Monthly Archives: August 2017

Weekend Football Review

Football is back! The Absa Premiership, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga kicked off in fine style this weekend with some interesting results and top-drawer goals. There was joy for PL champions Chelsea, Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich and pain for Absa Premiership defending champions Bidvest Wits. Neymar continued to mesmerise defenders in France, powering PSG to a massive win, while ...

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Chilumba stands by his players

Napsa Stars coach Tenant Chilumba has stood by his players and expects them to recover in thnext match following a run of results which has seen them go seven matches without victory in the MTN FAZ Super League.Sunday’s 2-1 defeat away to Zesco United was preceded by defeats to Nkwazi, Nkana, Power Dynamos as well as draws with Nchanga Rangers, ...

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Topstar committed to address customers’ concerns

Topstar Zambia Limited says it is committed to work on the several complaints coming from clients ranging from quality of the picture and some decoders not having all the channels. Topstar Public Relations manager Mwazi Chanda has told QTV News that due to the heavy traffic at sales outlets and other dealers, some clients were not able to get the ...

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President Buhari in plea for Nigerian unity

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed the nation following three months of medical leave in the UK. In a televised speech, Mr Buhari, 74, said he was “distressed” by calls for the dissolution of Nigeria, urging Nigerians to come together. But the president failed to disclose his illness. It was his second spell of medical leave this year. Many Nigerians ...

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Barcelona attack: ‘Man shot’ in hunt for suspect

Police hunting the chief suspect in last Thursday’s Barcelona van attack have shot a man in an area to the west of the city who appeared to be wearing an explosive belt, Spanish media say. The shooting is reported to have happened on a road in Subirats. Earlier, police confirmed they were hunting for Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, suspected of driving ...

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GOtv decorder price slashed

  MultiChoice Zambia has reduced the price of GOtv Decoders from K360 to K199. Announcing the development in Lusaka this morning, Acting MultiChoice Zambia Managing Director, Recha Kabwe says this is in an effort to help government with digital migration. Ms Kabwe says this is taking into account the government deadline of October 1st for switching off analogue signal, stating ...

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YALI calls for law reforms

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has called for law reforms in the country to make non-bailable offences bailable, so that innocent people do not remain incarcerated longer than necessary as it is an infringement of human rights. YALI governance advisor Isaac Mwanza Tells QTV news that it is unfair that suspects are remanded in correctional facilities only to be ...

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PRISCCA hails landmark judgement on prisoners’ right to vote

Prisons Care and Counseling Association (PRISCCA) is happy with the Constitutional Court’s ruling allowing remandees and convicted prisoners who have appealed their convictions to vote in elections. PRISCCA Executive Director Godfrey Malembeka whose organisation had petitioned the Electoral Commission of Zambia and Attorney General in the Constitutional court asking the court to declare that all remandees and pre-trial remandees and ...

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ZABS publishes 170 standards between January & August

The Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) says it has published 170 standards between January and August 2017 to support industry in terms of value addition, growth and sustainability. ZABS Head marketing and public relations Hazel Zulu says most of the additional standards that have been published are focused on providing guidelines, requirements and specifications for various products and processes in ...

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Zambia,China relations result in creation of 4,000 jobs

  Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Mwale says bilateral relations between Zambia and China have resulted in the creation over of four thousand jobs in the country. Speaking when the visiting Vice president of the Development Research Center of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Dr. Long Gouqiang paid a courtesy call on, Mr.  Mwale says China ...

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