Kenyan teachers will now be entitled to up to four months of paid parental leave following an agreement with their government employer. Female teachers will get 120 days of maternity leave while their male colleagues will be entitled to three weeks of paternity leave. This is an increase from the three months and 14 days […]
A Russian attack on Ukraine is “still very much a possibility” and the human cost would be “immense”, US President Joe Biden has said. In remarks televised nationally, he said the US was ready to respond decisively to such a move. The US president said Russia had now massed some 150,000 troops on the border […]
A 10-year-old boy has been rescued after spending eight hours in the crushing mechanism of a rubbish lorry in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. The boy, identified by police as Majed Mubarak Ibrahim, was working with a truck run by the Khartoum State Cleaning Corporation. It is believed he was pulled into the lorry as he threw […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA President Hakainde Hichilema is scheduled to participate in the Sixth European Union African Union Summit planned for the 17th to 18th February, 2022, in Brussels, Belgium. Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo says President Hichilema will also travel to the Vatican City, after accepting an invitation to be granted audience […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) say yesterday’s accident in Kapiri Mposhi involving a Goods Train and a Fuel Tanker was caused by driver negligence. RTSA Head of Public relations Frederick Mubanga said the accident at a rail crossing in which two lives of train operators were lost could have been […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Anti- Corruption Commission has charged and arrested the wife of former Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo for being in possession of properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime worth USD 378,000. ACC’s spokesperson Queen Chibwe in a statement said that Ms Lusambo, 37, of Chamba Valley area in Lusaka, has […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Zambia Medical Association is disappointed by revelations that the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) erroneously distributed drugs to two facilities that are under Quality Control. The Association’s Secretary General Kaumba Tolopu said while the association knows that errors in the supply chain management of pharmaceutics are bound to occur, […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says on the basis of the 2022 national budget, Government has started implementing some of the key provisions in the budget. Ms Kasanda said that Government has not backtracked on its promise delivery it made Zambians; contrary to insinuations by some people that Government is not honoring […]
The final 10 qualifiers for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations will be decided this month – and 10 sides will be eliminated from Women’s World Cup qualifying as a result. Uganda, who were given a bye after Kenya withdrew, and hosts Morocco are already assured of a place at the finals, which will be played from […]
By IREEN MULENGA The Siavonga Town Council has worked on the stretch along Manchavwa inland and Manchavwa Lakeshores roads leading to bottom road to Gwembe District of Southern Province which was cut off due to heavy rainfall. Siavonga Public Relations Officer Gwendolyn Mchenga said that the roads which were cut off are a link to […]
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