By JOHN SAKALA Space Football Club of Chingola’s Kasompe Township has won promotion to the super amateur league. This was after enjoying a perfect flight to land into super amateur league. Speaking at an end of season braii hosted for the players yesterday at the Space Pub and Grill, former Chipolopolo skipper Laughter Chilembi said […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Army Commander Lieutenant General William Sikazwe has asked all Christians and people of good-will to continue praying for peace and harmony in the country. Lt Gen Sikazwe has also asked for unceasing prayers for President Lungu and all leaders in the country to continue to lead the nation with divine wisdom and […]
By JOHN SAKALA MMD President Felix Mutati says bye elections should be stopped forthwith as they are a drain to national resources. The MMD leader said MMD ponders on making submissions towards the current Constitutional Amendments, a mechanism to stop bye elections. Mr Mutati who said this in a directive to his National Secretary Raphael […]
By Staff Writer Solwezi District Commissioner Rosemary Kamalonga has called on business houses and other stakeholders in the district to help government by supporting community schools. Ms Kamalonga expressed sadness that there are a lot of business houses operating in the district that are not ploughing back into the community. She said government has created […]
By JOHN SAKALA Twenty five (25) South African Companies are nextweek expected in Zambia on a four day investment Mission to the Copperbelt and Lusaka provinces. The bussiness delegation will be led by officials from the South African Department of Trade and Industry . Sectors to be represented include infrastructure,Mining , Capital equipment and Steel […]
By JOHN SAKALA Lusaka City Council has apprehended three people for allegedly stealing grave mark metal plates from Chunga and Leopards Hill cemeteries. In Chunga, one person was apprehended and taken to Chunga Police Post while the other two were apprehended in Leopards Hill and were taken to Nyumba Yanga Police Post. Lusaka City Council […]
By JOHN SAKALA The University of Zambia (UNZA) Lecturer and Researcher Hamamba Jimaima has been elected President of the Linguistics Association of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Universities (LASU) which has been in existence since 1984. Dr Jimaima was elected at the 15th Conference of LASU hosted by UNZA School of Humanities & Social Sciences […]
By JOHN SAKALA Small Scale Miners Association of Zambia has implored government to rescind its decision of wanting to revoke dormant mining companies. This is because the move will affect Zambian mining firms that are grappling to penetrate the industry. Speaking with The Independent Observer, Small Scale Miners Association Executive Director Kunda Chani said instead […]
By JOHN SAKALA The Pastors Fellowship of Chingola has apologized to Chingola Mayor Titus Tembo for scathing remarks they made against the mayor on local community Radios after the Council had razed down their church buildings. Soon after Chingola Municipal Council had demolished the churches located near the rail line in Chikola, the pastors who […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The case in which the 14 men including a Chinese national were arrested for alleged illegal military training has failed to take off in the Chingola Magistrate court. The case couldn’t take off because the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) was not before court. The matter was scheduled for continuous […]
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