By ALICE NACHILEMBE Lusaka City Council (LCC) Legal Services Committee has amended the procedure for issuing liquor licences to over 500 applicants on the waiting list. The decision is meant to quicken the process and offload the backlog. LCC Public Relations Manager George Sichimba said the main differences between existing procedure and the amended one […]
Zambia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Emmanuel Mwamba has embarked on a robust campaign to seek support from member states of the African Union. This is on the proposed recognition of Zambia’s first Head of State, Dr Kenneth Kaunda as one of the founding fathers of the African Union. Speaking when he paid a courtesy on Tunisia’s […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Government has expressed concern over the escalating high prices of mealie meal. The price is reported to have reached K150 for 25kg bag of breakfast and ZML120 for a 25kg bag of Roller meal in some cases. Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya said this is a matter of grave concern to the Government. […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE A 41 year old Zambian National has allegedly been stabbed to death with a knife by his wife in Cape town South Africa. The victim identified as Peter Nyirenda sustained neck injuries resulting from a knife Stab and died at Retreat clinic in Capetown after suffering from neck related complications. This is […]
President Edgar Lungu says Zambia and India have enjoyed cordial relations since independence. The Head of State says he is looking forward to furthering the relations for the emancipation of the two countries. He was speaking to Journalists in the presence of the President India Shri Ram Nath Kovind and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi after […]
Government says there is a ready market for exporting honey and wax from North-western Province, to Europe and Asia. National Development and Planning Minister Alexander Chiteme said North-western Province has the capacity to produce honey for markets in China, India and Europe. Mr Chiteme added that government is determined to realize the value chain through […]
Acting Republican President, Inonge Wina, yesterday commissioned Yash Life Sciences, the manufacturers of quality essential medicines in Kafue’s Shimabala area. Ms Wina said that the development is another milestone in the government’s quest to an all-round socio-economic landscape of the country. She said the commissioning of a manufacturing plant for essential medicines will ensure that […]
President Edgar Lungu has arrived in New Delhi, India, on a three day State Visit. The reciprocal visit follows his Indian counterpart Shri Ram Nath Kovind’s three day State Visit to Zambia in April 2019, first time an Indian President visited Zambia in 30 years. The Presidential jet carrying President Lungu touched down at Air […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Ndola City Council has dispelled rumors that it has allocated land to Chinese Nationals at Masansa Forest, opposite the New Medical Stores. Following various media reports the Local Authority management and Mayor Amon Chisenga conducted a site visit last week in the accompaniment of Bwana Mukubwa Member of Parliament Jonas Chanda to […]
Local Government Minister Charles Banda has declared Kapiri Mposhi Town Council as a Planning Authority. The declaration has granted the council the mandate and authority to start approving applications for planning permission and take charge of development control in the district. Until now, the Central Province Planning Authority was responsible for land administration and approving […]
Alice Nachilembe
