Daily Archives: February 25, 2018

HH instructs UPND MPs to move motion to impeach President Lungu

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has instructed all UPND Members of Parliament to commence the impeachment process of President Edgar Lungu. The UPND leader says there are many reasons why the Head of State should be impeached. Mr. Hichilema cites the refusal by President Lungu to handle over power to the Speaker of National Assembly when the UPND had petitioned the ...

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Standard & Poors maintains Zambia’s stable outlook rating

Standard and Poors on Friday, affirmed Zambia’s rating at B with a stable outlook with Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe saying this is a very important assessment of the country’s economy. Ms Mwanakatwe says the rating outcome is also a confirmation that Zambia’s Economic Stabilization and Growth Programme is firmly grounded and is producing positive results as recently confirmed by other ...

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Zambia – South Africa Business Forum Board appointed

Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba has observed that Zambia’s exports of goods and services to South Africa are less saying South Africa is dominating the trade between the two countries. The Zambia’s envoy to South Africa said this when he unveiled the new board for the Zambia South Africa Business Forum (ZSBF) following the end of tenure ...

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Chola welcomes plans to criminalise tribalism

Advocacy against Child Abuse and Gender Based Violence Executive Director Bellion Chola has welcomed President Edgar Lungu’s pronouncement that government intends to criminalize tribalism saying this will promote peace and unity. Mr. Chola has told QFM News via telephone that once the issue of tribalism is criminalized it will reduce the number of conflicts that couple faces because of the ...

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A nine member team of experts from Turkey in Zambia

A nine member team of experts from the Turkish Co-operation and Co-ordination Agency (TIKA) and Turkish Red Crescent is today expected in Lusaka to conduct a waste management needs assessment exercise and Training of Trainers’ course in waste management, and techniques in packaging health education information for health promotion officers. The TIKA waste management team consisting of six experts will carry out a ...

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NDC bribes PF MPs to impeach President Lungu?

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) claims that it has been informed by PF insiders that President Edgar Lungu strongly suspects that the NDC has bribed 21 Members of Parliament to impeach him. NDC National Chairman Defense and Security Menyani Zulu tells Q News in a statement that the party also wants to put records straight that the party is not ...

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Messi wows team with special free kick

Lionel Messi’s Barcelona teammates and coach Ernesto Valverde were singing his praises after the Argentine scored an inspired free kick where he sent the ball under the wall and into the net in their 6-1 thrashing of Girona on Saturday. Messi had already given Barca a 2-1 lead after a mesmeric dribble from the byline but he pulled an altogether ...

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Sridevi: Bollywood superstar dies at 54 of heart attack

Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor has died of a heart attack, her family says. She was 54. The actress known simply as Sridevi had been with her family in Dubai for her nephew’s wedding. Over five decades, she starred in more than 150 films, including classics like Mr India, Chandni, ChaalBaaz and Sadma. She was considered one of the very few ...

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‘Insatiable Salah greedy for more goals’

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp hailed Mohamed Salah’s insatiable appetite for goals after the Egyptian continued his hot streak in a 4-1 victory over West Ham at Anfield. After scoring for the sixth straight game, Salah has scored 31 times in all competitions this season – already equalling Luis Suarez’s best haul for the Reds in the 2013-14 campaign. “I like ...

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FODEP urges PF, UPND to commit to dialogue process

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has called on both the ruling PF and the opposition UPND to take the dialogue process seriously. FODEP Executive Director Mweenge Chimfwembe says the dialogue is very important in order to avoid unnecessary tension during the 2021 general elections. Mr. Chimfwembe says it is important that all political parties put in their best to ...

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