Over 20,000 local farmers have reaped the benefit of Zambian Breweries agricultural buying programme, the company has said. Zambian Breweries supports local value addition in the agriculture sector through local sourcing of its essential ingredients maize, barley, sorghum, and cassava throughout the country. Most of these farmers are small-scale small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and charged former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, Kennedy Malama, with two counts of Willful Failure to Comply with Applicable Law. In the first count, Dr Malama 53, of Ibex Hill, Lusaka on dates unknown but August 1, 2017 and December 31, 2018 , […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Police have arrested two suspected Criminals and among them a Councillor for Turnpike ward in Chirundu specialized in stealing from trucks along the Chirundu – Kafue road. Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said conducted an operation at Mulyakapoka village in Chirundu district and managed to apprehend a suspected criminal by the names of […]
A boat carrying more than 50 people has capsized in the northern Nigerian state of Kano. Police say 20 bodies have been recovered and seven people rescued so far following the accident on Tuesday evening. Officials and residents told the BBC that the boat was carrying dozens of people from the village of Badau to […]
Zimbabwe has reimposed a lockdown and mandatory quarantines for all travellers amidst rising Covid cases and to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant. The country has recorded over 130,000 Covid cases and about 4,700 deaths since the pandemic began early last year. Zimbabwe authorities tightened Covid restrictions citing growing public complacency that they believe […]
By IREEN MULENGA Former Nchanga ward Councillor in Chingola Abed Lubumbe has called on the people of Chingola and the nation at large to stop politicizing the Covid-19 vaccines and get vaccinated. Speaking in an interview with the Independent Observer, Mr Lubumbe said that this is not the time to talk about human rights but […]
Science and Technology Minister Felix Mutati says his Ministry’s digital economic transformation agenda, is a key contributor in the country’s recovery process. Mr Mutati said that Government is focused on economic recovery which is the citizen’s ultimate happiness. Mr Mutati said the ministry is currently looking at reviving the digital infrastructure in the country, which […]
Malawi has announced that President Lazarus Chakwera has cancelled all public engagements “in order to attend to emerging national and regional matters”. The government statement doesn’t explain what those matters are, but these cancellation comes amid protests in the country over the high costs of living and alleged government corruption. President Chakwera was elected last year […]
The new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, was present in the Netherlands earlier than previously thought, officials say. It was identified in two test samples taken in the country between 19 and 23 November, which is before the variant was first reported by South Africa. It is not clear whether those who took the tests had visited […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) says workers unions in the country have resolved not to support the discriminatory punitive measures being advanced by government to prevent the spread of Covid-19. ZUNO General Secretary Fray Michelo, said the unions have since urged government to revist its decision. Mr Michelo said the Unions […]
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