Daily Archives: August 21, 2018

‘Maintain Zambia as an attractive investment destination’ Investors told

The Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development has called upon local and regional private sector investors and developers to partner with government in exploiting the boundless opportunities that the government continues to create in the economy. Speaking during the opening of the third annual ZAMREAL property forum in Lusaka, ministry of housing and infrastructure development human resource director for administration, ...

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A 19 year old boy drown on Lake Kariba

A 19-year-old man has drowned on Lake Kariba in Siavonga District of Southern Province. Siavonga District Commissioner Livermore Kanyama has identified the deceased as Junior Kalela of kambiobio village in Chief Simamba’s chiefdom in Siavonga district. Mr. Kanyama has told QFM that Kalela met his fate around 09:00 hours on Mondays when the canoe he was using for fishing capsized ...

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Road Construction works cheers President Lungu

President Edgar Lungu says he is delighted with the ongoing road works on the Copperbelt Province. President Lungu said he is in the Province to have a physical inspection of the road works and other projects that are underway. ZANIS reports that the Head of State said this when he made a stopover to address scores of people that followed him ...

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CSPR condemns introducing individual based taxes

Government’s decision to introduce a 30 Ngwee per day tariff on internet phone calls has continued to receive mixed reactions. Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) Executive Director, Patrick Nshindano has implored government to introduce taxes that not only affect the consumers but service providers as well. Mr. Nshindano has told Q-news that it is unfair for government to concentrate ...

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Brunt retires from Northern Ireland duty

Northern Ireland midfielder Chris Brunt has announced his retirement from international football, the Irish Football Association said on Tuesday. The 33-year-old West Bromwich Albion player won 65 caps for his country across a 14-year period. “I have spent a lot of time thinking it over but I feel, at this point in my career, I need my sole football focus ...

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Willemse’s maturity bodes well for the future

South Africa’s flyhalf stocks may be questionable in terms of consistency at the moment, but the emergence of Damian Willemse as a credible option for Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has added a new dimension to the debate for the Rugby World Cup. While Erasmus has Handre Pollard and Elton Jantjies to rely on, further than that there is the injury-prone ...

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Nazi guard Palij deported by US to Germany

A 95-year-old former Nazi collaborator who served in the notorious SS as a labour camp guard in World War Two has arrived in Germany after a long deportation battle in the US. Jakiw Palij has been stateless since a federal judge revoked his US citizenship in 2003. For years Germany refused to accept him as he never had German nationality. ...

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Microsoft claims win over ‘Russian political hackers’

Russian attempts to launch cyber-attacks against US conservative groups have been thwarted, Microsoft says. The software company said Russian hackers had tried to steal data from political organisations, including the International Republican Institute and the Hudson Institute think tanks. But they had been thwarted when its security staff had won control of six net domains mimicking their websites. Microsoft said ...

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PIA records a total of k751.2 million in gross written premiums

The Pension’s Insurance Authority (PIA) says the general insurance sector recorded a total of k751.2 million in gross written premiums in the first quarter of 2018, up by 9% from k691.7 million recorded in the same period last year. Net written premium increased by 10% from k336.2 million in first quarter of 2017 to k371.5 million in first quarter of ...

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