By JOHN SAKALA The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has invested US$30 million into the Zambia Airways. The Airliner has since signed an agreement with Ethiopian Airways to help it kick start the operation in the soonest possible time. See below the full statement; [embeddoc url=”https://tiozambia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Joint-Communiqae.pdf” download=”all” viewer=”google”]
By JOHN SAKALA Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo says Zambia has started the process of modernising the issuance of passports to electronic ones in a bid to easy the movements of people in the SADC region. Mr Kampyongo said Zambia has so far engaged the Republic of South Africa to formulate frameworks that will allow […]
By JOHN SAKALA in Mufulira Kantanshi PF Member of Parliament Anthony Mumba has launched the construction of Buteko modern market in Mufulira at a cost of K17 million. On July 12, last month the market was gutted to ashes destroying the marketeers’ merchandise worthy sums of money. See also: Mufulira’s Buteko market gutted Speaking during the […]
By Staff Writer ‘We are deviating from the original PF manifesto of lower is tax and more money in the pocket of Zambians,’ a PF member has complained. Making his honest post in our of the PF WhatsApp groups, Clarence Chinyanta aid the recent pronouncement regarding media tax was uncalled for. Mr Chinyata wondered why […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Copperbelt Police Chief Charity Katanga has warned all gangsters in Chingola hiding behind the veil of illegal miners. Speaking during the launch of Luano-Kapisha Police post today, Ms Katanga said her officers has already swept some gangs who are currently appearing before court. She said that there is a clear directive to […]
…Zambia protests the ban By JOHN SAKALA The Zambian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa has protested the fresh ban imposed on export of Zambian honey to South Africa. In a letter written to South African authorities, Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Emmanuel Mwamba stated that he had learnt with regret that South Africa […]
By JOHN SAKALA Mufulira Municipal Council has removed 65 illegal Mobile Money booths belonging to various service providers in town centre. The exercise was carried out on Tuesday August 14, 2018 at from 23:00 hours to Wednesday 04:30 hours. “As a Council we noted with great concern how these booths were mushrooming in the town […]
By Nchimunya Miyoba in Kitwe Kitwe High Court Judge Timothy Katenekwa has cautioned relatives to the infamous Tokota boys to desist from threatening witnesses in the ongoing case. Judge Katenekwa was reacting to concerns raised by State Advocates who sought the Court’s guidance on the threats the complainant has been receiving from the relatives of the victims. […]
By Nchimunya Miyoba in Kitwe A former Tokota Boys member has told Kitwe High Court Judge Timothy Katenekwa on how the gang forced their victim to eat his own feacal matter. A 14-year-boy a former member of the Tokota gang of Kitwe narrated in the Kitwe High Court how he witnessed a-16 year-boy been forced […]
By Elias C. Chipimo It has to be said: if for some reason the world’s most incompetent thinkers came together to develop policies that made absolutely no sense, they would be hard pressed to match some of the outcomes of the recent cabinet meeting in Zambia. It is tempting to describe the goings on in […]
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