By Yande MUSONDA in France The United Kingdom has expressed readiness to engage with Zambia on bilateral negotiations for the return of the Broken Hill Man Skull. This is contained in a joint resolution between the two governments adopted at the 21st Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of the Cultural […]
The bus drivers in Chingola are protesting against the arrest and detention of two of their colleagues who were arrested in the morning by police for loading at free style loading point at Total filling station. Soon after word went round that Debra Richie one of the jerabos who was set ablaze had died, the […]
By JOHN SAKALA The Chingola based jerabo Isaac Chiwasha 39 has died after he was set ablaze by rival gang. And immediately elements of misbehavior has erupted with bus drivers loading for Kitwe moving from Mwaiseni into town at Total Filling station. And there are NO buses in town heading to Chiwempala and Lulamba. All […]
By Abigail Chaponda in London, United Kingdom The Zambia High Commission in London wishes to warn the public that there is a scam in which unsuspecting individuals are being offered employment contracts by a named multilateral corporation with operations in the United Kingdom. The jobs were posted in March 2018 on jobwebzambia website for various job […]
Chingola based Jerabo Isaac Chiwasha 39, popularly known as Debra Richie who was burnt by rival gang has died after battling with 40 per cent fire burns. See also Debra Richie burnt by rival Jerabo gang Sources at the hospital and police have confirmed to The Independent Observer. More details later.
Editorial There has been much talk of jerabos terrorizing the communities on the Copperbelt especially in Kitwe and Chingola, reaching to the extent of mocking law enforcement agencies such as police. Cops were accused of joining hands with these copper thieves to fatten their pockets. But there is sudden will to sweep all gangs by […]
Zinedine Zidane has decided to stand down as Real Madrid manager after leading the club to three Champions League titles in two-and-a-half seasons in charge. Zidane revealed his decision in a hastily-arranged press conference in the Spanish capital on Thursday. President Florentino Perez appeared alongside him and revealed it was an “unexpected decision”. “I have taken the […]
GDPR gives companies a new set of rules for sharing data online May 25th marks the first day of enforcement for Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, otherwise known as GDPR, a set of rules that could fundamentally flip the relationship between massive tech companies that gather data, and the users they gather it from. Not […]
The government in Papua New Guinea has decided to ban Facebook for a month. The move comes in a bid to study the effects of social media on the people of the small island nation. In addition to the study, fake users will also be targeted and eliminated from the social platform. Papua New Guinea’s […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) officially green-lighted the acceptance of China’s currency – the Yuan – into the IMF’s foreign exchange basket. According to Reuters, this move paves the way for the IMF to place the yuan on a par with the US dollar. This is the latest in a series of global developments that […]
Yande Musonda
The Independent Observer
Abigail Chaponda
Alice Nachilembe