By ALICE NACHILEMBE The founder of A-Z global cell phones has committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical iron cable in his bedroom. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga told The Independent Observer that Nason Mwanza committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical iron cable from the cap rose in the roof of the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Rainbow Party is disappointed in the manner the PF government is handling electoral violence in the country. Rainbow Party National Spokesperson Dennis Kapukulo said the party considers electoral violence as dangerous with potential to plunge the country into civil unrest. Mr Kapukulo said the ruling party must take the violence seriously […]
The matter in which National Democratic Congress (NDC) party President Chishimba Kambwili is charged with forgery, uttering false documents and giving false information to a public officer has failed to take off in the Lusaka Magistrates Court. The matter was scheduled for possible continued trial or setting of dates but has been adjourned because the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Five people have died while 12 others sustained serious injuries when a vehicle they were in hit into the stationary vehicle. The fatal road accident happened when the driver of the Mitsubishi Rosa failed to control the vehicle due to excessive speed hit in to the stationary vehicle. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo […]
By Staff Writer Lusaka Deputy Mayor, Christopher Shakafuswa says despite the challenges faced by the informal food markets,they offer crucial opportunities for livelihoods and income generation. Mr Shakafuswa said lack of access to capital, credit, spoilage as a result of storage and competition from import markets are but some of the problems faced by traders […]
By Stuff Writer South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has described Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Major General Jackson Miti as an esteemed representative of the country whom he is looking forward to working with. President Ramaphosa said the presence of Gen Miti in South Africa was a clear confirmation that his country had friends […]
The Zambia Breweries LTD has donated 640 by 25kgs bags of mealie meal to the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) to be distributed to hunger stricken areas. Speaking after receiving the donation in Lusaka, Minister in the Office of the Vice President Olipa Phiri said the humanitarian gesture by Zambia Breweries is commendable. Ms […]
Government says it will not allow any law enforcement officers to harass street vendors and marketeers as long as they trade in an organized manner . Ministry of Local Government Permanent Secretary Eddie Chomba has observed that despite government reserving certain routines for vendors and marketeers in Central Business Districts most of them have continued […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Electoral Commission of Zambia has commenced the provincial Delimitation sittings in various provincial headquarters of the country. This is to receive submissions from stakeholders and the general public. ECZ Public Relations Manager Margaret Chimanse said the Provincial delimitation sittings had been deferred last week due to logistical constraints and other demands. […]
I write to appeal to the electoral commission of Zambia to prove to us that they are a credible Zambian institute not a ruling political party institution. As a nation, we have always complained about it’s election policing lapses that occur whenever we have elections. This however, seem to have fallen on deaf ears. Why […]
Alice Nachilembe
