Monthly Archives: January 2022

British envoy reminds HH of COP26 commitments

British High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley has stressed the need for African leaders, including President Hakainde Hichilema to implement the agreements and commitments they made at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland last year. Mr Woolley says this as a means of addressing the flood and storm situation being experienced due to ...

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ZANASU regrets award of lower Zambezi mining license

The Zambia National Students Union(ZANASU) has described as regrettable the move by government to award a license for mining activities in the lower Zambezi. Union president Steven Kanyakula says the development is retrogressive as it comes at a time when the whole world and Zambia inclusive is trying to mitigate climate change effects which have contributed to droughts and floods. ...

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Kakubo hails AfDB investment in Zambia

Foreign Affairs Minister Stanley Kakubo has commended the African Development Bank (AfDB) for investing over one billion dollars in various sectors of the Zambians economy since 1971 to date. Speaking when he received credentials from African Development Bank Country Director Raubil Olaniyi Durowoju, Mr. Kakubo also highlighted other areas of assistance offered by AfDB which include, infrastructure energy, water and ...

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ACC record warn & caution statement from Lubinda

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has recorded a warn and caution statement from acting PF president Given Lubinda after questioning him. And Lubinda has complained that a warn and caution statement has been recorded from him in the absence of his lawyers. The former Justice Minister has been questioned in relation to investigations involving his company which borrowed money from ...

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UPND distances itself from Socialist Party Attacks

The ruling united party for national development has denied allegations that its party cadres attacked the socialist party campaign team and the Kabwata candidate in Lilayi’s Kamulanga area yesterday. It has been reported that UPND cadre’s yesterday afternoon allegedly attacked the socialist party Kabwata parliamentary by election candidate, Trevor Ngandwe and also injured some members of his campaign team as ...

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Police urged to execute duties diligently – Mwiimbu

Minister of home affairs and internal security, Jack Mwiimbu says the government is considering reinstating some ranks that were abolished in both the Zambia police and correction services. Addressing officers drawn from police, immigration, national registration in Kalomo yesterday, Mr. Mwiimbu says some men and women in uniform have been de-moralized to serve on lower ranks for years without being ...

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Review displacement compensation evaluation guidelines -Govt urged

The center for environment justice (CEJ) has urged the new dawn government to review displacement compensation evaluation guidelines in order to enable communities who face displacements receive fair, just and equitable compensations. CEJ executive director Maggie Mwape observes that in Zambia, displacement of rural communities from their land, with little or no compensation, represents one of the negative impacts of ...

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UPND cadres allegedly attack socialist party members in Kabwata

UPND cadres yesterday afternoon allegedly attacked the Socialist Party Kabwata parliamentary by election candidate, Trevor Ng’andwe and also injured some members of his campaign team as they conducted campaigns in Liyalis Kamulanga ward. Confirming the development to Q news, Party vice president Dr. Cosmas Musumali alleges that this is the second time that UPND cadres are attacking Socialist Party campaigners ...

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Govt using block chain technology at ministry of lands

Minister of Technology and Science Felix Mutati has announced that his ministry is employing the block chain technology at the ministry of lands to avert the problem of duplicate titles. Mr. Mutati says there is need to give away the old systems and adopt more efficient technologies to help solve problems the nation is faced with. He says there is ...

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UPND urged to lower cost of doing business

The new dawn UPND government has been called upon to counter the high cost of living with the low cost of doing business especially for local businesses. Opposition Golden Party of Zambia leader , Jackson Silavwe states that the main objective of countering the high cost of living with low cost of doing business is to give individuals and businesses ...

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