One of three schoolgirls who left east London in 2015 to join the Islamic State group says she has no regrets, but wants to return to the UK. In an interview with the Times, Shamima Begum, now 19, talked about seeing “beheaded heads” in bins – but said that it “did not faze her”. Speaking from a refugee camp in ...
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Zamtel donates to UTH on Valentine’s day
Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited (ZAMTEL) has assured its commitment to helping government enhance effective health service delivery to the community as part of its corporate social responsibility. And ZAMTEL has donated 200 linens and blankets worth two hundred thousand kwacha to the UTH women and newborn hospital in the spirit of sharing love on Valentine’s Day. Speaking during the donation, ...
Read More »ECZ calls on Police to investigate violence in the just ended by- elections
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has called upon the Zambia Police to undertake necessary investigations into the violence of Tuesday’s by-elections and bring the perpetrators to book. ECZ spokesperson Margaret Chimanse says the commission has noted with regret that the electoral process was marred with violence in Sesheke, Lundazi and Mufumbwe districts. Ms. Chimanse has told Q-News in a ...
Read More »BoZ to commence payment of Heritagecoin depositors on 18th February
The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) will from the 18th of February to the 1st of March conduct a verification exercise for depositors who placed amounts with the Heritagecoin Resources Limited. This follows a Court order on the 29th of January that the K15.3 million seized by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) from Heritagecoin Resources Limited be paid out to the ...
Read More »Students’ loans revolving fund stands at K11.7 million
Higher Education revolving fund for students’ loans stood at K11, 721, 696.72 as of Tuesday the 12th of February. Minister of Higher Education Nkandu Luo says the K11, 721, 696.72 is from loan recoveries from September 2018 to December 2018. Professor Luo has disclosed at a media briefing in Lusaka that the money is still intact and has not been ...
Read More »Govt commissions engineers to assess roads across Zambia
Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela says government has commissioned a team of engineers to assess the structure integrity of all roads and bridges across the country. Mr. Chitotela says most of the roads and bridges where constructed way back in the UNIP era using cheap material which is why the country has started experiencing a situation where some ...
Read More »Govt needs US$50 million to rehabilitate NCZ-Mwanakatwe
Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe says government needs about US$50 million to rehabilitate the Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) in Kafue. Mrs. Mwanakatwe told parliament during questions for oral answer that government has however not yet found a financier for the rehabilitation of the NCZ. Mrs. Mwanakatwe says government will retender the rehabilitation process for the NCZ plant once a ...
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