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The Independent Observer

It’s not Kabemba, Kaka speaks out

By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA Former Democratic Party (DP) President Gift Kalumba has rubbished assertions that his decision to leave his party and rejoin the PF was due to power struggle with the party Spokeperson Judith Kabemba. Mr Kalumba said the decision to leave DP was not influenced by any person as the decision was made by […]

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Simataa picks on AK

By MARTIN CHAWANZI The retired football Administrator Simataa Simataa is back with a mission to remove FAZ President Andrew Kamanga. The veteran soccer pundit who had recently announced his retirement is back but focusing on football house top man Kamanga. Apparently he has come back to help FAZ president Andrew Kamanga resign who he claims […]

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Intangible cultural heritage makes headways

By NAMUTENGA SAKAPILA The first project under the auspices of the Intangible cultural Heritage ICH to be published soon. Zambia’s Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Christine Kaseba-Sata said the project which is a 31 paged booklet entitled ‘Proverbs of the Lala’ Ethic Group in Central Zambia would be published as a result of one year of […]

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Chambeshi Water coughs K9m to clean water for Nakonde

By JOHN SAKALA Chambeshi Water and Sewerage Company (ChWSC) has purchased a modern Compact Treatment Plant valued at K9 million to provide clean and safe drinking water to Nakonde residents who have been grappling with coloured water for a long time. ChWSC acting Managing Director Luckson Simumba has told The Independent Observer that once installed […]

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Lengwe to officiate AWCON final

Top FIFA referee Gladys Lengwe has scored another milestone by being appointed to officiate the final match of the 2018 Africa Women Championship between Nigeria and South Africa. Lengwe who has been making great strides in her career already has a FIFA Under-17 Men’s World Cup and U20 Women’s FIFA World Cup under her belt. […]

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Editorial: RTSA the punisher

Tell Zambians anything good about the Road Safety and Transport Agency (RTSA)? The Agency charged with responsibility to provide road safety is slowly shifting from its mandate of ensuring road safety to that of a revenue collecting agency. The Minister of Transport and Communication Brian Mushimba also looks to be completely detached from the reality. […]

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Cletus Chota shines for Zambia

By Martin Chawanzi Cletus Chama scored a late goal as Simba SC beat Mbabane Swallows 4-1 in Dar es Salaam in their CAF Champions League Preliminary Round first leg match. The winner between Simba and Swallows will meet the winner between UD Songo and Nkana

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Chingola Mayor goes green

By NAMUTENGA SAKAPILA After a complete overhaul of most of the key roads of Chingola, the leader of the Local Authority wants to plant 3, 000 trees. This is aimed at resetting history of the town once dubbed as the cleanest in Zambia. Chingola Mayor Titus Tembo said Chingola Municipal is seek to plant 3000 […]

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Chilengi entices Eximbank

By NAMUTENGA SAKAPILA Zambia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Joseph Chilengi has implored the Turkish Eximbank to explore possibilities of opening up a commercial bank in Zambia. Dr Chilengi said the Turkish government should to support Zambia’s industrialization agenda through provision of finance to Turkish companies that have expressed interest to invest in Zambia. He said it […]

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