By CHINOYI CHIPULU Champions Zesco United on Wednesday climbed to fourth on the log after beating Kabwe Warriors in rescheduled Week Two in Kabwe. The 2-0 victory at Godfrey Ucar Chitalu Stadium moved the Ndola outfit moved to nine points, seven behind pacesetters Green Buffaloes. Second half goals by defender Solomon Sakala and Kenyan Jesse […]
By JOHN SAKALA Outgoing Zamtel Board Chairperson Danny Luswili says it is humbling to have served the Zambian people as a member of the Zamtel Board of Directors for slightly over four years. In his farewell message, Mr Luswili thanked President Hakainde Hichilema, members of the outgoing Board, IDC and the Zambian people for the […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The development of the 50 million US dollars Momboshi Irrigation Scheme in Chisamba District, Central Province has been completed. Agriculture Minister Mtolo Phiri Says Momboshi Irrigation Scheme will be handed over to the farming community. Speaking when he visited the irrigation scheme in Chisamba Mr Phiri said he was impressed with the […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Foreign Affairs Minister Stanley Kakubo has called for increased support and equitable access to Covid-19 Vaccines for African Union Member States. Speaking on arrival at Bole International Airport in Addis, Mr Kakubo said equitable distribution of vaccines will help member states to achieve the envisaged vaccination of 60-percent of the African population. […]
By IREEN MULENGA Business and Economist analyst Kelvin Chisanga is optimistic that Zambia’s economy will witness tremendous transformation with trade, following the removal of the country from the United Kingdom’s covid-19 red list. Speaking in an interview with the Independent Observer, Mr Chisanga explains that travel restrictions to the UK have had a negative effect […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA A consignment of Benylin with Codeine syrup worth about K763, 000 has been seized at the Victoria Falls Borders in Livingstone. The seizure was done in a joint operation by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA). The transporter of the seized consignment […]
By IREEN MULENGA The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) Public Relations Officer Rainford Mutabi says CCPC in partnership with the Chipata City Council (CCC) have seized assorted goods worth K165 in an inspection conducted on September 30, 2021 at 15 trading premises of Chipata’s Central Business District (CBD) in Eastern Province. Mr Matabi said […]
By IREEN MULENGA The United Party for National Development (UPND) alliance Youth leadership on the Copperbelt has warned some unscrupulous people who are inciting small scale miners in Kitwe to protest over the mine dumpsite operations which have been suspended. Copperbelt Provincial Youth Chairman Bowas Kapata says the youth leaders are on ground investigating the […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Police in Matero , Lusaka on October, 11, 2021 at 16:00hours warned and cautioned Maricoh Rolsin Hoare Mukata a female aged 40 years of Kasupe. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said that this was in connection to a report of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (OABH) which was reported at Bob Brooms police […]
By IREEN MULENGA Opposition Party for National Unity and Progress (PNUP) Leader Highvie Hamududu has called for concerted efforts from all political parties in order to put an end to caderism which has become a rife in the country. Mr Hamududu stressed on the need for the new dawn government to lead by example by […]
Maimbo Mweemba
The Independent Observer
