By JOHN SAKALA Vivo Energy plc is pleased to announce the completion of the transaction with Engen Holdings (Pty) Limited (“Engen” or “EHL”), previously announced on 18 September 2018. The transaction adds operations in eight new countries and 230 Engen-branded service stations to Vivo Energy’s network, taking its total presence to over 2,000 service stations, […]
By JOHN SAKALA Green Eagles Football Club has appointed Rotson Kilambe as second Assistant Coach to Aggrey Chiyangi. Kilambe has coached Lumwana Radiants, Mining Rangers, Konkola Mine Police and Indeni Football Clubs respectively. Kilambe is also remembered for having scored the lone goal when Zambia defeated Zimbabwe in the 1998 COSAFA Cup Final helping the […]
FIFA adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found Mr Sidio Jose Mugadza, a football official affiliated to the Mozambican Football Association, guilty of having accepted bribes in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics. FIFA says its ethics judges banned the football official from Mozambique for 15 years in a bribery case. Sidio Jose […]
The Zambia Medical Association says the increase in placement fees for medical students will affect Zambia’s attainment of Universal Health Coverage. The Ministry of Health has such directed all institutions to to increase placement fees for students in its institutions. But Association General Secretary Francis Mupeta said the increase will restrict the medical profession for […]
By JOHN SAKALA The Nchanga Rugby Football Club (NRFC) will this Saturday March 2, host 10 aside which will see all teams across the country troop to Chingola. Yet, no corporate entity has stepped up to be the official sponsor of the mega Rugby event which acts as a curtain raiser to the opening of […]
Zambia’s annual rate of inflation has marginally declined to 7.8 percent in February from the 7.9 percent recorded in January 2019. This means that on average, prices of goods and services only increased by 7.8 percent between February 2018 and February 2019. Central Statistical Office (CSO) Acting Director of Census and Statistics, Iven Sikanyiti says […]
The Independent Observer
Alice Nachilembe
