By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chililabombwe Municipal Council has closed down the newly constructed Chinese shop ZAM C.C Shopping Mall for operating illegally. This follows after the inspection conducted by a team of Council Health Inspectors August 13, 2018. Chililabombwe Municipal Council Assistant Public Relations Manager Chilufya Chungu confirmed this in a statement to The Independent Observer. […]
……….it’s good for Zambia’s visibility – Mukwita By ALICE NACHILEMBE One of the oldest and popular German television series “The Dreamboat and The Dreamboat Honeymoon” that focus on tourism sites and sounds is expected to film its next episode in Zambia. Line Producer Manuel Schroeder told ambassador to Germany Anthony Mukwita that the decision was […]
The Zambian and Turkish Governments have agreed to immediately start implementation of the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in the field of Forestry. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Jean Kapata and Turkey’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli agreed during a bilateral meeting in Ankara that it is important for the […]
Vice-President Inonge Wina is tomorrow expected in Turkey for a three-day official visit. Zambia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Joseph Chilengi said during the visit, Mrs Wina will hold bilateral talks with her Turkish counterpart , Fuat Oktay to discuss issues of mutual interest and development co-operation between the two countries. Mr Chilengi also said the Vice-President will have a […]
The African Union –AU- has commended President Edgar Lungu for his continued commitment and efforts to end child marriage at National,Continental and Global level. African Union Commissioner for social Affairs Amira Mohamed Elfadil praised President Lungu who is African Union Champion for supporting the AU Campaign on ending Child Marriage and for bringing visibility to […]
The minimum chargeable (taxable) income in Zambia is at K3,305. Meaning, if you earn any income below or less than K3,305 the tax due to ZRA is zero percent (0.00%). Now my concern is this: How come ZRA decided to put a “blanket” percentage of 10% on rentals (withholding tax) without taking into consideration how […]
By JOHN SAKALA Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini says transformation of the Parliamentary Forum into a regional parliament will enhance democracy at the regional level. Dr Matibini sad regional parliament would help in the enactment of standard models laws which can be domesticated into national laws by member states. He was speaking in […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Solwezi Magistrate Court has sentenced a 26 year man to 30 months imprisonment with had labour for swindling unsuspecting members of the public using Facebook. Reagan Maluso of Kyawama area of Solwezi had created a fake Facebook account in the name of the First Lady, Mrs Esther Lungu and used the […]
By JOHN SAKALA Police in Ndola have arrested two Ndola City Council employees and are searching for the third one, the trio are allegedly involved in the illegal dealings relating to land in the city. Ndola City Council was yesterday alerted of some illegal dealings of land that was happening in Koloko on a titled […]
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