By IREEN MULENGA The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) have expressed concern over the continued disregard to speed limits by Public Service Vehicle (PSV)drivers. Agency Public Relations Manager Frederick Mubanga said that records indicate an increase in drivers violating speed limits on several occasions to an extent of driving at the ranges of 120 […]
By IREEN MULENGA The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) is appealing to President Hakainde Hichilema to exercise caution and patience as government embarks on recovering assets that are believed to have been stolen from Zambians by the previous regime. Over the weekend, President Hichilema disclosed that the first asset recovery of property believed to have […]
By Hannock Kasama All is set for tomorrow’s KAUMBWE Parliamentary election in PETAUKE District. PETAUKE Town Council Secretary VENTURE KAFULA has confirmed in an interview with ZNBC News in PETAUKE today. Bishop KAFULA says all the requisites for the parliamentary election have been dispatched to various polling stations with personnel also having been accredited to […]
(ZANIS) Acting Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary ROBERT ZULU says gender based violence -GBV- should not be committed in the name of promoting culture and traditions. Dr. ZULU says the rights of people especially women and children are being violated by people who are using tradition and culture as an excuse to abuse them. The acting […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Five hundred and eighty five (585) people died in the third quarter of 2021 in road accidents, Zambia Police has revealed. Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said that the 585 died in the 469 fatal road accidents. Mr Hamoonga said the country recorded 8, 059 road accidents of which 469 were fatal in […]
Why do Pastors’ children get employed by the church as soon as they graduate from Theological School but commoners like Joseph Wolff Sicheka Dan spend years on the pending list? I know of countless friends, some of whom studied at Bugema University (an SDA institution), who never got employed, some became traders at City Market […]
“My stay in Gabon would not have been complete without a visit to Sabliere Beach, the place where my Chipolopolo teammates’ lives came to an end while pursuing National glory. It is here where I reflect, where I draw inspiration and where I pray to the Lord. RIP brothers, you are in my heart forever” […]
South Africa’s health products regulator, Sahpra, has withheld approval for Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine over concerns that it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men. The decision was based on two earlier studies that tested the safety of a modified form of adenovirus contained in the Russian jab. The Gamaleya Institute, which […]
A new report says Africa needs to invest up to $50bn (£36bn) a year in order to cope with the growing threat of climate change. The African Union and World Meteorological Organisation warn that about a 120 million poor people face floods, drought, displacement, and extreme heat by the end of this decade if nothing […]
Uganda’s national football coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has been convicted on two counts of sexual assault in South Africa. The Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) Regional Court sentenced him to two separate three-year jail terms, both of which have been suspended for five years. The Serbian coach has immediately appealed the ruling. A short statement by […]
Maimbo Mweemba
The Independent Observer
