Alice Nachilembe
Dr Manasseh Phiri admitted to hospital in S.A- Mwamba
Zambia’s foremost HIV/AIDS activist, prostate cancer campaigner and educator, Dr Manasseh Phiri is receiving specialist treatment at Awryp Medical Centre in Johannesburg. Dr Phiri, 68, arrived last week in South Africa and has been admitted to the hospital. In 2016, Dr Phiri announced that he had been fighting prostate cancer since 2014 and the cancer […]
Norwegian association invites Zambian entrepreneurs to business summit
The internationally acclaimed Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA) has invited the Zambian business community to its annual business summit. And NABA has disclosed that its associates will attend the Chisamba Agritech Expo in April this year. This came to light earlier this week when Zambia’s Ambassador to Norway (on non-residential Rose Salukatula met NABA Managing Director, […]
Lamba Chief gives local investor land for Fertilizer plant.
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Patriotic Front in Lufwanyama have commended Chieftainess Shimukunami for releasing 250 hectares of land to a Zambian investor for the construction of the first-ever fertilizer manufacturing plant in the area. PF Lufwanyama Information and Publicity Secretary Henry Chilombo said the local investor in the name of JUVANS Limited will add value to […]
ConCourt upholds Mubika Mubika as Sinjembela MP
By Staff Writer Constitution Court Judge Enoch Mulembe has upheld the decision of the High Court to declare UPND’s Mubika Mubika as the duly elected Sinjembela lawmaker. Judge Mulembe dismissed all the eight (8) grounds of appeal advanced by PF’s Peniso Njeulu on grounds that the lower court did not error in law. The petitioner […]
ZIIMA congratulates ZNBC Journalist Paul Shalala’s award winner
Zambia Institute for Independent Media Alliance (ZIIMA) has congratulated ZNBC Journalist Paul Shalala for winning the Jamal Khashoggi Award for being a Courageous Journalist. ZIIMA takes note that winning an international Award requires more effort and innovation, a situation that is difficult to thrive through due to our daily responsibilities as journalists. This is why […]
Assess whether Comoros acceded SADC protocol- Lungu
President Edgar Lungu has tasked a Ministerial Committee of the SADC Organ TROIKA to evaluate whether the Republic of Comoros that joined SADC in 2017 has satisfied the prerequisite conditions for new entrants to SADC. President Lungu who is the chairperson of the SADC organ on Politics, Defense and Security tasked the committee to assess […]
OVER 1.2M ZAMBIANS HAVE HIV
Over One -Point 2 million Zambians are currently living with HIV – the Virus that causes AIDS with 9 hundred and 70-thousand on Anti-retroviral therapy. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary In-Charge of Technical Services Kennedy Malama has disclosed. Dr Malama also reveals that 43-thousand new HIV infection cases are detected annually – a situation he […]
Govt to pay all retirees
Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says the number of outstanding retirees and beneficiaries being owed by Government is 1 thousand 5 hundred and 77. Mrs. Mwanakatwe says Government is currently working on raising 7 hundred 32 point 8 million Kwacha to dismantle arrears owed to them. The Finance Minister has told Parliament that this is part […]