Monthly Archives: February 2022

UPND Provincial youths warn PF

Ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) youths have warned the opposition Patriotic Front to stop inciting youths to insult President Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND administration. Speaking at a press briefing held at the UPND Secretariat in Lusaka today, UPND North Western province Youth Chairperson Bruce Kanema says the party is aware that the PF is using youths to ...

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Intersex persons demand recognition

The Intersex Society of Zambia is demanding that Zambian laws recognize intersex as a third sex after male and female. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics including genitals,gonads and chromosome patterns that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies. Speaking during a media dialogue in Lusaka, Intersex Society of Zambia Executive Director Mphatso Sakala says ...

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Munshya praise UPND’s six months in office

Canadian based Zambian lawyer and political activist Elias Munshya says the UPND Alliance government has done great things in the last six months which the PF regime failed to do in 10 years. Dr Munshya has told a media briefing in Lusaka that this is despite several challenges the UPND Alliance government has faced. He has cited some of the ...

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Supreme Court’s ruling on the liquidation of Post Newspaper new hope for democracy-MISA

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia chapter says the Supreme Court ruling on the liquidation of the Post Newspaper raises new hope for democracy. In a statement, MISA Zambia Chairperson Fr. Barnabas Simatende says this development has instilled confidence in the judicial process and an assurance that proper administration of the law will be upheld, which is important ...

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HH confers with Emmanuel Macron

President Hakainde Hichilema has held talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. The two heads of state held talks yesterday on the sidelines of the EU-AU summit being held in Brussels,Belgium. Their discussion centered around trade and investment opportunities including Zambia’s potential of being a viable investment destination and ultimately job and business opportunities creation. In a Facebook posting, President ...

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Govt urged to localize dissemination of climate change information

A Climate Change Activist Revan Phiri has called on the government to localize the dissemination of climate change information into seven local languages. Mr. Phiri has told Q TV news in an interview that this will make it easy for ordinary Zambians to understand and take part in the change. He says translating the climate change information will also help the ...

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ZEHEST makes desks for Schools

The Zambian Empowerment hub for Entrepreneurship and Skills Training (ZEHEST), says it has started making quality desks to bridge the gap on the shortage of desks in schools across the country. ZEHEST Executive Director Clarence Muzyamba notes that this is so because there has been a looming shortage of desks in schools both in Rural and Urban areas making learning ...

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Govt urged to enhance training on Climate Change

The National Union for Small-scale Farmers of Zambia has called on Government to enhance Training on how best Small Scale Farmers can overcome climate change in their farming. Speaking in a telephone interview with QFM News, Union Executive Director Ebony Loloji says in as much as Government through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Union (DMMU) has come on board to ...

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Lil Wayne to perform at Cambridge Strawberries and Creem festival

American rapper Lil Wayne will play his first UK show in several years at the Strawberries and Creem festival. The 39-year-old musician has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and won five Grammy awards. He was forced to cancel a UK tour in 2011 after his visa application was reportedly rejected by UK border authorities due to prior convictions. His ...

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