LUSAKA Province Agriculture Coordinator Pascal Chipasha says Fall armyworms have ravaged over 6,000 hectares of maize fields in Lusaka province. In an interview with ZANIS, Mr Chipasha however stated that the infestation rate of the armyworms is at 25 percent and fortunate enough the maize crop affected is at vegetative stage. “Lusaka Province has six […]
By Mercy Chewe Zambia Wake-Up Party (ZAWAPA) President Howard Kunda says there is nothing methodical about the way the UPND Government has handled the issue surrounding Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). Mine Unions last week bemoaned that delay by Vedanta to fully operationalise KCM after taking over the mine last year. But Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe […]
The Ndola Regional Immigration Office has secured the convictions of three Somali Refugees Mohamed Isse 30, Abdi Mahiyadin 21, and Mohamed Abdulqadir 20 for being found in a place other than a refugee settlement without valid gate passes contrary to the Laws of Zambia. The trio was nabbed on January 2, 2024 during a routine […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Six people including the driver have died on the sport in a fatal road traffic accident, after a motor vehicle they were travelling in was hit, head on collision by a truck which lost control. The accident happened when the driver of the SINO truck failed to keep to his near side […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) has, in the last week, distributed over 160,000 various essentials commodities aimed at both treating and preventing the further spread of the disease. ZAMMSA Senior Manager Corporate Communications Bradley Chingobe said that this is in addition to the scheduled distribution of medicines and medical […]
Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane says Government is ready to stabilize the challenge of the foreign exchange rate through various investments such as increasing copper production in the mining sector. Dr Musokotwane said investments in the mining sector will boost the economy and stabilize the foreign exchange rate. He also said that the […]
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) acknowledges the concerns of those who have invested in such schemes, some of which the Commission has investigated, with arrests made, and others in court, to remain patient until the courts of Law have cleared such cases. The Commission has powers, under the Prohibition and Prevention of Money Laundering Act […]
The Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka, through its intelligence and Canine unit, have successfully apprehended Phabian Emmanuel Bomboko, a 41-year-old Tanzanian national and former convict residing in Chilanga’s Memosa area, for trafficking 504.8 grams of pure cocaine. Drug Enforcement Commission Public Relations Officer Mwenge Mulenga said Laboratory tests have conclusively confirmed the seized substance to […]
A Non Governmental Organisation based in Zambia has called on the African Union (AU) Leaders and COMESA Member States to consider bestowing the befitting World status on Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema for his tireless efforts in ensuring peace, unity, stability, Democracy, and development in African Continent affairs. Governance and Development Advocates Zambia Executive Director Elias […]
By Maimbo Mweemba Fire has swept through the the Zambia Police Service Headquarters, affecting only the switch room of the ground floor of the four-story building. Police public relations officer Rae Hamoonga said the incident happened at today at 09:00 and the fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault that prompted […]
Alice Nachilembe
