Monthly Archives: January 2018

Tayali accuse Kambwili of threatening court witnesses

Economic and Equity Party President Chilufya Tayali says this is not the right time for Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili to start threatening witnesses. He says Mr. Kambwili should focus on gathering his own evidence to exculpate himself in the court case in which he is facing three counts of forgery, uttering false documents and presenting false documents to ...

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LCC procures 8 tipper trucks to enhance garbage collection

The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has procured eight (08) tipper trucks at a cost of K5.6 million to enhance garbage collection activities in the city. Lusaka Mayor Wilson Kalumba says there is still more equipment that the council needed to procure and believes the local authority is on course with the procurement exercise, adding that the fleet would enhance garbage ...

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Zambia to participate ITB as convention, cultural partners

Tourism and Arts Minister Charles Banda says Zambia will this year participate at the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) as convention and cultural partners dubbed ‘Taking Zambia with you’. Mr. Banda says the ITB will be attended by over 10,000 exhibiting companies and 109,000 trade visitors from 184 countries across the world. He has told a media briefing that government has ...

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ZNFU seeks permission to import onions, potatoes

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has sought permission from the ministry of agriculture to allow for the importation of onions and potatoes into the country in anticipation of the shortage of these commodities on the market. Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya has disclosed this in Lusaka when she met Italian Companies called Macfrut and Cermatic to discuss investment in fruits ...

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Kambwili pleads not guilty

Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili has pleaded not guilty to three counts of forgery, uttering false documents and presenting false documents to a public officer. Mr Kambwili took plea before Principal Magistrate David Simusamba. Magistrate Simusamba has since set 6th March as date for commencement of trial, and 15th and 19th March for continued trial. Last Friday, Mr Kambwili ...

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Govt refutes HH’s claims on national parks

Tourism and Arts Minister Charles Banda has dismissed as false claims by UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema that government has sold the Kafue and Luangwa national parks. Mr. Hichilema had claimed that President Edgar Lungu is negotiating to sale Kafue and part of Luangwa National Parks. Speaking when he addressed the media and his supporters at the UPND Secretariat in Lusaka, ...

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‘Ibrahimovic free to go if he wants’

Manchester United will not stand in the way of Zlatan Ibrahimovic if he wants to leave the club, manager Jose Mourinho said on Monday.But the Swedish striker, linked by British media with a move to LA Galaxy, has not mentioned the subject to his manager. “If that is true and Zlatan wants a future in another club in another country, ...

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Kate Winslet’s ‘bitter regrets’ over ‘poor decisions’

Actress Kate Winslet has said she has “bitter regrets” over “poor decisions” to work with certain film-makers. The Oscar-winning Titanic star spoke of “directors, producers and men of power who have for decades been awarded and applauded” – but did not name names. The 42-year-old appeared emotional as she accepted a special prize at the London Critics’ Circle film awards. ...

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Syria war: Turkish air strikes ‘damage ancient Afrin temple’

Turkish air strikes have seriously damaged an ancient temple in Syria’s Kurdish-held Afrin region, the Syrian government and a monitoring group say. Pictures circulated online showed what appeared to be a crater in the centre of the Ain Dara site and rubble where there used to be carved basalt lions. The Neo-Hittite temple was built by the Arameans in the ...

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Nigeria rally to book semifinal spot

Okechukwu Gabriel scored an extra-time winner as Nigeria sealed their place in the semifinals of the 2018 African Nations Championship (Chan) with a 2-1 win over Angola at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangier, Morocco, on Sunday. Vladimir Vá’s second-half goal swung the game in Angola’s favour, but Anthony Okpotu levelled matters in stoppage-time before Gabriel settled matters in the ...

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