By Staff Writer Proactive Chingola Municipal Council has shut down the workshop located in the residential area because it was a source of noise pollution. Residents in 10th Street had complained that one man had turned a home into a workshop and it was becoming a serious source of noise pollution. Today a team of […]
Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dora Siliya, has advised young people in the creative arts in the Southern African region to work together to grow the industry. Ms Siliya said this is one of the ways that can help create the much needed jobs among talented young people in the region. She notes that no […]
By JOHN SAKALA The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) and Bus and Taxi Owners Association of Zambia (BTOAZ) have resolved to tentatively increase bus fares by 22 per cent across the board. The increase in bus fares follows a consultative meeting by the RTSA and bus and taxi operators. During a meeting this week, […]
…Unza degree in intangibles cultural heritage still on card By JOHN SAKALA The cultural sector plays an important role in Zambia’s development process, Minister of General Education David Mabumba has said. And Zambia has hailed the strong ties it has with UNESCO which clocks fifty-four (54) years on 9thNovember, 2018. Speaking at the on-going 205th Session of […]
By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA Two members of the Tokota gang have told Kitwe High Court that they didn’t take part in beating and forcing Cuthbeck Nkonde to eat his faeces. This in a matter in which 18 members of Tokota Boys are charged with three counts contrary to the Laws of Zambia. Particulars of the offense […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Luanshya Municipal Council has embarked on a K2.6 million peri-urban feeder roads […]
By JOHN SAKALA The water utilities say the safest drinking water is the one which is treated at home either by adding chlorine or boiling. This was after a picture was posted in WASH (Water And Sanitation and Health) WhatsApp group which draw membership from all water utility firms of Zambia. The picture was showing […]
The Sierra Leonean government has cancelled all contracts with a Chinese construction firm that was tasked to build a new $318 million airport facility in March expected to be completed in 2022. The project, launched by the former president Ernest Bai Koroma, was to complement the planned construction of a new city and an exclusive […]
By Staff Writer Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa His Emmanuel Mwamba, took time to visit University of Zambia student Everet Chongo aged 20years who is admitted to hospital in South Africa. Everet Chongo was injured when she jumped from her third floor room in October female hostels. Everet was a room-mate to the late […]
The Zambia National Team will this evening engage Guinea Bissau in a highly anticipated Cameroon 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at National Heroes Stadium. It will mark Chipolopolo coach Sven Vandenbroeck’s debut home match with stakes very high as Zambia has so far only managed one point from a possible six, after losing 1-0 […]
The Independent Observer
Alice Nachilembe
