By ALICE NACHILEMBE Police on the Copperbelt have arrested two truck drivers for attempting to steal copper which they were entrusted with. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo said this is in a matter in which one of the suspects reported that criminals had hijacked a truck laden with copper blisters which he was driving after the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Lusaka Regional Immigration Office has secured the conviction of a 47-year old British national Albert Habimana for the offences of failing to appear before an Immigration Officer on entry and unlawful stay in the country. He was apprehended on 31st August, 2021 by Officers at the Lusaka Regional Immigration Office when […]
By IREEN MULENGA Activists for Justice and Development (AJUDE) has called on Ndola City Council to make recommendations to the Road Development Agency-RDA-to work on the Ndola golf club route which is in a dilapidated state. AJUDE National Coordinator Abraham Phiri has appealed to relevant authorities to come up with a plan on how they […]
Zambia will today receive 129,600 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccines. The doses come as the first consignment of 4,400,000 doses committed to be procured by the Government through the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust -AVAT-. And Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Technical Services Kennedy Malama said the doses that will arrive this afternoon come […]
The Zambia National Farmers Union -ZNFU- says the rising shortage of maize bran in the country is worrying. ZNFU Spokesperson, Calvin Kaleyi, said the trend has seen most farmers struggle to find viable sources of energy and protein for their livestock at a very critical time of the year. Mr Kaleyi said stakeholders in the […]
An Indian firm plans to set up a Steel Processing Plant in Lupososhi district with an initial investment of 15 Million United States Dollars. Olive Steel Limited also estimates to create about 200 direct jobs. Senior Chieftainess Chungu has since allocated 60 hectares of land to the devloper. This came to light during a stakeholders […]
Zambia has been nominated to sit on the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Executive Council for a period of four (4) years at the just ended 64th Commission for Africa (CAF) meeting that took place in the Sal Island, Cape Verde. The tightly contested elections drew participation from more than 30 African states with […]
The Bank of Zambia – BoZ- says it has noted an unprecedented rise in demand for cash across the country during the past few months. BoZ Assistant Director Communications, Besnat Mwanza has said in a statement that the demand has been more than the expected seasonal increase in demand for the currency during the crop […]
The South African Airways -SAA- has announced that it will resume its flight operations into Zambia on the 27th of this month. Acting Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Kgokola has confirmed the resumption, saying the airline will be operating daily return flights to Lusaka. Mr. Kgokola states that this is with the view of adding more […]
For the first time since the original coronavirus outbreak closed China’s borders, the country is preparing to allow foreigners to enter again in large numbers for the winter Olympics next February. This had not seemed like it would pose much of a problem. People had become accustomed to life without many Covid restrictions, with authorities […]
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Maimbo Mweemba
