By ALICE NACHILEMBE Ndola City Council has closed down six night clubs in the Central Business District and five others in Ndeke Township for operating beyond permitted hours. The Local Authority who recently warned liquor traders to operate within the confines of the Statutory Instrument No. 64 of 2012, of the Licensing Act, No.20 of […]
Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Lieutenant General David Muma has challenged men and women in uniform to maintain high levels of fitness, using various sporting activities. Lieutenant General Muma said fitness is a prerequisite towards attaining operational efficiency and effectiveness towards national duty. He was speaking today in Lusaka during the official opening of the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chingola has recorded an increase in HIV positive infection from 6% in the last quarter of 2018 to 7% of second quarter of 2019. The sad part is that there is also down ward trend of HIV testing services uptake, in the first quarter of 2019 from 20,999 in quarter 3 of […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Chipata has arrested former Chama North constituency development fund (CDF) Chairperson for corrupt practices involving K350, 000.00. The commissioner in Choma has also arrested a Provincial Education Officer and Provincial Accountant, at the Provincial Education Office for corrupt practices. Mr Ancrate Gondwe, 60 of Kaozi settlement scheme […]
By Emmanuel Mwamba Do you wonder when you will use the knowledge from your Geography lessons about Canada, its prairies and its Great Lakes? Do you wonder just when you will use the bulk of knowledge of irrelevant matters in courses you memorised, learnt and passed? And your wonderful numeracy and literacy skills appear to […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Mansa Sugar has introduced the long awaited 2 kilogram (KG) Sugar packet. Mansa sugar is a Luapula Sugar Company. Luapula Province Minister Nickson Chilangwa has congratulated the company for the job well done. Mr Chilangwa said the mega project has created over 1500 jobs. He has urged the people of Mansa to […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chingola Municipal Council has signed contracts with four Local Contractors for the construction of an ablution block, class room blocks and a VIP toilet. All the four projects are funded under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF. Chingola Town Clerk Kabombo Mutakela urged contractors to build the capacity of their companies. Mr Mutakela […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu says the Zambian private sector should take advantage of the USD 750 million financing facility offered by the African Development Bank. Mr Ng’andu said this to achieve stability, sustain their growth, and become competitive in the domestic and international market place. He said Zambia has a sustainable lending […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBEZambia’s Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu and his Rwandese counterpart Uzziel Ndagijimana have said Africa’s Great Lakes Region need a business summit. Their said that the business summit will tackle the optimization of economic and business prospects among member countries. The two Ministers acknowledged that in order to strengthen economic integration, a business summit […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Zambia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Joseph Chilengi has urged Turkish investors to participate in the Zambia National Building Society (ZNBS) housing estates development project. The project is under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. Dr Chilengi said Zambia had a housing deficit of 1.3 million units, which could escalate to three million by […]
Alice Nachilembe
