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Zambia Reports
April 27, 2018
The 1988 African Footballer of the Year later captained the reconstituted Zambian team to the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations finals were they lost 2-1 to a more ... Saturday marks 25 years since the Zambia National Team perished off the coast of Gabon wiping out 18 players, officials and crew members with aÃâà...
Lusaka Times
April 27, 2018
Nevers Mumba, the leader of another opposition party, was sentenced to three months in prison after being convicted of lying to a public official, a charge critics ... “The authorities cracked down on critics, including human rights defenders, journalists and opposition political party members,” said Amnesty.
Lusaka Times
April 27, 2018
The Registrar has since assured the Zambian Mission in Pretoria that the University will take steps to ensure that the error of judgement of Professor ... regarding the recall of Janet Rogan who is the UN Resident Coordinator for Zambia appeared to represent the official position of the University of Pretoria.
Zambia Reports
April 26, 2018
Bwana Mkumbwa Member of Parliament Dr Jonas Chanda has accused some PF members in opposition strongholds for lack of loyalty in the just held local government by elections. Dr Chanda said some of the results received in some areas especially in opposition strongholds do not reflect the number ofÃâà...
Zambia Reports
April 25, 2018
The official results will be announced by the Electoral Commission of Zambia. .... Stop hating one another from impeachment to not being Zambian,now is rigging and stoning.always crying like babies ba upnd.tribal war and politics that's what is in your blood.please change for the better if you want to enterÃâà...
Xinhua
April 25, 2018
LUSAKA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Stakeholders in Zambia on Tuesday received a call by authorities to introduce aptitude testing of teachers to be recruited this year. Stanley Mhango, Chairperson of the Teaching Service Commission, a government entity regulating the teaching profession, said recently thatÃâà...
Zambia Reports
April 20, 2018
This same Kamanga administration has again started fixing matches by destabilizing the management of Nkana football club with clear intentions of wanting some teams to be operating free whilst Nkana officials getting suspended. The summoning of president Kabila to appear before the FAZ disciplinaryÃâà...
Lusaka Times
April 20, 2018
Mr. Kalenga says this is because his office has not received any official correspondence from the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ). He said that the Conflict Management Committee comprising of all political parties taking part in the polls set for 24th April yesterday infact unanimously agreed that theÃâà...
Zambia Reports
April 20, 2018
As such, be informed that this letter is public and has been circulated to all media houses, including the outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Zambia and copied to relevant authorities. This is in remonstration of our displeasure at the attempt of the concerned case officers in covering up the case, andÃâà...
Xinhua
April 20, 2018
Last year, the IMF urged authorities to slow down on contraction of new debts, especially non-concessional loans, to maintain debt sustainability. ... Analysts have expressed concern over Zambia's true debt figures, with the government insisting that its official foreign debt currently stands at 8.7 billion dollarsÃâà...
Nasdaq
April 18, 2018
Even the official data suggests Zambia is on financial quicksand; external debt has jumped sixfold since 2010 and the IMF says it is at "high risk of debt distress". Hidden borrowing would make the situation worse. Economists say bilateral credit arrangements are pushing debt levels to breaking point.
Zambia Reports
April 17, 2018
Newly sworn in President of Botswana Mr. Mokgweetsi Masisi will this year officiate at the 92nd Zambia Agricultural and Commercial Show in August. According to a statement by the Zambian Embassy, President Masisi says the occasion will be an opportunity to accelerate growth for local businesses inÃâà...
Lusaka Times
April 15, 2018
Patrick Shumba, a Zambian actor who recently became a national hero after he featured in the box office hit Black Panther has issued an emotional ... The Atlanta based actor who last month toured his home country Zambia and treated to VIP reception by the Zambian government said he was sorry for hisÃâà...
Zambia Reports
April 15, 2018
Sports journalist Augustine Mukoka has given a measured response to the summons served on him by Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) to ... Allow me to mention that my membership with M'tendere when active and solid was solely because as a Zambian I have a duty to contribute to our football.
