By JOHN SAKALA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary for International Relations and Cooperation, (IRC) Chalwe Lombe has urged diplomats not to wait for Zambians in their areas of jurisdictions to call them but to be proactive and initiate calls. On Wednesday during a Diaspora Engagement Virtual Clinic with Zambia’s foreign missions based in Europe, […]
By JOHN SAKALA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary for International Relations and Cooperation Chalwe Lombe has urged Missions abroad to proactively engage Zambians in the diaspora to ensure successful implementation of the Diaspora Policy. And Mr Lombe informed Zambian Missions based in Europe that President Edgar Lungu has given Zambians in the diaspora an […]
By JOHN SAKALA The Leadership Movement (LM) National Youth Coordinator Chalwe Chandalala says giving youths K30 million an empowerment fund is not a solution the problems of youths. Mr Chandalala said LM had observed with sadness that youths had been cheated with empowerment amidst unemployment levels. “As the Leadership Movement we call upon all the […]
By JOHN SAKALA Leadership Movement (LM) Youth Coordinator Chalwe Chanadala says LM will bring back the youth empowerment fund in 2021 once in power. Mr Chandalala said with Zambia being hit by coronavirus the majority of the youths are living in poverty. “As a caring government we promise to bring back the Youth Empowerment Fund […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Two Kamfinsa police officers have been shot in the legs by a fellow police officer after the duo tried to disarm the officer on duty. The duo apart from failing to identify themselves, they went further in trying to disarm the police officer that was doing motorized patrol with Zamtel. Copperbelt Police […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji is expected in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, to attend a two-day 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Heads of State and Government Summit. Zambia’s Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Joseph Chilengi said Mr Malanji will represent President Edgar Lungu at the summit scheduled for October 25 to October 26, […]
By JOHN SAKALA Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu has appointed Patson Nyirenda as the new president of Nchanga Rangers, taking over from Yoram Kapai. Lungu said Nyirenda the acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at KCM will take from Kapai who resigned from the position. KCM Public Relations and Communications Manager Shapi Shachinda […]
By JOHN SAKALA Chief Affairs Minister Lawrence Sichalwe says he has never been to Canada in Toronto where he is purported to have been hit to death by a car. Speaking in a telephone interview with The Independent Observer, Mr Sichalwe said he has no Chiefs in Toronto and he hasn’t been to Canada lately. […]
One hundred and fifty-four workers from Mopani Copper Mines have dragged Stanbic Bank Zambia Limited to the Kitwe High Court for allegedly unilaterally increasing interest rates on their personal loans from 15 to 40 percent. According to a statement of claim filed in the Kitwe High Court commercial registry by Rodgers Chalwe and 154 others, […]
…..technology transfer contributes to improvement of lives Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joseph Malanji has said the transfer of technology from the developed world to Zambia was key in President Edgar Lungu’s foreign policy. Mr Malanji said the Zambian government has decided to bring nuclear technology to Zambia as part of the overall plan to modernize […]
The Independent Observer
Alice Nachilembe
