Daily Archives: April 1, 2022

I am not leaving the UPND alliance – Msoni

All Congress Party President Nason Msoni has backtracked on his earlier decision to leave the UPND alliance. Mr Msoni says doing so would be an act of political irresponsibility. In a statement read on his behalf by UPND Alliance Spokesperson, Daniel Shimuza, Mr. Msoni says it would be an act of betrayal to the Zambian people to decamp or leave ...

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Fuel pump price hike to impoverish more Zambians – GPZ

President Hakainde Hichilema has been urged to address the Nation and announce homegrown alternative interventions to stabilize the economy and markets in both the short, medium and long term. Opposition Golden Party of Zambia president, Silavwe Jackson says the upward revision of fuel pump prices by K4. 54 ngwee announced by the Energy Regulation Board will further sentence more people ...

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30,000 teacher’s recruitment advert to be published on 5th April

Minister of Education Douglas Syakalima has announced that the advertisement for the recruitment of a record 30,000 teachers will be placed in the electronic and print media on 5th,6th and 7th April,2022. In a ministerial statement to parliament on the recruitment of teachers, Mr Syakalima says ZAMPOST will commence receiving and delivering of applications in all districts by 5th April,2022 ...

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Yango launches in Zambia

Yango, an international service for ordering rides online, has launched in Lusaka, making Zambia the fifth African country where Yango is available. A part of Yandex one of the largest European IT companies, Yango already operates in 19 countries across Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, including Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal. To order a car, users ...

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Proposals by youths,women in Itezhi tezhi worry MP

Itezhi-tezhi member of parliament Twaambo Mutinta has called for increased sensitization amongst women and the youths in rural communities in what sort of cooperatives they should form to stand a better chance to easily and quickly access empowerment.  Mr. Mutinta tells Qnews that the women and youths need to be educated on how to draw sustainable proposals which are viable ...

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Mwenye’s appointment to re-store confidence in ACC

The network for young people against violence says the appointment of Musa Mwenye as anti-corruption commission chairperson will re-store public confidence in the commission. Organisation executive director Moses Kalonde says the board of the ACC under Mr. Mwenye is representative of voices of the ordinary people and not just the political party. He says the fight against corruption is not just for the upnd ...

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Copper to develop the country as technology advances – Zulu

Energy expert Boniface Zulu has urged the government to begin planning ahead for the future as the global automotive industry promises to place more value on copper as a resource. Mr. Zulu says as the world is trying to influence a shift from using fossil fuels to electrical powered engines, copper producing countries like Zambia stands to benefit a lot ...

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Swedish govt to support Zambia’s democracy – Hultgard

Swedish ambassador to Zambia Anna Hultgard has affirmed Sweden’s commitment to remain one of the Zambia’s major donors and bilateral partners over the next five years. Mrs. Hultgard says at the moment, the European country is the second biggest bilateral donor to Zambia in development cooperation. Speaking to q news in an interview, the diplomat says the Swedish government will ...

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Govt urged to hand over Black mountain to ZNS

Opposition Green Party of Zambia leader, peter sinkamba has advised the ministry of mines and minerals development to handover the slug dump popularly known as the black mountain to the Zambia national service. Mr. sinkamba is convinced that this will bring sanity at the black mountain unlike the current situation which he describes as dangerous. Mr. sinkamba has observed that ...

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