By ALICE NACHILEMBE Minister of Energy Peter Kapala says the remaining construction works at the $2.3 billion Kafue Gorge power project will be completed in November. Mr Kapala said the project is being financed by Zesco and alternative funds after EXIM Bank of China froze funding to the Kafue Gorge Lower project because the previous […]
Lionel Messi and Angel di Maria shone as Argentina beat Italy at Wembley in the Finalissima – a renewal of the contest between the champions of Europe and South America. Messi’s run and cross set up the opener for Lautaro Martinez, who then turned provider for Di Maria to chip a second. Substitute Paulo Dybala […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked 57 judges, accusing them of corruption and protecting terrorists. In a television address, he said he had given the judiciary multiple opportunities and warnings to “purify” itself. Among the sackings announced in the government’s official gazette was Youssef Bouzaker, the former head of the Supreme Judicial Council. President Saied […]
By Staff Writer A 54-year-old man of Swiss Nationality has been apprehended after the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) intercepted a scam in which he attempted to export re-packaged and misbranded medicines without a permit. Daniel Waldvogel who is a Director at Health support Zambia, a registered […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Department of immigrations has removed 190 illegal immigrants from the country and has relocated 95 Refugees of different nationalities in a mass removal and relocation exercise. Immigrations Department Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka said that those removed and relocated were among the 313 detained in the three-day clean-up operation recently […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Ministry of Information and Media in conjunction with the Ministry of Technology and Science says investment in nuclear energy has immense benefits to the country. Information and Media Permanent Secretary Kennedy Kalunga said among the benefits of a nuclear energy program in the country is a reliable, affordable, clean and stable […]
By Staff Writer The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has adjusted upward the prices of Petrol by 80 Ngwee per liter. Speaking at the monthly review of Fuel Prices at a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday,ERB Board Chairperson Raynolds Bowa said the prices of Diesel and Kerosine will remain the same at 25 kwacha 64 ngwee […]
Seven African countries have cumulatively reported about 1,400 monkeypox cases this year up to Mid-May, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. These include 1,392 suspected and 44 confirmed cases. The cases were reported in Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone. The […]
Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, to denounce Rwanda’s alleged backing of the M23 rebel group. The protests were organised by the civil society group, NDSCI. On Monday, the chairman of the African Union, the Senegalese President Macky Sall, telephoned the Rwandan and Congolese leaders to try to ease […]
The Kulamba Traditional Ceremony of the Chewa people of Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique will take place this year on August 27, 2022. Chewa Heritage Foundation Member Reuben Kamanga has confirmed in an interview that the ceremony will take place at Mkaika in Katete District, Eastern Province. Mr Kamanga has since urged all those wishing to […]
Alice Nachilembe
Maimbo Mweemba
