Daily Archives: September 29, 2015

Warner banned from football for life

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has been banned from football for life. The 72-year-old Trinidadian is the former head of Caribbean and North and Central American football (Concacaf), but quit Fifa in 2011. He is fighting extradition to the US on corruption charges and denies accepting millions of dollars in bribes. Warner committed “many and various acts of misconduct continuously ...

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Damon ‘gay actors’ quote ‘out of context’

Actor Matt Damon has told Ellen DeGeneres that comments he made in a recent interview, saying gay actors should keep their sexuality a secret, were taken out of context. “It is painful when things get said that you don’t believe,” he said. Just weeks after Damon had to explain his comments on diversity, an interview with The Observer sparked backlash. ...

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Hajj disaster: Foreign officials question Saudi death toll

Officials from several countries have said that more than 1,000 people died in last week’s stampede near Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. A Nigerian official told the BBC 1,000 bodies of victims had been taken to morgues in the city of Jeddah. Indian, Pakistani and Indonesian officials have also been quoted as saying they think more than 1,000 died. ...

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Mwanakatwe sees need to review Luburma Market 65 years lease

Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says there is need to review the 65 years lease of the Luburma Market in the Kamwala trading area in Lusaka. Ms. Mwanakatwe says it is important that the terms of the lease benefit both the Zambian people and the contractor, who built the market and got a lease of 65 years before ...

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NCC optimistic construction sector will grow next year

The National Council for Construction (NCC) is optimist the construction sector is bound to grow next year owing to the measures President Edgar Lungu availed in his recent speech to Parliament. NCC Executive Director Charles Mushota says his counsel is inspired that in his speech President Lungu took note that the skills gap in the construction sector is an issue ...

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President Lungu is on track – Mulusa

State House says it still believes and trusts that President Edgar Lungu has not drifted away from the vision that late President Michael Sata left for the ruling PF to develop Zambia. The President’s Special Assistant for Project Monitoring and Implementation Lucky Mulusa says contrary to critics that are arguing otherwise President Lungu’s way of governance is in fact an ...

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Manyama violence was UPND’s poor planning –Mwila

Government has attributed the Manyama school violence that took place during Solwezi West Parliamentary by-election campaigns to poor planning on the part of the opposition UPND. The Ministry of Home Affairs has also clarified that no death was recorded from the Manyama violence in which the Zambia Police had running battles with UPND supporters. Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila has ...

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BRRA to be operational in January 2016

Government has disclosed that the Business Regulatory Review Agency (BRRA) will be fully operational in January 2016. The Agency aimed at improving the quality of regulation for business development and growth in Zambia. Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Siazongo Siakalenge says government desires to improve quality of regulation for the better performance of businesses in the country. ...

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Zambian diplomats urged not to tarnish Zambia’s image

Special Assistant to the President for Project Implementation and Monitoring, Lucky Mulusa has castigated Zambians who are in the habit of tarnishing the image of the country for their selfish benefit. Mr. Mulusa says it is unfortunate that some Zambians, including educated ones, are on a crusade to speak ill of their own country for the sake of meeting their ...

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Zambian diplomats urged not to tarnish Zambia’s image

Special Assistant to the President for Project Implementation and Monitoring, Lucky Mulusa has castigated Zambians who are in the habit of tarnishing the image of the country for their selfish benefit. Mr. Mulusa says it is unfortunate that some Zambians, including educated ones, are on a crusade to speak ill of their own country for the sake of meeting their ...

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