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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Resume classes – UNZA told

February 29, 2012
Resume classes – UNZA told

Government has urged university of Zambia students to go back to class because the water situation at the institution has normalized. And Education Permanent Secretary Mirriam Chinyama has warned the students the university is likely to close if the class boycott goes beyond three days. Mrs Chinyama says this is according to the current...
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Experts expect kwacha to trade at K5,700

February 29, 2012
Experts expect kwacha to trade at K5,700

FINANCIAL market experts have warned that the local currency is in the short term expected to trade at K5,700 against the US dollar due to ‘inactive’ export revenues and a strong import growth. CitiBank Zambia stated in its daily market update that recent price action has been poor as the K5,700 level was breached...
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Apple iPad 3 expected within days

February 29, 2012
Apple iPad 3 expected within days

Apple has announced an event on 7 March at which the company is expected to launch its latest iPad tablet. Invitations sent to journalists read: “We have something you really have to see. And touch.” While not officially confirming the product’s launch, the message was accompanied by an image showing what looked to be...
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Kabimba blasts Rodger Chongwe

February 29, 2012
Kabimba blasts Rodger Chongwe

PATRIOTIC FRONT secretary general Wynter Kabimba lived up to his billing as a tough-talking party chief when, on a television interview, he poured scorn on the Commission of Inquiry into the Mongu riots and questioned Dr Rodger Chongwe’s neutrality as chairman. Dr Chongwe, a lawyer, had presented a report to President Sata on Friday...
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Government urged not to entertain homosexuality

February 29, 2012
Government urged not to entertain homosexuality

Get Involved Zambia Executive Director Father Frank Bwalya has advised the Patriotic Front government not to entertain homosexuality in the country as propagated by UN Chief Ban Ki-moon who was in the country recently. Father Bwalya says the government should instead listen to the voices of the people basing their arguments on the status...
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Britain backs gay rights

February 29, 2012
Britain backs gay rights

British High Commissioner James Thornton says the free choice of sexuality should be regarded as human rights. And Mr Thornton says such rights needs to be respected by African countries including Zambia. He says it is sad that in some African countries homosexuals and lesbians are not allowed to express their sexual rights. He...
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Clifford apologises to Renard and Country

February 29, 2012
Clifford apologises to Renard and Country

Clifford Mulenga has apologised to Zambia coach Herve Renard and the country for his expulsion from the 2012 Africa Nations Cup in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Mulenga told MTNFotball.com that he deeply regretted breaking team rules on January 30 in Malabo when he went out drinking with four other players after Zambia’s 1-0 win...
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Why Mandela still matters

February 28, 2012
Why Mandela still matters

When Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital, South Africans took a deep breath and prepared themselves for the worst. Despite the government issuing statements telling concerned citizens not to panic, they did. Mandela holds such a special place in South African’s hearts that they fortify themselves with the inevitable day when he takes his...
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CBU closed

February 28, 2012
CBU closed

The Copperbelt university in Kitwe will not open for classes next week following damage caused to parts of the institution by a hailstorm. Heavy rains last Friday damaged some female hostels and the newly built school of business. Copperbelt Students Union- COBUSU President Thomson Luzendi has confirmed this to ZNBC news. The country’s second...
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Church against ‘gay’ human rights

February 28, 2012
Church against ‘gay’ human rights

SOME Church mother bodies in the country have condemned suggestions by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon that there should be no discrimination of people based on their sexual orientation. The church mother bodies have stressed that the message from the UN chief is inappropriate to Zambia and several other African countries because homosexuality...
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