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229 Chambishi Metals employees to be retrenched

By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA About 229 workers at Zambia’s biggest Cobalt plant Chambishi metals will lose their jobs this month end as management decides to put the company on care maintenance for two years. The Mineworkers Union of Zambia announced that 229 workers at Chambishi Metals will be retrenched following a decision by management to put […]

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Curfew hits Chingola

By JOHN SAKALA Home Affairs Ministers Stephen Kampyongo says night movements in Chingola has been restricted to improve policing of the district. And Mr Kampyongo has warned any media making inciting remarks on Chingola volatile situation that it will face the full wrath of the law and it will be prosecuted. Meanwhile, Defence Minister Davies […]

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Chingola police must redirect their energies from opposition to riots and looting

By JOHN SAKALA National Democratic Congress (NDC) Coppperbelt Provincial Chairperson Chipoka Mulenga says police have good intelligence in tracking the opposition political parties but lack the same zeal in tracking riots. Mr Mulenga has implored the police command to be proactive to crime prevention as they do in tracking and stopping opposition political party’s gathering. […]

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Matty Investments refurbishes 3 ambulances

By JOHN SAKALAMatty Investments has refurbished three ambulances for Chingola which were down and abandoned. Two had already been handed over to Chingola District Health Office and yesterday, Chingola Constituency Member of Parliament Matthew Nkhuwa who is the proprietor of Matty Investments handed over the third ambulance. Mr Nkhuwa said the third ambulance had received […]

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Matty Investments refurbishes 3 ambulances

By JOHN SAKALAMatty Investments has refurbished three ambulances for Chingola which were down and abandoned. Two had already been handed over to Chingola District Health Office and yesterday, Chingola Constituency Member of Parliament Matthew Nkhuwa who is the proprietor of Matty Investments handed over the third ambulance. Mr Nkhuwa said the third ambulance had received […]

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Matty Investments refurbishes 3 ambulances

By JOHN SAKALAMatty Investments has refurbished three ambulances for Chingola which were down and abandoned. Two had already been handed over to Chingola District Health Office and yesterday, Chingola Constituency Member of Parliament Matthew Nkhuwa who is the proprietor of Matty Investments handed over the third ambulance. Mr Nkhuwa said the third ambulance had received […]

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Video: Chiwempala riot again

By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chingola woke up to a rude shock as the people of Chiwempala ran amok rioting and looting. This comes barely a few days when the community rioted and looted some shops and set ablaze houses and vehicles of Isaac Munkondya. The residents apprehended a man coming from his drinking spree purporting is […]

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