By Staff WriterGovernment has directed ZCCM-IH to reach out to Vedanta Resources for an out of court settlement over Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). Speaking at a press briefing, Mines and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says ZCCM-IH should send its lawyers to engage their counterparts from Vedanta over the matter as government is interested in […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has dispelled media claims that the high value vehicles seized last week Friday in Choma and Lusaka belong to South African businessman James Ndambo. Dec Director Mary Chirwa said that none of the vehicles are registered in Mr Ndambo’s name. Ms Chirwa has since assured Zambians that […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Unknown criminals have vandalized a 12” HDPE Mulonga pipe in Nchanga North, which has resulted in no water supply in some parts of Kamba, SQ and R. section. Speaking when he visited the vandalized pipeline, Mulonga Water Supply and Sanitation Communications Manager Bright Mtonga said that the same stretch has been targeted […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBATransparency International Zambia (TIZ) has called for investigations into Covid-19 resources for a period of July 2020 to October 2021. Speaking at a media briefing during the commemoration the African Union Anti-Corruption Day today, TIZ President Sampa Kalungu said the office of the Auditor General conducted an audit on the utilization of Covid-19 […]
Sri Lanka’s beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has confirmed his resignation, says the prime minister’s office, after protesters stormed both leaders’ official residences. Demonstrators are still occupying the presidential palace and prime ministerial residence and have refused to leave until the leaders step down. The parliament speaker said on Saturday the president would resign on 13 […]
At least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the South African township of Soweto, police say. Police said gunmen entered the Orlando East tavern in the early hours of Sunday morning and started firing randomly at a group of young people. They then fled the scene in a white minibus. No […]
A court in Barcelona has authorised an autopsy to be carried out on the body of the former Angolan president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos. He died in the Spanish city on Friday, where he had gone for medical treatment. The autopsy was requested by the late president’s daughter, Tchize dos Santos. She has spoken of […]
Seven children are reported to have been killed by an improvised bomb explosion in Togo. Witnesses said they were woken by a loud blast late on Saturday in the Savanes region in the north of the country. “An investigation is ongoing to determine the circumstances of this explosion and identify the perpetrators,” the army is […]
By CLOZZEN BIKALENorth Western Province Provincial Education Standards Officer (PESO) Joseph Malichi has called on the school administrators in Mushindamo district to always implement Government education policies. Speaking during Head Teachers and their Deputies capacity building workshop, Mr Malichi said school Heads are expected to implement Government policies at school level. Mr Malichi said government […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBABrave Nchanga Rangers Football Club has handed a new two year contract extension to Robert Tembo, in a mark of confidence by the Club’s ExCo. Club Vice President Shapi Shachinda said Tembo lifted the mood at Nchanga Stadium, after the Club spent three seasons playing in the Eden University FAZ National Division One […]
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