By JOHN SAKALA The election of Deputy Mayors and deputy Council Chairpersons has been set for Friday July 19, 2019. This was after the same elections were differed following the petition by Deputy Mayors and deputy Council Chairperson to re-contest the elections. In the memo of February, the serving Deputy Mayors and Deputy Council Chairpersons […]
By Sports Writer The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has unveiled fixtures for the four promotion chasing Division One teams with National Assembly taking on Kabwe Youth Academy while Young Green Eagles will play Kansanshi Dynamos. According to fixtures availed by the Zambia Premier League (ZPL) interim manager Brian Mulenga, Zone One winners National Assembly […]
By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA A-37-year-old Taxi driver of Chililambombwe has testified how he was brutally beaten and left unconsciousness while in police custody in case in which he is jointly charged with Kitwe business man Daniel Makina for allegedly stealing copper cathodes worth K1.8 Million. When the matter came up in the Kitwe’s High Court today […]
By Staff Writer Retired Chingola Municipal Council Senior Resettlement Officer Joseph Chibesa has pleaded not guilty to one count of indecent assault. Chibesa 59, of 45 Chiwempala Road was arrested on June 28, 2019 by police after a tip off from the members of the public that he was sexually defiling the six year old […]
By The News Editor The Independent Observer the Zambian online news site has developed a news App called ‘tiozambia.’ Programmed by a Copperbelt University third year Telecommunications Engineering student Brian Kashiwa, the News App makes it easier for the readers to access news on the go just by tapping the App without necessary visiting the […]
Dear Editor, This is a SOS for a woman in Luapula. Her name is Jenipher Kombe of Kapupula village in Chief Mutipula. Suffered a stroke in 2010, and left the two legs permanently paralysed. For eight years now, she has been on aided movements by the relatives and neighbours. The legs were permanently left in […]
By Bwale Mutanuka Works of Jesus Christ Ministries at the Chikola Worship Centre on Sunday held a Teacher’s appreciatory service where current and former teachers appreciated. Speaking at the appreciatory service, Resident Reverend Clifford Chisha emphasized on the need to be thankful at all times. Rev Chisha said Teachers are shapers of the future of […]
By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA Nkana Member of Parliament Alexander Chiteme has commended the Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) Church in Kitwe for burying 18 unclaimed bodies that have been laying at Kitwe Hospital mortuary for a month. And Mr Chiteme has urged other churches and the Dorcas mothers from other locations in the country to emulate what […]
Over 1, 000 residents of Soweto area in Chingola have refused to vacate their land. This follows Ministry of Lands Northern Region Senior Lands Officer Cecilia Chivunda’s directive that they vacate the piece of land to pave way for a foreign investor. However, the directive is silent on the fate of the Luano-Kapisha Mini Hospital […]
By JOHN SAKALA The AfroChampions Initiative has announced the launch of a financial capability programme in honour of former Zambian President and African liberation struggle icon, Dr Kenneth Kaunda. The Campaign for Financial Independence in Africa (CampaignFIA) plans to work with governments, development agencies and financial institutions to progressively roll out the programme into the […]
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