Lusaka Times
April 15, 2018
The true size of Zambia's debt is “debatable” because the country has contracted more loans than official external debt numbers show, Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts said. While the nation signed up for $5.3 billion in debt from 2015 to 2016 and the lender estimates it contracted another $4.4 billionÃâà...
eNCA
April 15, 2018
But Zambian authorities have brushed aside the growing concerns over the actual size of its external public debt, which has been putting pressure on the ... The IMF's representative to Zambia, Boileau Loko, said officials "continue to compromise the country's debt sustainability and risk undermining itsÃâà...
Lusaka Times
April 14, 2018
Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has strongly denied assertions that the Zambian government is hiding the true extent of the country's debt stock. ... A competent team of officials from the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Zambia are working on modalities of handling Eurobond obligations when theyÃâà...
Zambia Daily Mail
April 13, 2018
Dear editor, IT IS worrying to see the escalating levels of counterfeit products being manufactured in Zambia. The latest development of a Chinese man who has been selling suspected untreated water using Aquasavanna labels on 20-litre water bottles is worrying as it is a danger on the health of membersÃâà...
Brookings Institution (blog)
April 13, 2018
Zambia's external debt increased from $2 billion in 2011 to almost $9 billion in 2018, and the country will spend 27 percent of its revenues this year to repay ... In recent weeks, Zambian authorities also imposed a $7.9 billion tax bill—which includes import duties, penalties and interest—on First QuantumÃâà...
Times LIVE
April 6, 2018
The union said on Friday that two Numsa officials who flew to Zambia last Saturday to attend the launch of the new Socialist Party were harassed by immigration officials at the airport who stopped ... We will be lodging a complaint with Zambian and South African authorities on this matter‚” the union said.
Times LIVE
April 6, 2018
The union said on Friday that two Numsa officials who flew to Zambia last Saturday to attend the launch of the new Socialist Party were harassed by immigration officials at the airport who stopped ... We will be lodging a complaint with Zambian and South African authorities on this matter‚” the union said.
Zambia Daily Mail
April 2, 2018
ON FRIDAY, September 15, 2017, during the official opening of the second session of the 12th National Assembly by the republican President, emphasis was made to a prosperous SMART Zambia. What is key is to understand the word “SMART”. Of course it does not translate into wearing an outfit which isÃâà...
Zambia Reports
April 2, 2018
Financial statements widely circulated online show FAZ officials benefiting in excess of K1.4 million in bonuses for work allegedly carried out to host the 2017 ... We wish to advise the football fraternity and nation as a whole to ignore all manner of attacks aimed at the Football Association of Zambia with theÃâà...
Zambia Reports
April 2, 2018
Opposition Radical Revolutionary Party president Vincent Chaile has backed President Edgar Lungu's decision to expel Cuban Ambassador to Zambia Nelson Pages for engaging in domestic politics. Pages was a feature at the Socialist Party launch which convened on Saturday to anoint former PostÃâà...
Xinhua
April 2, 2018
LUSAKA, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government on Monday gave the Cuban ambassador a seven-day ultimatum to leave the country following his public endorsement of an opposition political party. On Sunday, the government decided to expel Cuban Ambassador Nelson Pages Vilas after heÃâà...
Lusaka Times
March 30, 2018
Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe is one of the six African match officials chosen by Fifa for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In addition there will also be 10 assistant referees from Africa. The other African referees are Mehdi Abid Charef from Algeria, Malang Diedhiou of Senegal, Bakary Papa Gassama fromÃâà...
HSUS News (blog)
March 21, 2018
The FWS signaled it will continue to rely on outdated and unsupported findings authorizing the import of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Namibia, and lion trophies from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. Other African countries that allow hunting of these species may also be open toÃâà...
570 News
March 21, 2018
TORONTO – First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says the Zambian government has issued it a $10.4-billion bill for underpayment of customs duties. .... though will check all possible factors, including road conditions, and a possible collision with a deer, before making the official call on the cause of the crash.
africanews
March 21, 2018
Zambia's parliament suspended a cabinet minister on Tuesday from its proceedings for one month for slapping a fellow lawmaker within parliament ... Kambwili has repeatedly accused government officials of corruption since his dismissal as information and broadcasting minister in November 2016 but theÃâà...
Zambia Daily Mail
March 20, 2018
IT'S a great pleasure to participate in your popular Readers' Forum, which covers diverse issues ranging from economics, politics and even social life. My contribution in form of a question is basic, yet very important: Which one is Zambia's official Presidential portrait? I am asking the powers that be becauseÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 19, 2018
The refugees are currently hosted at newly opened Kenani transit centre and Mantapala refugee settlement in Nchelenge district, North of Zambia. ... health actors including UN Agencies, NGO partners and government authorities are well-coordinated and within national and international standards.
