By JOHN SAKALA The Chamber of Mines Chief Executive Officer Sokwani Chilembo has said that mine rescue department at any mine is a beacon of hope to miners in times of disaster. Speaking at Chingola’s Golf Club this morning when Chamber of Mines donated a bus to Zambia Mine Rescue Association (ZMRA), Mr Chilembo said […]
By Nchimunya Miyoba Zesco says it is on course with most projects embarked on in the province of Copperbelt to improve its power supply and avoid power rationing. The various power expansion projects have made the power utility firm to be well above the demand of power which is needed during peak hours. Demand Side […]
By Nchimunya Miyoba National Democratic Congress (NDC) party 2021 Presidential candidate Chishimba Kambwili has dismissed assertions that he has plans to reconcile with the ruling Patriotic Front ( PF) and President Edgar Lungu. In a press statement made available to The Independent Observer today, Dr Kambwili urged all NDC party structures across the country to ignore such […]
By Nchimunya Miyoba The case in which a Chinese national allegedly shot and wounded a-16-year-old boy failed to take off in the Chambishi Magistrate Court today because the accused refused to plea in absence of his lawyer. Appearing before Magistrate Steven Mabona was Cheng Yuan Song of Baolo Mines in Chambishi Particulars of the offense […]
By ALICE ANCHILEMBE The indictment in which Victor Phiri popularly known as C4 was facing two counts of rape by abducting a-15-year-old girl has been amended from rape to sexual defilement. This was after the state had applied that the case be amended accordingly considering the accused has not yet been put on defense. Then Magistrate Mr […]
Top Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe has made the final cut for the match officials for the quarterfinals at the ongoing 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Sikazwe has had a good World Cup so far officiating the Belgium versus Panama match and the Japan match against Poland. He will be involved in his fourth match on […]
A 39 year old man of Nsansamwenje Village in Isoka District in Muchinga Province has committed suicide by taking unknown toxic substance. Muchinga Province Police Commissioner Chola Katanga has confirmed the incident to ZANIS in Isoka today. Mr Katanga identified the deceased as Lazerous Sichone, adding that the deceased took his life after family members […]
PF Member of Parliament for Bwana Mkubwa Constituency Jonas Chanda has has strongly condemned the dispossession and displacement of over 800 Zambians from the land they have lived and farmed on for over 26 years in Ndola’s Chichele area. He was speaking when he addressed the aggrieved families in Chichele area of Bwana Mkubwa Constituency […]
By Emmanuel Mwamba He was always calm in the most difficult of circumstances and encounters He didn’t display panic, or restlessness even in moments of deep crisis. But he was a highly compassionate and empathetic person probably inspired as a devout Catholic. I met him in 2002, when I joined a small team around the […]
By JOHN SAKALA Twenty-seven (27) people died in road traffic accidents during the four days holiday, Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has said. Ms Katongo has told The Independent Observer that the country recorded 300 road traffic accidents of which 24 were fatal in which 27 people died. She said during the 2018 Heroes and Unity […]
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Alice Nachilembe
