Daily Archives: November 11, 2015

Govt directs FRA to provide millers with maize

Government has directed the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to with immediate effect provide millers with maize grain in view of the limited availability of the grain on the market. The FRA will make available the maize grain to millers up to 30th April, 2016 at K80.00 per 50kg bag or K1,700 per metric ton. Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda says under ...

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IMF team in Zambia to discuss country’s economy

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in the country on a staff mission for discussions on the economy. The visiting team is expected to meet Government authorities, the Bank of Zambia, development partners, the private sector, civil society and think tank organizations. The visit by the IMF team is at the invitation of the Zambian Government earlier ...

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Govt explains delay in completing 650 health posts

Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has explained the delay in completing the construction of 650 health posts countrywide. Dr. Kasonde is however optimistic that the 2016 completion deadline will be met. He says there has been an interruption of works on the health posts because of the poor performance by one of the contractors Angelique International Limited. Dr. Kasonde explains that ...

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Young people advised to keep confidence Lungu has placed in them

Youths in the Country have been encouraged to cautiously guard against misplacing the confidence that President Edgar Lungu has shown to work with them in government. The youths are being urged to realize that the opportunity that they have been given by President Lungu to be part of decision making is a rare privilege they should take seriously. Patriotic Front ...

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COMESA calls on private sector to link local enterprises to corporate companies

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has called on the private sector in the region to link locally owned enterprises to the supply chain of corporate companies. Speaking during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between COMESA Business Council (CBC) and Taj Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka today, CBC Chief Executive Officer Sandra Uwera says this must ...

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Myanmar election: President congratulates Suu Kyi

Myanmar President Thein Sein has congratulated Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party on its success in polls, his spokesman told the BBC. With about 47% of seats declared, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has taken over 90% of the vote. Ms Suu Kyi has written to the leadership requesting talks on national reconciliation. But spokesman U Ye Htut said ...

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Afghan Hazara killings spur thousands to march in Kabul

Afghan security forces have fired warning shots into the air at a protest in Kabul, injuring seven people, according to officials. Police fired the shots to disperse protesters marching outside the presidential palace. Thousands are protesting against the recent abduction and killing of seven civilians from the Hazara ethnic minority. It is not clear who carried out the killings. The ...

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Selena Gomez looks unregconisable at Victoria’s Secret fashion show

SELENA Gomez was almost unrecognisable at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show last night. Wearing a floor-length black leather dress with a plunging neck line, Selena looked gorgeous on the pink carpet. The singer, 23, decided to switch things up for the night and opted to wear incredible blue coloured contact lenses. Selena, who performed at the show, made an outfit ...

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African big guns enter Russian race

While 13 African countries have already had to say goodbye to their dream of competing in the 2018 Fifa World Cup Russia™, 27 others join a race this week that will end with the ultimate prize of participation on the grandest football stage of all. The 40 teams remaining in the African qualifying competition were drawn into 20 pairings, with ...

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