INSPECTOR General of Police Stella Libongani has urged women in Zambia to report any forms of gender-based violence (GBV) against them if the vice is to be stopped. Ms Libongani said it was sad that women had continued to die at the hands of their spouses over petty domestic issues that could easily be resolved. "It is very sad that women have continued to die at the hands of their spouses ...
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Libongani Courts Women On GBV
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Diggers Bury Mufulira 74-7
'MEN at Work' Diggers beat Mufulira 74-7 to firmly stay on course to retaining the Buildcon-Zambia Rugby Union (ZRU) Division One title. Saturday's home win in Kitwe means Diggers have just one game this weekend against archrivals Arrows who they should beat to ensure their championship credentials. Kabwe Musonda and Philip Kamanga placed two tries each, while Benaya Mukwamba ...
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Zambia Crash Out in Kumasi
Zambia's Brazil 2014 World Cup dream has come to a crashing end in Kumasi after Chipolopolo went down 2-1 to Ghana's Black Stars. The Ghanaians proceed to the play-off where five of the continent's representative will be identified from a pack of 10. Ghana scored the first goal through Abdul Majid in the 17th minute with Kwando Asamoah unleashing a thunderbolt in the 61 minute to ...
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What is happening with Zambia Police
Police officers manhandle a UPND official who had carried a chair for party president Hakainde Hichilema The Law dictionary defines the police force as a branch of the government that is responsible for the preservation of public order and tranquillity, promotion of public safety, health and morals and the prevention, detection and punishment of crimes. It is a profession in that it consists of a ...
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Harmonise Relations With Ghana - Masumba
GOVERNMENT has called for harmonisation of relations between Zambia and Ghana following the hostile reception accorded to the Chipolopolo ahead of last Friday's Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Sports Deputy Minister Steven Masumba said the intimidation by the Ghanaians which led to the subsequent loss of the game started when that country's Football Association denied Zambia ...
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Ghana FA To File Complaint At Fifa…Against Zambia
Kwesi Nyantakyi The Ghana Football Association (GFA) will be submitting a formal report against Zambia, for their conduct before the World Cup qualifier last Friday. In the days leading to their 2-1 defeat in Kumasi, a result which qualified the Black Stars to the final round stage, the Zambians made false reports in the media that maligned Ghana’s integrity and eroded the purpose of ...
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Zambia national soccer teams contract still intact
The head of Zambia's soccer governing body has said the contract of current national soccer team coach Herve Renard was still intact despite the team failing to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, the Post of Zamia reported on Monday.The Frenchman's stay in Zambia has been a subject of speculation following Zambia's 2-1 loss to Ghana last Friday which ended the country's dream of ...
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Opposition condemn Kabimba’s ICC remarks asking Africa to reject the court
Secretary General of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) Wynter Kabimba Opposition political parties have condemned calls by Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba for African countries to reject the International Criminal Court. MMD president Nevers Mumba says Zambia’s membership to the International Criminal Court (ICC) must be preserved. Mr Kabimba has been quoted advocating for the African ...
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Miles Sampa in huge court damages against Kachepa360
Deputy Minister Miles Sampa Matero MP Miles Sampa has revealed that he has been awarded damages amounting to USD $50,000 against Chisala Mulenga, the owner and promoter of Kachepa360, an online gossip site. Posting on his Facebook page, Mr Sampa who is also Commerce, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister said he will donate funds received from the judgement to charity NGOs both in Matero and other ...
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RB’s son Andrew Banda to sue Daily Mail and ZNBC
Andrew Banda Former Republican president Rupiah Banda's son, Andrew has threatened to take legal action against Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) and Zambia Daily Mail for bias reporting in the violence that took place during the Mkaika parliamentary by-elections. Mr Banda said at a media briefing in Chipata yesterday that he felt injured when two media institutions reported ...
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Renard hails Mayuka Sochaux move
Chipolopolo coach Herve Renard has endorsed Emmanuel Mayuka's loan move to French side Sochaux from Southampton. Zambia striker Mayuka joined Sochaux on a one-year loan deal last week. Renard described Mayuka's move to the French Ligue 1 as good. "It should be good for him I hope," he said. "Sochaux is one team fighting to stay in the Premier League in France, so I am ...
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Ghana FA to report Zambia
The Ghana Football Association are set to report their Zambian counterparts to FIFA following a "desperate bid to paint Ghana in a bad light" prior to their World Cup qualifier on Saturday. The Copper Bullets claimed they were forced to train in a parking lot after reportedly being denied entrance to the Baba Yara Stadium on the eve of their Group D decider, which the Black Stars ...
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Why PF Lost Miserably in Mkaika
This article is an independent contribution sourced from Reginald Ntomba's blog. Why was the PF so comprehensively beaten in the September 5 Mkaika parliamentary by-election? In 2011, David Phiri won the seat on the MMD ticket with 6813 votes against the PF's Mustapher Banda who got 3871. That was a difference of 2942. In last week's by-election, Phiri got 1712 votes compared to ...
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Miles Sampa Celebrates Victory Over Defunct Online Publication
Miles Sampa, President Michael Sata's nephew, this morning took to social media to announce victory in a court case litigated in the United States of America against a defunt rumour based online publication known as Kachepa360. Sampa, who is also Matero member of parliament, used the opportunity to warn those running critical websites in Zambia that have so far been blocked by President ...
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The Weekend in Pictures
Was the weekend all about Sata(ni)’s family and cadres? And why was the President’s belt alone so low down the abdomen; couldn’t his handlers see that he was improperly dressed, compared to every other commander ...
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Nkana target Joshua Titima
Out of favour Power Dynamos goalkeeper Joshua Titima has been linked with a shock move his club's Kitwe archrivals Nkana. Sources at Nkana have revealed that the Wusakile club is courting the Chipolopolo third choice keeper. "He may join us soon. We want Titima to give stiff competition to Chansa Kabwe (Nkana keeper)," a sources said. Nkana and Zambia assistant coach is believed ...
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Zambia NGO Seeks Sanctions After Ruling Party Attacks
A series of escalating violent attacks unleashed by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) party during the Mkaika by-election have prompted the Coalition for the Defence of Democratic Rights (CDDR) to seek international sanctions against prominent members of the Zambian government. Eyewitness reports and sources indicate to CDDR that on Sept. 4-5, a militia of PF cadres, allegedly organised under the ...
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How to Effectively Prepare Manage PR Programmes
THE way the 20th UNWTO General Assembly was organised and managed provides the best method to prepare and manage Public Relations (PR) programmes. But James Muyanwa, in his Policy Analysis column in the Times of Zambia dated 4/9/2013 hints on the same point, but reminds us of some of the shortcomings that were noted at the same general assembly. Mr Muyanwa says the shortcomings are associated ...
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Re-Establish Public Service As Engine for Development
TWO years of Patriotic Front (PF) rule and the need to review challenges, difficulties and other impediments which the Government has faced is at hand. It is wise from time to time for an organisation - even a household to examine its situation and progress. By the nature of its existence certain levels of offices are not required to make comment in 'public' in the press or public ...
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The Era of Spoilt Brats
I WAS still thinking of what topic to tackle in my column when I met one of my neighbours (names withheld) on Wednesday morning who suggested I explore the issue of the so-called modern parenting. After exchanging the usual morning greetings, I told her I hadn't decided on the topic yet but that I had one or two ideas which I was exploring before putting my thoughts on paper. "Well, ...
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