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Yotam Siachobe Muleya (1940 – 23 November 1959) was a long-distance runner who represented Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Muleya broke racial barriers and opened a new era in Rhodesian sport when he beat the famous British four minute miler, Gordon Pirie, by 100 yards in a three-mile race at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in December 1958. Early life Muleya was born in Mudukula Village, in Choma District in the then Northern Rhodesia, the fourth surviving son of Jamu and Munsanda Siakwambwa.[1] As his immediate elder brother had died in infancy, Tonga custom called for...

About the Zambian Parliament The first meeting of the Northern Rhodesia Parliament took place on 23rd May 1924 in Livingstone, the first capital of Northern Rhodesia. The Parliament elected in December 2001 was the twentieth Parliament to have been elected since parliamentary government began in Zambia. This makes the Zambian Parliament one of the oldest continuously functioning legislatures in the Southern African Sub-region. Since independence on the 24th October, 1964, Zambia has evolved through eleven (11) Parliaments. In this regard, by 24th October, 2014, the Zambian Parliament will have continuously have enjoyed Parliamentary democracy for fifty (50) years. According to...

The Africast Newsflash | Issue #6     Last month we held the first ever Luapula Expo & Investment Conference and it was AMAZING. The beauty of our nation was finally showcased through an event of that grandiose. Luapula Province was the stage and all lights where on Mansa, Samfya, Kawambwa, Nchelenge and Mwansabombwe. The event was hosted by the Luapula Provincial Administration aimed to link investors to the unlock the economic potential of the province. Local and international investors, decision makers, financiers and captains were brought together on a platform like no other and the results of the event...

 By Freedom House Washington  –  August 25, 2017 —  In response  to a court in Baku sentencing one of Azerbaijan’s most prominent independent journalists, Mehman Aliyev, to three months pre-trial detention before being tried for alleged “abuse of power” and on other charges, Freedom House issued the following statement: “The charges against Mehman Aliyev and now his pre-trial detention are part of Azerbaijan’s effort to silence independent journalism and all critical voices,” said Marc Behrendt, director of Eurasia programs at Freedom House. “Mehman Aliyev directs the Turan news agency, the country’s last remaining independent news agency, which has announced it has no...

"A saint is a sinner who keeps on trying" Nelson Mandela Posted by Emmanuel Mwamba on Thursday, August 24, 2017