Monthly Archives: December 2015

CCMG guides on voter registration exercise

The Christian churches monitoring group (CCMG) is concerned with the continued cases of stolen registration kits during both the extended mobile voter registration exercise and the initial mobile voter exercise. Speaking during the CCMG report launch on the extended mobile voter registration, Caritas Zambia Executive Director Samuel Mulafulafu says the police should give a public statement on the matter to ...

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Unionized workers at NATSAVE stage protest

Unionized workers at the National Savings and Credit Bank (NATSAVE) have staged a protest demanding the removal of the reinstated directors at the bank. A check by QFM News at NATSAVE Head Office in Lusaka found workers singing solidarity songs and displaying placards denouncing directors at the bank. And Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW) General Secretary ...

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TIZ comforts stakeholders on constitution reform

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has advised stakeholders not to waste time to continue crying over spilt milk but soldier on as some progress has been made in the Constitutional making process that the country has been failing for many years. The organization has also called on stakeholders to now focus on ensuring that they have a campaign that will ensure ...

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Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham have brotherly bonding time together at the Star Wars: The Force Awakens UK premiere

BROOKLYN and Romeo Beckham had some brotherly bonding time tonight at the Star Wars: The Force Awakens UK premiere. Victoria and David Beckham’s 2 oldest sons spent time away from the parents to watch the much-anticipated film. The famous siblings opted for matching all-black outfits as they excitedly prepared to watch the 7th instalment in the popular film franchise. And ...

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Nepal quake landslides ‘could have been far worse’

The impacts stemming from the big earthquakes that struck Nepal earlier this year could have been much, much worse, say scientists. An international team has just published a review of the events, showing the number of landslides was far lower than people had feared. And the group could find no evidence of Himalayan glacial lakes suffering significant damage – a ...

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Liverpool, Man United get kind draw

Triple European champions Manchester United and their under-fire coach Louis van Gaal face a tricky task against little-known Midtjylland in the last 32 of the Europa League following Monday’s draw. United, knocked out of the Champions League last week, meet the Danish league winners, an unsung club backed by owner Matthew Benham who are in their maiden European campaign and ...

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Migrant crisis dominates as EU holds final summit of 2015

Germany and several other nations are to discuss with Turkey ways of settling thousands of Syrian refugees ahead of the final EU summit of the year. Those attending the meeting will discuss a proposal to resettle Syrians straight from camps in Turkey. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the driving force behind the plans, faces resistance from other EU states. Thursday’s ...

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Zesco kick off 2016 pre-season training

Zesco United returned for early pre-2016 season training on Tuesday in Ndola. The defending Faz Super League champions reported for duty just three weeks after the end of the 2015 season. Zesco have made an early return for training ahead of their 2016 Caf Champions League campaign that begins in February. “We know that all eyes are on us and ...

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NCC bemoans small number of local contractors benefiting from CFI

The National Council for Construction (NCC) has bemoaned the small number of local contractors benefiting from its Construction Finance Initiative (CFI). NCC Executive Director Charles Mushota has disclosed that from the time the CFI which is an initiative aimed at empowering Zambian owned road construction companies through capacity building was established in 2012, no success story has been recorded so ...

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