Daily Archives: November 9, 2015

Warming set to breach 1C threshold

Global temperatures are set to rise more than one degree above pre-industrial levels according to the UK’s Met Office. Figures from January to September this year are already 1.02C above the average between 1850 and 1900. If temperatures remain as predicted, 2015 will be the first year to breach this key threshold. The world would then be half way towards ...

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Athletics doping: Wada commission wants Russia ban

Russia should be banned from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report has recommended. Wada’s independent commission examined allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics, which also implicated the IAAF, the sport’s world governing body. It also wants five athletes and five coaches to get lifetime doping bans. The report also identified “systemic failures” in the IAAF ...

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MISA tips media on broadcasting equipment

The Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) has urged media houses to take advantage of the waived out duty on broadcasting equipment to upgrade to digital broadcasting. MISA Zambia Chairperson Helen Mwale says in the past, it was very costly for anyone to set up a media house or even upgrade media houses in Zambia because of the duty on ...

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ECZ extends Mobile Voter Registration in eleven districts

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has extended Mobile Voter Registration for seven days in districts where the exercise was suspended due to by-elections. The by-elections were held on the 24th September in Lubansenshi and Solwezi West constituencies and in nine council wards across the country. ECZ Public Relations Manager Cris Akufuna has told QFM News in a statement that ...

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RTSA, RPA seal deal

The Road Traffic and Safety Agency (RTSA) and the Radiation Protection Authority (RPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at effectively monitoring, detecting and enforcing compliance in transportation of radioactive materials. Speaking during the signing of the MoU in Lusaka today, RTSA Chief Executive Officer Zindaba Soko says Zambia as a landlocked country, the nation has witnessed many companies ...

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President Lungu pardons CBU Students, Lecturers

President Lungu has pardoned Copperbelt University Students and Lectures and that all disciplinary actions leveled against them have since been dropped. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says the students who were protesting against government have been pardoned and peace has retained at the second highest learning institutions. Mr. Chanda has told journalists in ...

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UNWTO assembly raised Zambia’s tourism profile – Kapata

Tourism and Arts Minister Jean Kapata says Zambia’s hosting of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly in 2013 has raised the profile of Zambia’s Tourism sector. Addressing a huge gathering of delegates at the official opening ceremony of the 21st Session of the UNWTO General Assembly in Medellin-Colombia, Ms Kapata says tourism is now a key lever ...

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Eleven Chinese companies to establish industrial plants in Zambia

About eleven Chinese companies plan to establish industrial plants in Lusaka with an initial investment of 1 billion United States Dollars. Leading the delegation from China, Tianjin Federation of Industry and Commerce Secretary General Liu Daogan says Chinese companies have interest to invest in areas such bicycle assembly, the manufacturing of water pumps, ATM, and battery manufacturers. Mr. Daogan says ...

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UPND should prepare for another shocking defeat – Mwila

The ruling PF in Monze District of Southern Province says the opposition UPND should prepare for another shocking defeat in next year’s general elections. And PF Monze District Chairman Gilbert Mwila has told to QFM News by telephone that it is shocking that the UPND are celebrating the high number of registered voters in Southern Province thinking that all voters ...

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Climate change threatens to reverse Zambia’s developmental gains

Government says climate change threatens to reverse development gains Zambia has made over the last many years. Speaking during the Government and European Union member states conference of the parties (COP 21) coalition building in Lusaka this morning, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba says Zambia requires a strong programme on climate change to handle the pressure of climate impacts ...

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