By IREEN MULENGA Chililabombwe Municipal Council has warned members of the public against overcrowding at funeral gatherings as it is posing a challenge in efforts aimed at preventing further spread of Covid-19. Council Director of Public Health Dr Gift Sakanyi said that the local authority is concerned with the number of people gathering at funerals […]
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court. He was admitted to Estcourt Correctional Centre in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. Police had warned that they were prepared to arrest him if he did not hand himself in […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Printing of presidential ballot papers for the August, 12 General Election is set to commence following the verification and endorsement of print proofs. The signing of the printing of the ballots was witnessed by Electoral Commission of Zambia Vice Chairperson Emily Sikazwe, Commissioner Retired Major General Vincent Mukanda, ECZ staff and stakeholders. […]
Four people suspected of assassinating Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse have been killed in a shootout with the security forces, police say. Two others have been detained, while some remaining suspects are thought to be still at large in the nation’s capital Port-au-Prince. “They will be killed or captured,” police chief Leon Charles said. Mr Moïse, […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Ministry of Health has expressed concern with the continued disregard, with impunity, to directives put in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Health Permanent Secretary Technical Services Kennedy Malama said in statement that the ministry carried out patrols during the Heroes and Unity holiday and found a number of drinking […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Ministry of health Permanent secretary Technical services Kennedy Malama says the ministry is overjoyed as it is set to receive 228,000 additional doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the French Government through the COVAX facility. The vaccines will arrive aboard the Emirates plane this afternoon at 14:25hrs at the Kenneth Kaunda International […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Vice President Ackson Kaonga has conveyed a message of Condolences to the family of the late Edward Mumbi. Mr Kaonga encouraged the family to put their hope in the Lord as they mourn because God was the comforter to everyone. “We are saddened by the death of […]
Gunmen in Nigeria have abducted at least eight people from a hospital in the north-west of the country, police say. The attack took place at the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria early on Sunday morning. Reports say the number of people taken by the group is higher and includes nurses and children. There […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) leader Sean Tembo says they are saddened by the continued refusal by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to sponsor political parties to observe the ongoing printing of ballot papers in Dubai. Mr Tembo says they are further informed that so far the ruling PF party is […]
Indonesia’s government has ordered producers to prioritise medical oxygen amid a Covid surge and a shortage of oxygen in a number of cities. Hospitals say they have almost exhausted supplies, with one reporting that 63 patients died as a result of oxygen shortages. Indonesia is recording more than 25,000 new cases every day. Increased travel […]
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