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The Independent Observer

KCM commission refurbished OPD at over K5milloin

By ALICE NACHILEMBE Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has rehabilitated Out-Patient Department (OPD) at Nchanga South hospital at a cost of K5.3 million to enhance quality health care. The wing has been refurbished and modernized by upgrading the Pharmacy, emergency and records rooms and creation of the brought in dead (BID) room which has not been […]

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Utilise free education, Chieftainess Chungu urges subjects

By Staff Writer Chieftainess Chungu of Yaba people in Lupososhi Town has urged parents and guardians in her chiefdom to ultilise government’s free education policy by taking their children to school. Chieftainess Chungu said that with the free education policy in place, no child should fail to go to school. “Previously some parents and guardians […]

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Cases of cholera in Malawi triple

Cases of cholera in Malawi have more than tripled in the last two months as authorities struggle to contain an outbreak that has killed more than 117 people so far. The UN says that cases across the country have jumped from 1,000 to more than 4,200 since August. The first case of cholera, which spreads […]

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KCM financial advisor RMB commences its works 

Further to the announcement of 28th September 2022, in relation to the appointment of Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) as financial advisor to Konkola Copper Mines plc (KCM), the Company is pleased to inform stakeholders that RMB has commenced preliminary works at KCM leading to the search for a provider of long-term finance. RMB has been appointed […]

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20 Ethiopians nabbed for illegal entry

By Staff Write The Monze Immigration Office has apprehended 20 Ethiopians for illegal entry into the country. The immigrants who are aged between 15 and 35 were apprehended by a Joint Team of Immigration and Police Officers around the Monze-Chisekesi Area on Saturday October 8, 2022 between 07:00 and 13:30 hours after they failed to […]

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Mass failure in Tanzania law school exams – report

Lawyers in Tanzania have raised concern following reports that only 26 out of 633 students passed exams at the law school – representing a 4.1% pass rate, the Mwananchi news site reports. Some 342 students were being told to resit exams, while 265 others were discontinued all together. Graduates from various universities have to pass […]

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Nigeria warns against syrups linked to Gambia deaths

Nigeria has warned its citizens to be wary of the cough syrups linked to dozens of deaths of children in The Gambia. The four syrups manufactured by Indian pharmaceutical company Maiden Pharmaceuticals are suspected to have been contaminated. The World Health Organization had issued a global alert over the paediatric medicines. Nigeria’s National Agency for […]

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Judgment on whether or not the Kabushi and Kwacha parliamentary by-elections can be held outside the 90 days Constitution’s limit, has been withheld until further notice. The judgment in the matter which was earlier scheduled to be handed down has been withheld following the Constitutional Court’s verdict to join the Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha to […]

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