Daily Archives: February 8, 2016

Six apprehend from Chelstone police escapees

Six of the eighteen detainees who escaped from lawful custody at Chelstone Police Station in Lusaka have so far been apprehended. Police Spokesperson Chanda Munganga says Justine Mwelwa the sixth to be apprehended, who was facing charges of criminal trespass and theft was rearrested from Chelstone clinic where he had gone to seek medical attention this morning. Ms. Munganga says ...

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Govt Lusaka drivers assured, ‘jobs are safe’

Lusaka province Permanent Secretary Stardy Mwale has assured government drivers in the province that they will not lose their jobs as a result of government’s policy to sell some of its vehicle fleet to heads of departments. Speaking when he addressed the drivers in Lusaka today, Mr. Mwale explained that neither the President nor the Secretary to the Cabinet has ...

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Revised election nomination fees assault on democracy – Mhango

Governance and Elections Activist Stanley Mhango says the revised nomination fees the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has come up with are an assault on democracy and good governance. Mr. Mhango has charged that the fees if left unchecked will allow the rich and multinational companies to own and control political parties thereby holding governments and politicians to ransom. He ...

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De-registration of DF breeding ground for disorder- Chifire

Former Committee of Citizens Executive Director, Gregory Chifire says Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila should immediately rescind his decision to deregister the Democratic Front Party (DF). Mr. Chifire stresses that the grounds upon which the Minister based his decision to deregister the DF are baseless and only serve to create a breeding ground for civil and political disorder. He says ...

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Govt questions genuineness of the mines

Government has questioned why mining companies are quick to effect what they termed as cost saving measures even when commodity prices were still above worst case scenarios which they had indicated in their business cases. Meanwhile, government has pressed on mining companies to diversify their operations by investing in power production in order to stabilise production in the industry. Mines ...

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MMD NEC maintains no convention stance

The opposition MMD has maintained that it will not hold the convention being advocated by some members of the party. Party Deputy National Secretary Winnie Zaloumis told a meeting chaired by party President Nevers Mumba yesterday that the party is standing on very firm ground and that the party President’s tenure of office would only expire in 2017. According to ...

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Coldplay lead Super Bowl half-time show

Coldplay played to an estimated television audience of 100 million during the half-time show at the Super Bowl on Sunday night. The Brits played a medley of hits but Beyonce was judged to have stolen the show, premiering new song Formation. Bruno Mars also thrilled the crowd with a performance of 2015’s biggest selling song Uptown Funk. Advertisers pay a ...

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Liberia protest Scala’s Fifa role

The man overseeing Fifa’s presidential polls should step aside due to conflict of interest, says the Liberian FA. Domenico Scala, who heads up Fifa’s Ad-Hoc Electoral Committee, is Swiss-Italian – as is Gianni Infantino, one of the five presidential candidates. Scala excused himself from the 2015 elections as he shared nationality with a candidate, Swiss Sepp Blatter. LFA boss Musa ...

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Syria ‘exterminating detainees’ – report

The Syrian government has carried out a state policy of extermination against thousands of detainees, UN human rights investigators say. They accuse President Bashar al-Assad’s regime of crimes against humanity, in a report for the UN Human Rights Council. The study says both loyalist and anti-government forces have committed possible war crimes. Many detainees were tortured, some were beaten to ...

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Frank Bwalya is an opportunist – Miles Sampa

Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa has described Patriotic Front Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya as an opportunist who waited for late former President Michael Sata to die for him to take over the ruling party. Mr. Sampa says Mr. Bwalya has no moral right to question his relationship with the late former President. He has wondered why Mr. Bwalya can ...

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