Zambia is next year expected to join Costa Rica, Netherlands, Korea and the United States in hosting the second Summit for Democracy. The Summit will demonstrate how democracies deliver for their citizens and the nations are best equipped to address the world’s most pressing challenges. In a statement posted on the White House website, the […]
Zambia’s President Hakahinde Hichilema has said he plans to sell the presidential jet his predecessor bought in his last months in office in controversial circumstances. Hakainde Hichilema said he wants to recover $193m (£160m) that was spent to buy the Gulfstream G650. “We do not support that extravagance, because we could have gotten a plane […]
A Zambian student who died in Ukraine early this month had been fighting for the shadowy Russian mercenary group Wagner, the Reuters news agency quotes Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin as saying. “Yes, I remember this guy well,” Mr Prigozhin, who is head of the Wagner group, is quoted as saying in a written response to […]
By Staff Writer The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested a lecturer at Levy Mwanawasa Medical University for receiving over K16, 000.00 in bribes from students to facilitate their passing in Continuous Assessments Tests. Kenneth Chisamanga 43, a Lecturer in Pharmacology and Pharmacist of Meanwood Kwamwena Valley in Lusaka has been charged with thirteen 13 counts of […]
By Staff Writer The Army Ladies Association of Zambia (ALAZ) has called for the concerted efforts in the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) in society. ALAZ Patron, Ms Stella Alibuzwi said GBV is a global phenomenon that cuts across all sectors of life and that there is need to nip it in the bud. […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Police in Lusaka have shot dead one suspect believed to have been behind a spate of Aggravated Robberies involving motor vehicles and attacks on Yango drivers. Marlon Mutakasha 32, commonly known as Fresher was spotted in Lusaka’s Chunga area after a tip off from the members of the public. Deputy Police Spokesperson […]
Luanshya Copper Mines (CLM) has donated a consignment of fertilizers and grain seeds valued at K350 000.00 to vulnerable small-scale farmers and some former freedom fighters. CLM Chief Executive Officer Wang Jingjun said during the Handover Ceremony which was held at the Luanshya Copper Mines general offices that his company has over the past 13 […]
South African early-stage venture capital firm, 4Di Capital, has today announced the second closing of its new US$ 25 million seed fund – created in partnership with DotExe Ventures in Mauritius – with an undisclosed raise from Mauritian-based conglomerate, IBL Group, via its investment vehicle, IBL Link Investments Ltd. The announcement establishes a close working […]
By Staff writer Police have apprehended one suspect a garden boy aged 23 of Kalundu area in Lusaka West in connection with the alleged murder of a couple identified as Bernard Chomba and Bwalya Chileshe. The bodies of Bernard Chomba and and his wife Bwalya Chileshe of Kasupe area were found in a decomposed state […]
Socialist Party president Fred M’membe has charged that there are serious problems of lack of transparency and predictability in the whole fertiliser supply business. Dr M’membe said if factors that have led to failure to supply people with fertilisers at the right time and in the needed quantities are not understood and resolved, the country […]
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Alice Nachilembe
