Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has called on the Public Service Management Division (PSMD) to effectively make use of its strategic plan as it acts as a blueprint to foster economic development. Mr Kangwa notes that a strategic plan is of paramount importance to the nation as it also facilitates smooth operations of the […]
The Lusaka City Council (LCC) is searching for more land to use as burial space, as the exsisting ones are running out of capacity due to the high Cholera deaths in the city. LCC Director of Public Health Victor Kagoli has told Lusaka radio that the council is facing a challenge of finding suitable land […]
The Higher Education Authority (HEA) will in 2024 introduce a seal on certificates of graduating students from the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Zambia. Speaking during his address of HEIs at the End of 2023 Virtual Symposium held by HEA, the Acting Director-General, Dr Martin Mushumba stated that this measure was necessitated in order to […]
LUSAKA Province Agriculture Coordinator Pascal Chipasha says Fall armyworms have ravaged over 6,000 hectares of maize fields in Lusaka province. In an interview with ZANIS, Mr Chipasha however stated that the infestation rate of the armyworms is at 25 percent and fortunate enough the maize crop affected is at vegetative stage. “Lusaka Province has six […]
By Mercy Chewe Zambia Wake-Up Party (ZAWAPA) President Howard Kunda says there is nothing methodical about the way the UPND Government has handled the issue surrounding Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). Mine Unions last week bemoaned that delay by Vedanta to fully operationalise KCM after taking over the mine last year. But Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe […]
The Ndola Regional Immigration Office has secured the convictions of three Somali Refugees Mohamed Isse 30, Abdi Mahiyadin 21, and Mohamed Abdulqadir 20 for being found in a place other than a refugee settlement without valid gate passes contrary to the Laws of Zambia. The trio was nabbed on January 2, 2024 during a routine […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Six people including the driver have died on the sport in a fatal road traffic accident, after a motor vehicle they were travelling in was hit, head on collision by a truck which lost control. The accident happened when the driver of the SINO truck failed to keep to his near side […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) has, in the last week, distributed over 160,000 various essentials commodities aimed at both treating and preventing the further spread of the disease. ZAMMSA Senior Manager Corporate Communications Bradley Chingobe said that this is in addition to the scheduled distribution of medicines and medical […]
Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane says Government is ready to stabilize the challenge of the foreign exchange rate through various investments such as increasing copper production in the mining sector. Dr Musokotwane said investments in the mining sector will boost the economy and stabilize the foreign exchange rate. He also said that the […]
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) acknowledges the concerns of those who have invested in such schemes, some of which the Commission has investigated, with arrests made, and others in court, to remain patient until the courts of Law have cleared such cases. The Commission has powers, under the Prohibition and Prevention of Money Laundering Act […]
Alice Nachilembe
