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The Independent Observer

Stress on roads can reduce if…..

By Canon Eng Kenneth Chense The key success factor that can unlock capital funds into the railway industry, on a debt-free PPP basis, to relieve the destructive stress on the tarmac road system, is to separate the railway fixed stock from the rolling stock, for accelerated economic gain to occur on a win-win basis. The private […]

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10 jerabos interred

By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA in Kitwe Hundreds of Kitwe residents turned up yesterday to pay their last respect to the wednesday’s black mountain tragedy that claimed 10 people. Business come to a stand still as scores of residents took turns to bide fairwell to the small scale miners popularly known as the jerabos. The residents assembled at […]

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Zambian Embassy in South Africa issues another travel alert

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pretoria, 23rd June,2018 Zambia has issued a second travel advisory alert issued to truck drivers and transporters entering South Africa. The advisory alert follows reported fresh wave of sporadic attacks on foreign registered trucks driven by foreign nationals. Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa His Excellency Mr Emmanuel Mwamba says […]

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Zampost Chingola on aggressive marketing

Captions story: Zambia Postal Services (Zampost) Chingola Branch has embarked on aggressive marketing of its products and services. The branch regularly displays outside its offices the services that are available to the general public. Most of the times people rarely visits the post office hence the move to display outside to show case what takes […]

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Another 39km for Chingola roads rehab

By JOHN SAKALA With most of the roads receiving facelift in Chingola, Nchanga Member of Parliament Chali Chilombo has said another contractor China Henan will be in Chingola in July to do extra 39 kilometres of Township roads. Mr Chilombo was speaking recently with The Independent Observer in an interview. He said most of the […]

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Chiwempala modern market coming

  By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chiwempala market will be demolished to pave way for the construction of modern market. The construction and demolishing will be done in phases. This has brought mixed feelings to the marketeers who are scared that once the modern market is constructed they may fail to occupy it like the case of […]

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Media is key in HIV/AIDS clinic trials

By ALICE NACHILEMBE Journalists have a key role to play in the HIV Vaccine Clinical trials and research. Zambia Emory HIV Research Project (ZEHRP) Director William Killembe said that there is need for collaboration with mutual understanding between the media and the medical experts. Dr Killembe said that sometimes there is fear from experts that […]

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