Monthly Archives: January 2018

ZRA collected K45.9 billion in gross revenues in 2017

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has disclosed that it collected a total of K45.9 billion in gross revenues during last year, 2017. The authority has also disclosed that it refunded K6.7 billion thereby recording net revenue of K39.1 billion which was 4.1 percent above the annual budget target of K37.6 billion. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, ZRA Commissioner ...

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Neymar strikes as PSG reach semis

Neymar scored a second-half penalty as four-time defending champions Paris Saint-Germain toiled before overcoming 10-man Amiens 2-0 to reach the semifinals of the French League Cup on Wednesday. PSG were again without leading scorer Edinson Cavani, who also missed Sunday’s French Cup rout of Rennes after returning late from his Christmas and New Year break in Uruguay. Amiens’ hopes of ...

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California mudslides death toll rises with 13 still missing

Hundreds of rescuers are combing wreckage in Southern California for more than a dozen people missing after mudslides that have killed 17 people. Another 28 injuries have been reported in Santa Barbara County following the deluge that overwhelmed an area scorched by wildfires last month. More than 100 homes were destroyed, and another 300 have been damaged. One rescue worker ...

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Chikuse disagrees with Kalaba, Kambwili

Governance Activist Leslie Chikuse says the resignations by former Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba and disparaging remarks by Roan MP Chishimba Kambwili alleging that the Patriotic Front (PF) are maneuvers by politicians seeking to contest the August 2021 Presidential elections. Mr. Chikuse says politicians are ruthlessly fighting in an intra-party marathon following lack of legal clarity whether or not President ...

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Hamududu proposes establishment of four agric markets

Opposition Party of National Unity (PNU) President Highvie Hamududu has proposed the establishment of four agricultural produce markets, lamenting that the infamous South West Eastern Township (SOWETO) market has been over stretched. Mr. Hamududu feels that government is struggling to find alternative trading spaces for street vendors and agricultural produce. He says it is for this reason; he has encouraged ...

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Ethiopia bans foreign adoptions

Ethiopia has banned the adoption of children by foreigners amid concerns children face abuse and neglect abroad. Ethiopia is one of the biggest source countries for international adoptions by US citizens, accounting for about 20% of the total. Celebrities Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are among those who have adopted children from Ethiopia. However, in 2013, a US couple were convicted ...

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DEC nabs three cobs for counterfeit notes

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Lusaka has arrested and jointly charged three Police officers for being in possession of over K2 million counterfeit notes. The three are identified as Chief Inspector Maybin Kasezya, 43, of Chelston Police Station, Inspector Maureen Nawa, 45, also of Chelston Police Station and Sergeant Joyford Mambe, 29, of Nakonde Police Station who is believed ...

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Tutwa Ngulube faces dismisal

The Patriotic Front (PF) is this Friday scheduled to have a meeting in Kabwe where they will suspend Kabwe Central Member of Parliament Tutwa Ngulube from the party. PF Central Province Chairperson Chanda Mutale says if Mr. Ngulube wants to continue being a party member, he should pledge his loyalty to the party than bringing its name in disrepute. Mr. ...

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UPND backs govt in the fight against cholera

The Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has called on Government to enforce the Local government Act and its subsidiary laws which include the public health Act, Market and Bus Stations to be enforced. Speaking when the UPND donated Cholera materials to the Ministry of Health, UPND Deputy Secretary General Patrick Mucheleka says the party feels duty bound to ...

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Lungu swears in four judges

President Edgar Lungu has sworn in three Judges of the Court of Appeals and one High Court Judge. President Lungu has advised the four judges to refrain from socializing anyhow in order for them to avoid being seen them as politically inclined. President Lungu says it is important that judges be mindful of what they talk about when in public ...

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