The Livingstone Central Hospital is in the process of starting the first ever Prosthetics and Orthotics training school in the country to help improve the number of trained personnel in the field. Prosthetics and orthotics are clinical disciplines that deal with artificial limbs for people with amputations and supportive devices for people with musculoskeletal weakness […]
“The Devil is a liar” shouted his wife as she tried to turn on the car. “How is the Devil a liar? What has the Devil done this time?” He asked his wife as he sat on the passenger seat. She was to drive today. “Well, we’ve run out fuel and we need to get […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The process of relocating 89 families of Nchanga and Nyanji Streets in Buntungwa Ward is making steady progression, Nchanga Nchanga Member of parliament Chali Chilombo has said. Addressing the residents yesterday, Mr Chilombo said Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) had agreed on resettling the families on humanitarian grounds. He said the bill of […]
By JOHN SAKALA in Kitwe ‘We shall die to self in order to serve Zambia,’ Democratic Party (DP) Spokesperson Judith Kabemba has said. Speaking during the Copperbelt media breakfast at Kitwe’s Sherboune Executive Lodge, Ms Kabemba said Zambia needs selfless leaders to boom. She said Zambia has a leadership gap which DP wants to fill […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE A new modern market shelter will be constructed at Mupopopo market in Chingola’s Nchanga Township to enable marketeers to trade in good environment. Nchanga Member of Parliament Chali Chilombo said the marketeers suffered especially during the rainy season, hence the construction of the shelter. Mr Chilombo said the shelter is going to […]
A high-level delegation comprising cabinet Ministers of the Government of the Republic of Zambia is today, FridaY 18 May, visited Kenani Transit Centre and Mantapala Refugee Settlement in Luapula’s Nchelenge District. The Minister of Home Affairs Honorable Mr. Stephen Kampyongo, under the auspices of the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee (IMSC), led a delegation composed of the […]
Works and Supply Minister Felix Mutati has noted with concern that civil servants have become obsessed with procurement in order to obtain personal benefit. Mr. Mutati says it is sad that even those who have nothing to do with procurement in government institutions want to engage themselves in the procurement process. He says quotations in […]
Minister of Justice Given Lubinda has attributed the high cost of transport as the biggest hinderance to doing business in the COMESA region. Speaking during the 21 meeting of COMESA of Justice and Attorney Generals in Lusaka, Mr Lubinda warned that COMESA will not meet its desired aim of anti-competitive trade practices within the region […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Mulonga Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC) Managing Director Kanyembo Ndhlovu says the utility firm doesn’t believe in masking up the truth. Mr Ndhlovu said Mulonga believes in the truth being told as it is but must be accompanied by the company views. He said that the firm is ready to work with […]
By Staff Writer Labour Minister Joyce Simukoko has warned investors to desist from enslaving workers. Ms Simukoko said that she would not allow both local and foreign investors to subject employees to slavery working conditions. She said foreign investors dehumanizing workers would be ejected from Zambia while local investors would see deregistration. Opening a tripartite […]
Alice Nachilembe
The Independent Observer
