The Electoral Commission of Zambia says it will not accept tertiary qualifications from aspiring candidates in the forthcoming general elections. The commission said that all candidates will be required to provide their grade twelve certificates or equivalent validated by the Examination Council of Zambia-ECZ or the Zambia Qualification Authority for nominations to be accepted. Speaking […]
By JOHN SAKALA Kafubu Water Supply and Sanitation Managing Director Athanasius Mwaba says the Kafulafuta Water Supply System (KWSS) project will be commissioned as soon as few auxiliary works are completed. Engineer Mwaba said the US 499 million government funded project is 85 percent overall completed with the actual dam being at 98 percent complete. […]
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address on state television. Magufuli had not been seen in public for more than two weeks, and rumours have been circulating about […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Kitwe based businessman Makesa Kalifungwa will challenge President Edgar Lungu at the PF convention scheduled for next month. Mr Kalifungwa 48, a proprietor of Golden Beg Emerald Miner in Lufwanyama says he would contest for the position of PF Presidency at the PF convention because it is his constitutional right. Speaking in an […]
By JOHN SAKALA Kafubu Water and Sanitation Company will develop a floating solar photovoltaic PV system to generate electricity on the newly constructed 125 million cubic milliliters capacity Kafulafuta Dam in Masaiti. Company Managing Director Engineer Athanasius Mwaba said the power to be generated at the dam is targeted to power the water and sewerage […]
Zambia’s Ambassador to Brazil Alfreda Mwamba has undertaken a fact-finding tour of the Fishing Hub and Agribusiness Learning Institute for Easy Development, the Brazilian company that is planning an Investment mission to Zambia. Dr Mwamba also inspected the Shrimp Fish and Dairy Farms in Bahia, North of Brazil where she commended Easy Development for their […]
By CHINOYI CHIPULU Lusaka City Council (LCC) has condemned the spate of vandalism that has recently taken place in the City. The vice is more rampant along Mungwi road and Madras area of Kamwala where unscrupulous people are stealing solar panels and fittings from the street lights. LCC Assistant Public Relations Manager Thelma Mbewe said […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Secretary General Lucky Mulusa says the party has walked a fruitful path from the time they launched it. Speaking ahead of the party National Peoples Conference which is being held in all 10 provinces, Mr Mulusa said MDC wants power vested in the voters not the president. […]
The Livingstone Magistrates Court has convicted former Livingstone Mayor, Town Clerk and a Councillor to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for corrupt practices. Milford Maambo, former Mayor of Livingstone City, Ziwa Malila Ziwa, former Councillor and Chabala Chanda, former Livingstone Acting Town Clerk, were arrested in 2018 by the Anti-Corruption Commission and charged with […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Rainbow Party says the grade 12 certificate or equivalent clause requirement for aspiring candidates is discriminatory and unnecessary. Rainbow Party Deputy National Spokesperson Humphrey Kabwe said his party demands for the immediate scrapping off of the clause from the constitution to provide a level playing field for every Zambian and stop […]
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