The Independent ObserverNRFA releases K500, 000 to Kapiri council
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) has released K500, 000, to be paid to the contractor paving the main bus station in Kapiri Mposhi.
UPND accuses PF of cutting power prior to HH Radio appearance
United Party for National Development (UPND) has accused PF of cutting power at Kariba Radio station prior to the party president Hakainde Hichilema’s scheduled appearance on radio yesterday. In a statement made to the media, the party accused ZESCO of colluding with the ruling party to curtail the voices of those with dissenting views. The […]
Book Review: Isembe Talitwa – Icitwa Mutima
Author: Kunda L Londa Title: Isembe Talitwa – Icitwa Mutima Word Length: 22,000 Genre: Thriller Fiction Aimed At Ages 12 And Above Language: Cibemba KALELANJA (Lechwe Keeper) is a bitter-sweet and adventure pact fiction story of an impoverished orphan from Chafye, a tiny Island in central Bangweulu swamps of Zambia who defies all odds to […]
Kencart donates face masks
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Kencart General Contractors have donated face masks to the community of Serenje toward the fight against corona virus. The company which is based in Chililabombwe has also done similar donations in Chililabombwe but this time has donated in Selenje because their have a project there and felt the need to help the […]
Zambia Alliance of Women happy with increase in crop production
Zambia Alliance of Women is happy with the increase in crop production for the 2019/2020 farming season as announced by Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo recently. Organisation Executive Director Edah Chimya is proud that Small Scale Farmers mostly women contributed immensely to the 3 million metric tonnes projected maize harvest for this year. Ms Chimya is […]
Covid-19 Update! Zambia records 32 new cases
Covid-19 Update! Zambia records 32 new cases from 3,361 tests. Among the infected are 20 Truck Drivers from Nakonde border among other places including Ndola. 132 people have been discharged. The cumulative total is now 1099 while 866 are recoveries and 7 deaths. 5089 people have so far completed mandatory quarantine. Today’s 62nd update was […]
High Court orders Zambia Railways to pay former CEO Clive Chirwa
The Lusaka High Court has ordered Zambia Railways Limited to pay its former Chief Executive Officer Clive Chirwa damages for illegally terminating his contract in 2013. Judge Gertrude Chawatama also ordered the Railway Company to pay Professor Chirwa his full gratuity for the remaining part of his five-year contract and other contractual benefits he might […]
CBU manufacturers hand Sanitizer
By Staff WriterManufactured by the Copperbelt University (CBU), Zamgiene hand sanitizer is now available on the Zambian market. Great and relevant initiative by CBU, this is as it should be. Our institutions of Higher Education ought to come up with practical solutions and ideas to our challenges.
We’ve no power agreement with CEC-KCM
By JOHN SAKALA Konkola Copper Mines acknowledges having seen a media statement, dated May 29, 2020, issued by the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) in which it indicates that it intends to switch off power supply to KCM with effect from June 1, 2020.