By ALICE NACHILEMBE Over 800 small scale traders and marketeers in Mpongwe have been empowered from the presidential empowerment fund. The empowerment has brought a sigh of relief to the marketeers as their received push up capital after the Covid-19 doldrums. Mpongwe Constituency PF Chairperson Emmanuel Kasambo told the recipient to prudently use the little […]
By JOHN SAKALA The best way to honor those that lost lives in world wars 1 and II is through the maintenance and sustenance of peace, Anglican Bishop Trevor Selwyn Mwamba has said. Speaking during a diplomatic remembrance mass held at St George´s church in Berlin on Sunday, the Berlin-based and Zambian-born clergy appealed to […]
By JOHN SAKALA Zesco has postponed the 12-hour liad shedding which was supposd to start today November 8, 2020. Zesco Public Relations Manager Hazel Zulu said the exercise of filling the dam at Kafue Gorge Lower will start on Tuesday this week.
By Staff Writer Nchanga Rangers Striker Elliot Kampukesa has been awarded as the Club’s Player of the year. The Kasempa-born Zambia Under-20 striker also walked away with another award as Nchanga Rangers joint top scorer with seven goals of the league which was ended abruptly due to the outbreak of Coronavirus. He was joint top scorer with a Ghanaian […]
Ndola Deputy Mayor Kennedy Kasaba has urged bar and nightclub owners to follow the key tenants Contained in the Liquor licensing Act. Mr Kasaba told them to change their behavior of operations after participating in the Liquor compliance training workshop. He said that the workshop should serve as a reminder of the need to follow […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Kitwe City Council has warned some unscrupulous people who have resorted to trading in liquor at Chingola Road cemetery. KCC Public Relations Officer Tamara Mwanza said that all traders at Chingola Road Cemetery illegally trading in liquor and makeshift restaurants should desist from this act. Ms Mwanza said the act is illegal. […]
The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has appealed to the government to withdraw the implementation of the newly introduced Comprehensive Sexuality Education in schools. EFZ Copperbelt Provincial Chairperson Stephen Safwali said Comprehensive Sexuality Education has the potential to expose pupils to homosexuality and other forms of sex against the order of nature. Bishop Safwali wonders […]
Dear Editor, What are silent members of Parliament doing in Parliament you are wasting taxpayers money and do not deserve to be in that house. It was very shocking for me to hear that they are silent MPs in our parliament who do not debate issues. I was following deliberations from TV yesterday where at […]
By JOHN SAKALA Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa says Zesco will effective a country wide 12 hours load shedding to facilitate the filling of the new Dam at Kafue Gorge Lower. Mr Nkhuwa said the 12 hours load shedding which starts on November 8, 2020, is great news to Zambians because the filling of the dam […]
By JOHN SAKALA Three people are feared dead while one managed to swim to safety in Gwembe. The incident happened when a plank paddling boat they were travelling in on Lake Kariba was hit by a strong wave and later capsized around 20:30 hrs on November 3. Assistant Public Relations Officer Godfrey Chilabi has confirmed […]
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