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Young sprinter Mutale prepares for World Cup

By Mercy Chewe Young runner Ruth Mutale has intensified preparations for the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships which will be held from 2 to 7 August 2022 in Colombia. Mutale qualified for the World Athletics U20 Championships after winning the national games in Lusaka last month. Last December, she won three gold medals for team […]

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Chingola Rotary club calls for peace

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chingola Rotary Club Metro has called for peace to reign and prevail in the district and the country at large stating that without peace there is no development. Speaking after the fundraising walk, Chingola Rotary Club President Raphael Mwaba said that it is cardinal for civic and politic leaders to ensure that […]

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DRC and Zambia sign cooperation framework

Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have signed a Cooperation Framework that will culminate into the construction of the 165 kilometer road connecting the Town of Kolwezi in the DRC and Lumwana in Zambia. The agreement was signed by Road Development Agency Director and Chief Executive Officer, George Manyele on behalf of […]

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Solwezi Council calls for orderly booths

By IREEN MULENGA Solwezi Municipal Council has told Booth owners in the Central Business District (CBD) to remove makeshift Booths by 31, March 2022. Solwezi Town Clerk Robbie Chitambo said that booths are mounted in an uncoordinated manner and not to the standard are slowly creating an eyesore in Town Center. “Following the increase in […]

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Mumbi Phiri charged with murder

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Former Patriotic Front (PF) deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri has been charged with murder. Police Deputy Spokesperson Danny Mwale said police have jointly charged and arrested Phiri aged 52 of house number 32A Water falls area in Chongwe District with Shabby Chilekwa Chisenga aged 34 of Mimosa area in Chilanga for one […]

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Govt clears Zambia Railways

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe says Government has cleared 19 million 4 hundred thousand Kwacha terminal benefits owed to over Eight Hundred and 20 former Zambia Railways employees. Mr Haimbe said that the amount includes interest accrued over a period of time. He said that the arrears have been cleared following successful negotiations […]

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Uhuru holds high voltage meeting

By The Independent Observer’s Correspondent in Kenya Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday convened a high voltage Mt Kenya leaders’ meeting at Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri County where he put bare his succession debate amid perceived rebellion from some of his earstwhile political nemesis. The president who has since cut links with his two term […]

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Comedian Memory Kasweshi interred

By IREEN MULENGA Hundreds of mourners yesterday paid their last respect to comedian icon Memory Kasweshi who was put to rest at Chingola Central Cemetery. The Chingola Based comedian died on Sunday February 20, 2021 in a road traffic accident in Kabwe after a performance in Lusaka. Memory was an actress, producer, MC, event organizer […]

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Acessing God’s direction

ACCESSING GOD’S DIRECTION Proverbs 3:5-6 5 – “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 – In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Accessing God’s direction is not automatic. There are things one needs to do to obtain it. According to the […]

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Fifa suspends Kenya and Zimbabwe over interference

The world’s football governing body has suspended Kenya and Zimbabwe citing government interference. Fifa said both countries knew what was expected to be done for the suspension to be lifted. Kenya’s sports ministry disbanded the Football Kenya Federation over alleged misappropriation of funds and appointed a caretaker committee. Fifa had warned the government at the […]

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