By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Socialist Party (SP) has confirmed that former Chingola mayor Macdonald Mulongoti has joined the Socialist Party from the Patriotic Front. SP Copperbelt spokesperson Joseph Kangwa said that Mr Mulongoti joined the Socialists on Jun, 6th, 2022, stating that he joined the party because it is pro poor. Mr Kangwa also said the […]
By Staff Writer Government has started recovering over 2 hundred and 9 Million Kwacha erroneously paid as allowances to serving public officials under the Ministry of Education. This is from Housing, Rural hardship, Remote hardship, Double Class and Responsibility allowances which were paid between 2017 and 2021. Speaking in a statement, Finance Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Police have instituted investigations into a matter where property valued at K38, 000 was stolen from three vehicles at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE). Zambia Police deputy spokesperson Danny Mwale says the incident happened around 09:00 hours yesterday at the ZIALE premises in Lusaka. “Police received a report of […]
By Mercy Chewe Zambia’s rivals in Group H of the 2023 Africa Cup qualifying campaign Lesotho and Ivory Coast on Thursday evening drew goalless in their day-two match. The result leaves Group H open ahead of the September action in which Zambia will face Lesotho back-back. Lesotho held favourites Ivory Coast at Dobsonville Stadium in […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Economic Front Party says it is regretful that Zambians have continued to struggle to access the much needed health care in the country. EFP chairperson for health and Nutrition development Jessy Mbewe alleges that new dawn government has completely ignored the challenges being faced by Zambians to access good medical services in […]
Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, has urged politicians who left the country to seek refuge abroad to come back. It follows the government’s call for politicians who left during former President John Magufuli’s rule to return, assuring them of their safety. Tanzania’s home affairs minister at the beginning of the week urged exiled politicians to […]
A Moroccan captured while fighting for Ukraine is among three people who have been sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine. Brahim Saaudun and Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner are accused of being mercenaries, Russian state media says. The court, which is not internationally recognised, is in the pro-Russian so-called […]
By Staff Writer Education Minister Douglas Syakalima says the list of successful candidates in the teacher recruitment process will be published in print and electronic media as soon as the validation process is complete. Speaking in a ministerial statement on the update of the 2022 teacher recruitment process, Mr Syakalima said the process has delayed […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Caritas Zambia Chingola Coordinator Eugene Mulenga has called on Government to use business lenses in making a decision over Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). Mr Mulenga has urged Government to quickly look into the issue of KCM from a business point and not from a political point of view. He said KCM involves […]
At least 40 people died in Sunday’s attack in Owo in Nigeria’s Ondo state, area governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu now says. Previously the authorities had said 22 people died. In a statement, the governor said that 61 people were currently admitted in nearby hospitals for treatment and 26 had been discharged. There were 127 people in […]
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