Zambia Reports
March 13, 2018
“According to the State Security Act CAP 111 Section 6 (1)(a) of the Laws of Zambia, any person without lawful authority who uses or has in his possession, imports or manufactures any uniform of the Defence Force or the Police Service or any other official uniform of the Republic or any dress closelyÃâà...
The Times
March 13, 2018
Zambia has announced a crackdown on the sale of sex dolls, describing them as “unnatural and immoral”. ... The Zambian arts council said that her deportation, after being detained overnight at Lusaka airport on Friday, was prompted by concerns that her performance would “undermine national values”.
Zambia Reports
March 13, 2018
Having carefully reviewed the matter, I feel if the Zambian printing companies should be given an opportunity to bid and have the election materials ... I support the printing of all election materials within the country because of the cost involved where the Electoral Commission of Zambia has to take care ofÃâà...
New Zimbabwe.com
March 13, 2018
Selling or using a sex doll is against Zambian law, she said, vowing to ensure they are not bought on the internet and imported. ... In recent months, Zambia's independent and semi-official press have devoted many column inches to reports of sex shops popping up around the capital Lusaka selling sexÃâà...
The New Times
March 12, 2018
Growth of bilateral ties in leaps and bounds is further evidenced not only by the growing interactions and visits between senior government officials but also by strategic Agreements and MoUs that have been signed during the two respective State visits. On the first day of his visit, President Lungu visited theÃâà...
Zambian Watchdog
March 12, 2018
The PF is alarmed by UPND for violating the country laws by deliberately using PF bicycles to welcome their Leaders in Kasama, PF Secretary General Davis Mwila has charged. Speaking in Lusaka this afternoon, Mr Mwila said initial investigations indicate that 87 of out of 200 bicycles deployed toÃâà...
The New Times
March 12, 2018
Growth of bilateral ties in leaps and bounds is further evidenced not only by the growing interactions and visits between senior government officials but also by strategic Agreements and MoUs that have been signed during the two respective State visits. On the first day of his visit, President Lungu visited theÃâà...
Mail & Guardian
March 12, 2018
Selling or using a sex doll is against Zambian law, she said, vowing to ensure they are not bought on the internet and imported. ... In recent months, Zambia's independent and semi-official press have devoted many column inches to reports of sex shops popping up around the capital Lusaka selling sexÃâà...
The Standard
March 11, 2018
Zambian authorities deported controversial South African dancer Zodwa Wabantu on Saturday after authorities vowed she would not be allowed to perform because she ... Zambia's religious affairs minister Godfridah Sumaili told AFP last week that Zodwa would not be allowed to perform in the country.
Zambia Daily Mail
March 10, 2018
What are authorities doing here in Zambia? We appreciate the withdrawal of meat products linked to listeriosis but more needs to be done. For instance, authorities should have established how many citizens may have consumed the meat products from South Africa during this period and subject them toÃâà...
Lusaka Times
March 10, 2018
“There are various issues that are affecting women in the Zambian society and to be specific Katete district. The most challenging ... In response to this, Katete District Commissioner Joseph Makukula encouraged the women to report any form of molestation to the relevant authorities. Mr. Makukula said mostÃâà...
CleanTechnica
March 9, 2018
The African Development Bank has this week secured $52.5 million in funding from the Green Climate Fund for Zambia's Renewable Energy ... In early December Zambia's government launched the first round of its GET FIT Zambia program — the official implementation program of its REFiT policy. A 100Ãâà...
Human Rights Watch
December 31, 1999
In 2017, the lands commissioner, Mr. Kopa Muma, directed provincial officials to ensure that they take sufficient care in allocating land to avoid ... Zambian authorities and commercial farmers should follow international and national standards in developing plans for and carrying out resettlement andÃâà...
africanews
December 31, 1999
This is not the first time the ex-minister is facing trial in Zambia. “These are cases that are neither here nor there. They are just trying to punish him and make sure that maybe they deplete his resources, said an National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporter. “They are dragging him to court for speakingÃâà...
