By JOHN SAKALA The 14 men led by a Chinese who were arrested for unlawful drilling have been found with a case to answer and have been put on their defence. Chingola Magistrate Martin Namushi says the state has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and the court has established a prima facie case against […]
By JOHN SAKALA Konkola Copper Mines Plc would like to announce that an incident occurred at the Nchanga Smelter at around 6:00 hours of this morning that resulted in a run out of slag material, although no injury occurred. The incident occurred at the Cobalt Recovery Furnace of the Nchanga Smelter. The smelter had been […]
Mufulira Municipal Council has been sued by a Civil Society Organisation for allocating plots in the rain belt (Kafilonda area).
By Brenda Bukowa So this week, I have been thinking of the need to define and segment audiences in Public Relations (PR) work. Coming from a background of journalism, my mind is accustomed to targeting audiences in my literary work. I have been thinking though, perhaps, just like in journalism, defining one’s audiences in PR […]
I write to appeal to the electoral commission of Zambia to prove to us that they are a credible Zambian institute not a ruling political party institution. As a nation, we have always complained about it’s election policing lapses that occur whenever we have elections. This however, seem to have fallen on deaf ears. Why […]
Dear editor Who is benefiting from our diamond and gold in Zambezi, North Western Province. We as a nation are aware that we have rich reserves of these two precious minerals where government has even put the area under 24 hours militia guard. Yet we are not hearing of any proceeds much as we know […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Zambia Institute for Independent Media Alliance (ZIIMA) has demanded for the lifting up of the suspension for five unionized Times of Zambia Journalists based in Ndola. Times of Zambia workers have gone up to ten months without salaries, a situation that is aggravating poverty among the workers at the government-owned newspaper. ZIIMA […]
President Edgar Lungu has described the killing of a man in Kaoma District and the wounding of others amidst political violence as “numbing and absolutely detestable” Commiserating with the family of the deceased and the wounded, the President said no Zambian deserves to die for politics. President Lungu said all Zambians should be concerned about […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE University of Zambia (UNZA) Lecturer and Researcher Simbarashe Chitanga has been awarded a two million four hundred thousand dollars ($2.4m) grant to conduct research in ticks and tick – borne Rickettsial pathogens. The grant that is jointly funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the United States of America (USA) […]
Allow me on behalf of His Worship the Mayor, Chingola Municipal Council Management and indeed on my own behalf to convey my deepest Condolence to Chingola Nchanga Catholic (Parish) and the bereaved families of the five (5) people who have died in a road traffic accident which happened in Chingola on 06th October, 2019 at […]
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Alice Nachilembe
