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The Independent Observer > Articles by: Alice Nachilembe

Muf Magnets win Kopala Basketball League

By Mercy Chewe Mufulira Magnets are celebrating after winning the 2021 Copperbelt Basketball Association Men’s Super League in grand style. Magnets won the League after beating defending champions Lunga Bullets 70-64 in the last game of the season on Saturday in Luanshya. Lunga attempted to defend the league they won in 2019 because the 2020 […]

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Debt restructuring efforts fruitful-HH

President Hakainde Hichilema says debt restructuring efforts are beginning to bear fruit following the signing of the Staff level Agreement with the IMF. President Hichilema said this means that Zambia will now qualify to join the common framework on debt treatment, which will enable the country transparently renegotiate its debt. The President said this will […]

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Victor Mapani appointed new Zesco MD

By Staff Writer The Board of Directors for ZESCO Limited with the approval of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has appointed Victor Mapani as the Managing Director of ZESCO. IDC Head Corporate Communication Namakau Mukelabai said Eng Mapani has extensive experience in the energy sector having worked in various power utilities and quasi government institutions […]

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Govt concerned over attack on Mpika Radio

By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says that Government is disturbed by reports of attack on Mpika FM Radio station by suspected United Party for National Development (UPND) carders. This was during a live phone-in programme on which an opposition Member of Parliament was being featured. Ms Kasanda who is also Minister of […]

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KCM Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu arrested for theft

By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit has arrested the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu for theft involving K17, 250,000. DEC Public Relations Officer Mathias Kamanga said particulars of the offence are that Milingo Lungu 45, of Plot No 22763, Mulungushi Road in Lusaka, jointly […]

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Boy set his guardian ablaze

By ALICE NACHILEMBE A-36-year-old Nurse of Kawambwa has been brutally murdered and set ablaze by a 21-year –old boy she used to keep. Police Officers discovered her burnt bones in a rubbish pit with remains of burnt tyres at her house. Brief facts of the matter are that in 2016 Bulemu Kafunda the victim bought […]

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Jumulo hires Coach George Kapembwa

By Mercy Chewe Jumulo FC have appointed George Kapembwa as new head coach with immediate effect. The Jumulo coaching job remained vacant last October when Linos Makwaza left to join Power Dynamos. Kapembwa is a former City of Lusaka, National Assembly, Kansanshi Dynamos and Lusaka Dynamos coach. The Jumulo coaching bench already has Keegan Siabeene, […]

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