By Thulasizwe Tembo The Kabwe Municipal Council has reduced all business levies by 50 per cent for the licensing period 2017 to 2018. The reduction comes amidst cries from the business community of high business levies charged by the Local Municipality in the district as compared to other districts. KMC Public Relations Manager Mumba Mafwenko […]
By Peart Siwale in Ndola Mining in the Copperbelt faces a crisis and the province is feeling the effects of what they say that copper is a waste asset. This crisis involves technical, economic, managerial and political issues. I will try to explain the nature of that crisis and thereafter propose measures to mitigate adverse […]
By JOHN SAKALA Nchanga Rangers has fired its entire technical bench citing poor performance of the coaches. The Club Chairperson Yoram Kapai announced the dismissal of the entire technical bench after the last game of the season against Nakambala Leopards. Kapai said the three were dismissed based on overall performance of the season which left […]
By JOHN SAKALA Copperbelt Commissioner of Police Charity Katanga has directed traffic police officers to stop mounting snap police traffic checkpoints during peak hours. And Ms Katanga has warned traffic police officers on the Copperbelt to stop chasing motorists that evade traffic check points to avoid putting lives of other road users in danger. Meanwhile, […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Rashida Mulenga is pretty. But she’s, not, just a pretty face, Ms Mulenga is a politician, the mayor of Kalulushi, she is a wife and mother of seven, more importantly she is academically equipped to handle career challenges. Severally we see pretty faces that remain unmarried, we have come across pretty faces […]
By Mulenga Chapoloko in Kitwe Defiant Chingola based football administrator and business executive Blackwell Siwale has declared that he will soon bounce back into football business after being banned by FAZ recently. Siwale, who was expelled from the FAZ Executive as committee member in March 2017, suffered a double tragedy earlier in April when the […]
By Bright Mtonga Mulonga Water and Sewerage Company says vandalism is retrogressive to the provision of clean water to communities. Mulonga Water Public Relations Manager Deborah Kangende said vandalism is derailing the progress of implementation of the €156 million project. Ms Kangende is saddened by the recent spate of arson incidents involving the burning of […]
By JOHN SAKALA Konkola Copper Mines KCM) and Chingola Municipal have committed on the possible relocation of the community in Njanji area living in cracked houses in Nchanga North. This follows a meeting convened by Nchanga Member of Parliament Chali Chilombo where all three parties were called to find the lasting solution for the community […]
Caption story: Welcome to Chingola National Park located 52km from Kitwe city. The Titus Tembo led tourism board seems impressed with the conservation of natire so far with possibility of wild life finding its way to the park on the middle of Town. Picture By Chris Hbc Kayombo
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