By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has urged ZCCM-IH to align its Gold trading practices to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) due diligence guidelines on responsible mineral supply chains. CTPD Senior Researcher (Extractives) Webby Banda said the guidelines are simply guidance on how to undertake a supply […]
By JOHN SAKALA Zambia’s favourite quick service restaurant, Hungry Lion now boasts more than 40 stores countrywide. The newest outlet opened its doors today at Kamloops Mall in Lusaka and is ready to join the Zambian pride with their Bigger Pieces and Thick Cut Chips. Being a proudly African brand, this new store will serve […]
By JOHN SAKALA Manyinga Town Council has approved a US $ 32.2 million Macadamia nuts plantation project in the District. The proposed investment project was approved during Special Meeting of the Council held at the Civic Centre. Council Secretary Kate Leo Mukonde said the project would be done under the Public Private Partnership(PPP) agreement with […]
By Staff Writer The opposition National Democratic Congress NDC will back the UPND in the forth coming Lukasha and Mwansabombwe constituency parliamentary polls. The polls are scheduled for next month. NDC Vice President Joseph Akafumba has announced the development at a media briefing in Lusaka today. Mr Akafumba said the decision to field a single […]
Dear Editor, I appeal to the Minister of Local Government Charles Banda to urgently address the land acquisition corruption that has hit Chingola Council with the speed it deserves. The current happens on the ground does not give hope to the average citizen in as far as land ownership pronouncement for the marginalised by […]
Dear Editor I write to caution our politicians especially members of parliament (MPs) to stop politicising Council projects. I have observed for some time now how Council projects in this country have been many times hijacked by MPs even when the projects have nothing to do with political linkage. It is high time that our […]
Copperbelt Minister Japhen Mwakalombe says Government has released funds to rehabilitate Kitwe teaching hospital. Mr Mwakalombe said the money is available to the hospital and the contractor is on the ground ready to commence works. Speaking during his visit to the Hospital Mr Mwakalombe commended Kitwe teaching hospital for its quick response to eradicate the […]
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has pulled out of a major tennis tournament in New York in a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. “As a black woman I feel as though there are much more important matters at hand that need immediate attention, rather than watching me play tennis,” Osaka wrote on […]
Chipolopolo Coach Milutin Sredojevic is elated by the Red Bull Salzburg pair of Patson Daka and Enock Mwepu’s performance against English Premiership champions Liverpool in a pre-season friendly. Daka netted a brace in the two sides’ 2- all draw at the Red Bull Arena. Daka and Mwepu’s showing was also complemented by Evans Kangwa and […]
The SADC group of Ambassadors in Brazil have bewailed the looming danger of an economic paralysis unless full-bodied mechanisms confront COVID-19 in Southern Africa. At a monthly virtual meeting in Brasilia, the SADC envoys called for an immediate and robust mechanism by member countries to keep their economies afloat. Zambia’s Ambassador to Brazil Alfreda Kansembe […]
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