Daily Archives: November 19, 2018

Kabimba dismisses as hypothetical, calls for early elections

Rainbow Party Secretary General, Wynter Kabimba says it is hypothetical thinking for anyone to expect an early election to be called midway of the Patriotic Front’s five year mandate. Mr. Kabimba says it never happens in Africa that a political party in power can resign and seek a fresh mandate from the people. He tells Q-News that opposition political parties ...

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Zambia’s jobs deficit currently stands at 1.7 million

Zambia currently has a jobs deficit of 1.7 million. Speaking when he made a presentation at the Development Finance Associates and CUTS International SME Access to Credit- the Zambian challenge study paper launch in Lusaka, Development Finance Associates, Senior Partner, Trevor Hambayi says there is need to create a minimum of 1.2 million jobs by 2030. Mr Hambayi says there ...

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Former champions Zambia eliminated from Afcon

Former champions Zambia were eliminated from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition after a 1-0 away loss to Mozambique in group K on Sunday. Albania-based Reginaldo Faife kept Mozambican hopes alive of a top-two finish and a place at the finals in Cameroon by scoring the only goal after 63 minutes in Maputo. Guinea-Bissau and Namibia have eight ...

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‘Indiana Jones of art’ strikes again

The man nicknamed “the Indiana Jones of the art world” has done it again – this time tracking down a precious sixth-Century mosaic stolen from Cyprus. Finding the 1,600-year-old piece in a flat in Monaco had felt very special, Dutchman Arthur Brand said. He handed the work over to the Cypriot embassy in The Hague on Friday. Mr Brand has ...

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UK PM to continue battle for Brexit deal

Theresa May is set to renew her efforts to sell her draft Brexit withdrawal agreement, using a speech to say it has been “agreed in full”. She will tell business leaders in the CBI it will deliver a fair immigration system, in which EU nationals can no longer “jump the queue”. It comes as some Tory MPs continue to press ...

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Cry of Zambians must not fall on deaf ears – Shimunza

The Movement for National Transformation (MNT) says it believes that legitimacy and credibility is  very critical for the governance of any Country. MNT president Daniel Shimunza says his party also thinks that if citizens begin to feel disfranchised by a party in power those that are in government should also begin to revisit their mandate. Mr. Shimunza says, to this ...

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Personal interests hindering national dialogue – Phiri

Personal interests of key political players has been cited as one of the main reason the national dialogue process has failed to take off in the Country. Political historian Bizeck Phiri has however acknowledged that dialogue among warring parties does sometimes take long to finally take off. Professor Phiri,  who is a university lecturer, nonetheless, says it is good that ...

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