By Staff Writer Police in Luanshya have formally arrested and charged NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili for unlawful assembly. And police have denied Dr Kambwili police bond saying only as senior civil servant must sign for him. Dr Kambwili’s lawyer Evaristo Mukonka said the NDC leader will appear in the Luanshya magistrates Court tomorrow. Police have […]
Police in Samfya received a report of Murder from Charity Chibale aged 34 of Mwanayama Village Chief Kasomabangweulu in Samfya District that her elder brother Changani Musenge aged 36 of Shinka Village Chief Kasomabangweulu in Samfya District was murdered by an angry mob which mobilised from villages:Shinka, Katanshya, Misitala. Brief facts are that on 25/11/18 […]
By JOHN SAKALA National Democratic Congress (NDC) Copperbelt Chairperson Chipoka Mulenga say the police command on the Copperbelt is being used as an intimidation tool for opposition politicians. Mr Mulenga said the any politician that stands with plight of the people, police officers are unleashed on him to intimidate him. According to a media statement […]
By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA A 21-year old Man of Chamboli Township has testified how with his workmates hopelessly watched as the shop they work in got looted by irate residents of Kitwe. Appearing before Chief Resident Magistrate Yvonne Nalomba was Kelvin Bwalya, Boyd Kasuba, Peter Chitabula, Fabian Chengo, Steven Kalunga, Kelvin Sikatali, Dabwitso Njobvu, Bruce Chitalu, […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE South African Police are investigating a case of suspected murder involving a Zambian national. Zambian High Commissioner to South Africa, Emmanuel Mwamba confirmed that a Zambian national living in South Africa identified as Dickson Mailoni Kakoma of Pretoria, died in the early hours of Sunday morning. He is believed to have been […]
The pioneers of Zambia movie industry Yezi Arts are back and are eyeing for another movie based on a Novel ‘Before Dawn,’ by Andrea Sylvester Masiye. Yezy Arts are the Producers of the documentaries, Battle for Kavalamanja and Kavalamanja Remembered plus feature films ‘The Presidents Job Description’ and also ‘The Gods of the Eclipse.’ Now […]
By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA Luapula Water and Sewerage Company (LPWSC) have embarked on a sanitation programme dubbed the city wide sanitation plan at a total cost of USD 150million. Speaking during a presentation at the first national sanitation summit held under the theme ‘collective action towards sustainable sanitation and hygiene services for all’ at the Mulungushi […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Mushingashi area in Lufwanyama has been connected to the nation power grid under the Rural Electrification Authority (REA). This has excited the people of Mushingashi the home of Kambilombilo Resettlement Scheme located about 75 kilometres in the outskirts of Lufwanyama. The communities in the west part of Lufwanyama especially those from Mushingashi […]
BY NAMUTENGA SAKAPILA Luanshya Copper mines Spokesperson Sydney Chileya has said management is not willing to share the slag damps as they are currently supplementing operations. He said the Minister of mines Richard Musukwa had requested the mine management to consider the slug damps with the youths in the district. Mr Chileya said management was […]
By NAMUTENGA SAKAPILA Toll gates are a sustainable means to mobilize funds to maintain roads and a cash cow for the economy of Zambia. Looking at the shoots taken from management information System giving a summary of Toll collections at two toll plazas at Kafulafuta and Manyumbi toll gates amounting to 43,779 in a period of […]
The Independent Observer
Alice Nachilembe
