muscle to enter into equitable partnerships with big investors from highly industrialized countries like China, the US and Germany. He has told Qfm ...

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Mining tax changes timeframe worries SACCORD

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) is concerned that the timeframe in which changes to the current Mine Tax regime are to be effected may not be adequate. President Edgar Lungu has issued a directive to the Ministers of Finance and Mines to effect changes to the 2015 Mineral Royalty Tax by 8th April. But ...

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India’s Bihar state arrests ‘1,000 police test cheats’

More than 1,000 men have reportedly been arrested in India’s Bihar state over the use of impersonators and false papers for police recruitment tests. The fraud was uncovered when identity papers and fingerprints provided for different tests did not match up, a police official told AFP news agency. The arrests were reportedly made over the last fortnight. Photographs of mass ...

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Alps crash: Lubitz ‘had treatment for suicidal tendencies’

The co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings plane, Andreas Lubitz, had received treatment for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot licence, investigators say, but not recently. Lubitz, 27, is suspected of deliberately crashing the plane in the Alps, killing all 150 people on board. Officials in Duesseldorf said the investigation to this point had revealed no clue to any motive. So ...

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Alves still undecided on future

Barcelona defender Dani Alves has conceded that he is unsure whether he will leave the club when his contract expires in the summer. Alves, who will be 32 at the end of the ongoing season, has represented Barcelona for the past seven years after moving from Sevilla for approximately £23 million. There has been a lot of speculation about Alves ...

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England have fear factor again – Rooney

England have regained the fear factor following a run of “aggressive” wins since the World Cup last summer, skipper Wayne Rooney has said. Roy Hodgson’s side left Brazil on a low after becoming the first England side since 1958 to exit at the group stage of a World Cup, returning home with their lowest ever points tally. But since then ...

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