President Edgar Lungu is today expected in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates on a two-day working visit. Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Abu Dhabi, Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji said this is the first high level interaction at Head of State level between Zambia and the United Arab Emirates. Mr Malanji […]
Vice President Inonge Wina says Government is looking at ways in which Zambian illegal miners who are being exploited can be supported to formalise their activities. Speaking when she called on, Chief Sandwe of the Nsenga people in Lusangazi district – Eastern Province, Ms Wina said there is a need to protect the local people […]
The Late Chilubi Member of Parliament Rosario Fundanga will be buried today at the Leopards Hill Memorial Park in Lusaka. President Edgar Lungu yesterday visited the Funeral home to offer his condolence to the Fundanga family following the death of the MP. President Lungu arrived at the Funeral home around 16:30 hours and was ushered […]
By JOHN SAKALA Chililabombwe Deputy Mayor Gift Musukwa has been suspended by his party, the Patriotic Front for pledging loyalty to the party. Mr Musukwa was suspended for three months for saying that he is loyal to the party and not to individuals like Chililabombwe Member of Parliament Richard Musukwa. To the party leadership, this […]
By John Chimba The Police in Lusaka have seized assorted military weapons and attire from China mall and Home essentials at Manda Hill. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo said the police came to know about the weapons through a gang from Mutendere called fluffies who were fighting using military weapons. Ms Katongo says after investigations, police […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Water Development Sanitation and Environmental Protection (MWDSEP) Permanent Secretary Mabvuto Sakala says there should be no restriction in metering houses for security wings. Speaking at Mulonga Water yesterday, Mr Sakala said individual houses either for defence or police must be metered. He said failure by water utilities to meter police and barracks […]
By JOHN SAKALA Chingola Mayor Titus Tembo says it is better to train women in entrepreneurship because they are the ones that feel the pain of poverty. Speaking at a two days Women Entrepreneurship workshop organized by Don Bosco for marketeers, Mr Tembo who spoke in Bemba said that ‘abaishiba efyo bwingila, efyo bwakula, nefyo […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Former Republican President Rupiah Banda has called on farmers across the country to fully participate in food production in order to make Zambia food secure. Mr Banda says small scale farmers should take advantage of this year’s farming season to grow a variety of food crops as they were majority producers. He […]
Alice Nachilembe
The Independent Observer
