The Association of Catholic Parliamentarians in Zambia have resolved to use its legislative privileges to defend social justice and improve the livelihood of people. Association Chairperson Professor Nkandu Luo who is also Minister in charge of Higher Education says the catholic Parliamentarians will ensure that they support the legislation that promotes wealth creation and eradication […]
By JOHN SAKALA Mangango UPND Member of Parliament Naluwa Mweene is dead. Mr Mweene died in a road traffic accident when the Land Cruiser Registration number BAD 9807 he was in had a front tyre burst and lost control. He sustained a broken neck. Mr Mweene 34, died in a road accident at Itezhi tezhi […]
By Abigail Chaponda in London, United Kingdom Tourism and Arts Minister Hon. Charles Banda has said the preservation, practice and promotion of indigenous knowledge systems has become critical in contemporary times, especially in view of rapid technological advancements and globalisation trends. And the Minister has said Zambia has taken a deliberate strategy to incorporate traditional […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chililabombwe Municipal Council has re-opened a Chinese shop that was shut down for flouting compliance obligations. The newly constructed Zam CC shopping mail was shut down by the local authority for lack of proper ventilation and operating without occupation certificate. Chililabombwe Council Assistant Public Relations Manager Chilufya Chungu has told The Independent […]
…RTSA must be dismantled; it has become a revenue collector By Joe Zulu (Personal View) The news on the death of ZNBC Rooftop film maker indeed makes a sad reading. I recall many months ago a picture of a cameraman standing on the rooftop of ZNBC outside broadcasting truck was posted on this very site. […]
By Martin Chawanzi in Chipata President Edgar Lungu is disappointed with tribal based campaigns in the Kasenengwa Parliamentary by-election of Eastern Province. President Lungu he was disappointed with political campaigns centered on tribal lines. Speaking during campaign rally in Chiparamba yesterday to drum support for PF parliamentary candidate Sensio Banda, Mr Lungu said he heard […]
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia has learnt with great sadness the death of Mr Munyemesha Munyemesha the producer of the Roof Top Musical programme on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC). His death is a blow to the media fraternity and the nation at large. He will be remembered for his great contribution […]
Fire has swept through the whole of Namanda village in Chief Imbwae’s chiedfdom, in Libonda ward, gutting 13 houses to ashes. Kalabo District Commissioner Fridah Luhila confirmed the incident during a Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) emergency meeting held at her office on Friday. Ms Luhila who is also DMMU Kalabo Chairperson said the […]
By Staff Writer Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) TV2 Rooftop film maker Munyemesha Munyemesha has died after falling off a moving vehicle while filming a funeral procession in Kabwe, ZNBC has confirmed his death. Munyemesha the director and film maker of Rooftop died in the early hours of yesterday August 26 close to midnight. The […]
By KANCHELE KANCHELE Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) National Secretary Raphael Nakacinda has announced that MMD will this weekend be holding Luapula provincial conference. In a statement issued to the media Mr Nakacinda said the party’s National Executive Committee resolved during a meeting held on June 9, 2018, to commence the holding of provincial conferences […]
Alice Nachilembe
The Independent Observer
Abigail Chaponda
