Chelsea have been banned from signing players for two transfer windows after being found guilty of breaching rules about signing minors by FIFA. The Premier League club have also been fined more than £460,000, while the FA face a £390,000 sanction. The FA will appeal the fine, citing “concerns” with FIFA’s disciplinary processes. The club […]
National Democratic Party (NDC) National Youth Chairperson Charles Kabwita has welcomed the appointment as acting party Secretary General taking over from Mwenya Musenge. Mr Kabwita says the news saying he has declined to take up the position is fake and coming from political enemies.
Dear Chingola Mayor, When your office is busier making frantic effort in regaining the lost glory of Chingola as the cleanest town, other stakeholders are busy frustrating your effort. One such stakeholder is Copperbelt Waste Management Company (Copwaste), it is dumping all refuse along the road on the Chingola-Chililabombwe road. I would like to know […]
By Naomi Nyawali in South Africa Defence Minister Davies Chama says Zambia is in the process of procuring modern equipment for its defence forces. Mr Chama said the purchase would keep the defence forces abreast with modern developing trends in ground and air warfare capabilities. He was speaking in Johannesburg, South Africa in transit to […]
Tanzania has sentenced Yang Fenglan, a Chinese businesswoman nicknamed the “Ivory Queen”, to 15 years in jail for smuggling hundreds of elephant tusks. Yang was accused of operating one of Africa’s biggest ivory-smuggling rings, responsible for smuggling $2.5m (£1.9m) worth of tusks from some 400 elephants. Two Tanzanian men were also found guilty of involvement […]
The Independent Observer
