Top Zambian female referee Gladys Lengwe has made the final cut for the August 2018 FIFA Women U20 World Cup adding up to the feat scored by Janny Sikazwe who will be at the FIFA Men’s World Cup in Russia in June. Lengwe is one of two African referees with Ethiopian Abebe Tafesse to make […]
Story and pictures by Salim Dawood Ben Banda is a 17-year-old boy of Katete district’s Kashombe Village in the Eastern Province of Zambia – he can neither read nor write but owns three cows. Ben and his twin sister are the first of their parents’ four children – all his siblings are in school. But […]
THE Lusaka Fast Track Court on Traffic Offences has sentenced a Lusaka motorist to six months for driving under the influence of alcohol. Magistrate Austin Mubita sentenced Kapeya Chewe to six months imprisonment in default of the offences committed. Particulars of the offence are that, on April 21st 2018, Mr. Chewe was driving a motor […]
Police in Petauke have arrested 10 suspected criminals in connection with three Aggravated Robberies. The robberies which happened at Petauke Day Secondary School on 27th April, 2018 between 2100 hours and 23 30 hours. Police Public Relations Officer Esther Katongo confirmed this in a statement. Ms Katongo said that the suspects are alleged to have, […]
In a symbolic gesture of Zambia Police Service’ contribution to African Union – United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has made a historic visit to El Fasher, North Darfur. The visit which is the first of its kind in the history of the Zambia Police Service was undertaken […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Kabwe Municipal Council has closed down Sonnet Bus Station for operating illegally. The station has been closed down with immediate effect because it was operating contrary to the provisions of Section 6 (1) (a) of the Markets and Bus Stations Act Number No. 7 of 2007. Kabwe Municipal Council Assistant Public Relations […]
Chilubi area Member of Parliament Rosaria Fundanga has called on people in her constituency to desist from cultivating their fields on the shores of Lake Bangweulu. Speaking when she addressed people in her constituency whose cassava fields were recently flooded, Mrs. Fundanga said people should instead concentrate on growing their crops upland to avoid crop […]
At first, they look like any other young couple, saying their vows and taking their first tentative steps into a long and happy marriage. Then your eye is drawn to to the bride’s missing right arm, and the white bandages protecting what is left. Just five days before this footage was taken, Zanele Ndlovu was […]
A woman has been stoned to death in Somalia after a court run by al-Shabab convicted her of having several husbands, the militant group says. Shukri Abdullahi Warsame was accused of marrying 11 times, without divorcing her previous husbands. She was buried neck-deep and pelted to death with stones by al-Shabab fighters, say residents of […]
The Independent Observer
Alice Nachilembe
