By JOHN SAKALA MISA Zambia is disappointed with the information of harassment and subsequent arrest of Chingola’s Rise FM Radio. Misa Zambia Chairperson Hellen Mwale said harassment of Rise FM Radio Presenter Derrick Chilufya by police officers on August 12, 2019 needs to be strongly condemned. Chilufya was harassed and arrested by police officers after […]
By JOHN SAKALA Police in Mazabuka have arrested a 42 year old man for allegedly swindling unsuspecting members of the public out of money using the name Jonathan Tembo on pretext that he was an employee in the Ministry of Home Affairs. The suspect whose real name is Arthur Mutembo is alleged to have been […]
By JOHN SAKALA Kitwe Mayor Christopher Kang’ombe has commended Barloworld Zambia for committing $ 53,000 towards a water project meant for Zamtan Township in Kitwe, in partnership with Village Water Zambia. Speaking when a team from Barloworld and Village Water Zambia paid a courtesy call on him, Mr Kang’ombe said over the last 30 years […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chingola has recorded an increase in HIV positive infection from 6% in the last quarter of 2018 to 7% of second quarter of 2019. The sad part is that there is also down ward trend of HIV testing services uptake, in the first quarter of 2019 from 20,999 in quarter 3 of […]
By JOHN SAKALA Government is constructing a new chancery building in Addis-Ababa Ethiopia to replace the old one purchased in the 1960s. Zambia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Emmanuel Mwamba disclosed this when he toured other foreign mission’s building new chanceries in Addis Ababa. Mr Mwamba said relevant departments in Zambia had completed approvals of the plans […]
By Staff Writer The Ndola High Court has sent two women of Ndola to 18 years imprisonment for inserted a bottle of beer into another woman’s private parts. This is in case where five assaulted Denise Mwanakumbwila and occasioned her actual bodily harm on December 1, 2018. The particulars before court in count one, were […]
By JOHN SAKALA The Ndola City Council swung into action yesterday and seized 42 goats and sheep in the Industrial area. Ndola City Council Public Relations Manager Tilyenji Mwanza told The Independent Observer that the confiscation was meant to send a strong message that the local authority would not allow the rearing of livestock in […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE A-24-year old man of Chingola has been stabled to death by his friend for refusing to leave space of a shared room for him to do the unthinkable with his girlfriend. Mwape Sukumanga of 25 Monze Rd Maiteneke, Chiwempala Township went home after a drinking spree with his girlfriend to the one […]
Mulonga Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited informs its customers in Chingola that there will be water supply interruption on Friday 16th August 2019, from 09:00 hours to 18:00 hours. This is to facilitate maintenance repairs at Kafue Water Treatment Plant. Affected areas; Riverside, Chingola Central, Kasompe, Lulamba, Town Centre, Chikola Site & Service, Mimbula, […]
By Onishias Maamba The Zambia Police Service in Eastern province has appealed to people who will be attending this year’s Malaila traditional ceremony in Mambwe district at the weekend to conduct themselves in an orderly manner. Meanwhile, the Police has deployed adequate manpower to provide security during the festivity in an effort to record an […]
The Independent Observer
Alice Nachilembe
