By CHINOYI CHIPULU Access Bank Zambia has announced that it has completed the aquisition of Cavmont Bank Limited following conclusions of key conditions precented including regulatory approvals. The subsequent merger of Cavmont into Access Bank is expected to take place before the end of January 2021. In a statement made available to The Independent Obsever, […]
By JOHN SAKALA Lubambe Copper Mine unionized employees have been awarded 11 per cent salary increment effective January 1, 2021. This means the lowest employee at the mine will now be getting close to K5, 000. Mineworkers Union of Zambia President Joseph Chewe said the obligation of the union is to make its members happy […]
By CHINOYI CHIPULU Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has expressed shock on how the Ministry of Health (MoH) awarded a U$$17 million contract to honeybee Pharmacy Limited despite knowing that the company has irregularities as reported by Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority. And TIZ has called for the suspension of Minister of Health and Permanent Secretaries in […]
By JOHN SAKALA ‘Nothing succeeds like hard work,’ President Edgar Lungu has told Lubambe Copper Mine (LCM) employees. President Lungu said once there is hard work, there is more production which benefits the entire country. “I need to tell you that we are into this together because, the more you produce, the better for the […]
By Clement Mukuka Forward Charly Musonda Jr. has been named in the main Chelsea team after recovering from a lengthy injury. Musonda, a Belgian citizen with Zambian roots, has been handed a fresh chance to revive his career by the Premier League club. His name is appearing on the list of first team players updated […]
By Mary Mukuka The 2012 Africa Cup winner Emmanuel Mayuka has sent Napsa Stars into the pre group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup after engineering a 1-1 draw at UD Songo away in Beira, Mozambique on Wednesday afternoon. Ex-Chipolopolo striker Mayuka came off the bench to score a 74th minute goal that cancelled Songo’s […]
By CHINOYI CHUPULU Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) says the Court of Appeal has confirmed that the Provisional Liquidator (PL) of KCM Milingo Lungu will continue to operate and function as the Provisional Liquidator for KCM. Mr Milingo’s powers as contained in the May 21, 2019 High Court Order are valid and have neither been curtailed […]
President Edgar Lungu is tomorrow expected on the Copperbelt Province for a three-day working visit. Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe confirmed the President’s visit to the media in Ndola today. Mr Nundwe said President Lungu who is expected to inspect a series of developmental projects within the province will land at Ndola’s Simon Mwansa […]
By Maurice Makalu You have an aspiring president who wants to get rid of an expensive item and you are saying NO!!? The intelligent conversation is to ask him what his alternative is…and establish whether it saves money or not. It shouldn’t be arguments about “principle” of whether president needs plane or not. If I […]
Charity Masambo Katanga is our newly appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations, an Advocate of the High Court of Zambia. She was born to Ubano Mwamba Masambo and Veronica Katongo in 1977 in Mporokoso as the fourth child in a family of five. She is married to Mr Chola Katanga, the […]
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