Daily Archives: September 15, 2015

Mulenga calls for political maturity in Zambia

Church of God Ministries International Apostle Chris Mulenga has called for political maturity devoid of political violence as the country clocks 51 years of independence. Apostle Mulenga says political parties should mature in the way they are doing their politics as the country attains 51 years of independence. He says this entails political parties conducting their campaigns in a peaceful ...

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Gwembe Council procures life jackets for school going Children

Gwembe District Council has procured 221 life jackets at a cost of K232, 000 aimed at safeguarding the lives of school going children. In October last year,25 people; majority of them pupils from Henga Primary School in Gwembe Southern Province, drowned on Lake Kariba after the boat they were on capsized on their way to the inter-schools celebrations for the ...

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Islamic council urges Zambian Muslims to obtain NRCs

Islamic Supreme Council of Zambia President, Suzyo Zimba has urged the Muslim Community in the country to obtain National Registration Cards (NRCs) and register as voters for the 2016 General Election. Mr. Zimba says it is unfortunate that Muslims in Zambia are viewed as foreigners when some of them are Zambians and are eligible to vote. He says the Muslim ...

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Patriotism in hearts of Zambians has been disconnected – YTI

Youths for Transparency and Integrity (YTI) have observed that the patriotism in the hearts of many Zambians has been disconnected from the dream of a United and Prosperous Zambia. YTI Executive Director Bright Muchimba says the core purpose of politics has been misconstrued over the years by some leaders without well defined short and long term policies that would bring ...

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Kwacha, Tuesday, falls by 1 percent against US$

Zambia’s kwacha fell as much as 1 percent against the dollar on Tuesday, dragged down by worries about job losses in the local mining sector as well as concerns about the impact of waning Chinese growth. The Kwacha fell to a session low of 9.9400 to the dollar and was last trading 0.9 percent weaker at 9.9300. John Mapiye,head of ...

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Mourinho is ‘not used to losing’

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has said losing is a “strange feeling”, after his side’s worst start to a top-flight season in 29 years. The Premier League champions’ loss to Everton on Saturday was their third in five league games and leaves them 17th. Mourinho’s team face Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champions League on Wednesday. “I promise you I am ...

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BoZ warns against pricing in Dollars

The Bank of Zambia has advised business houses pricing locally traded goods and services in foreign currencies, especially the US Dollar, to stop the practice. Head of Communications Division, Kanguya Mayondi in a statement to QFM says this practice is undermining the macroeconomic stabilization efforts that are being undertaken. Mr Mayondi says macroeconomic conditions do not warrant pricing in foreign ...

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Pulitzer winner makes Booker Prize shortlist

A US Pulitzer Prize-winner and two British authors are among the six writers shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize. Tom McCarthy and Sunjeev Sahota are on the list alongside Pulitzer winner Anne Tyler and fellow US writer Hanya Yanagihara, plus Jamaican Marlon James and Nigeria’s Chigozie Obioma. Australian author Richard Flanagan won last year’s prize for his wartime novel ...

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Migrant crisis: Hungary’s closed border leaves many stranded

Hundreds of migrants are stranded at the Serbia-Hungary border after the Hungarian government closed the frontier with a new razor-wire fence. The move aims to stop migrants who are trying to enter the EU. After new Hungarian laws came into effect overnight, police sealed a railway crossing point that had been used by tens of thousands of migrants. Some have ...

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Inspire hope in people,President Lungu urged

The Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has urged President Edgar Lungu to use his State of the Nation address this Friday to inspire hope in the people that better days are ahead. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe in a statement notes that the State of the Nation is weak, and that as the President opens ...

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