By ALICE NACHILEMBE One Person has drowned while two others swam to safety after a motor vehicle they were travelling in plunged into the Luangwa River. This was after the driver of a Toyota Sprinter registration number ABZ 3844, Rodgers Chilongo 27 was over taking at a curve and in the process hit into a […]
…we will spray you with police chemicals-Kapeso By ALICE NACHILEMBE Police in Chingola have gunned down one of the suspected criminals behind a spate of gassing of people’s home. The suspect was gunned down around Mwaiseni area just after midnight last night with unknown substance suspected to be chemicals being used to spray in homes. […]
By JOHN SAKALA Chingola Member of Parliament Matthew Nkhuwa has handed over a wheel chair to a-73-old year Henry Katiki of Chikola Loop area. At the same handover, a 50-year-old Cathrine Chilekwa, the Secretary at Chingola District Health Office was given K5, 000 cash to buy a clutch and a customised shoe. Mr Katiki had […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Six members of Chingola’s Chikola loop area have been hacked by machetes-wielding gang leaving a mother dead. And this news of hacking has incensed Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga who feels the community is not helpful. Meanwhile, the community protested against the continued hacking saying police were not patrolling the area. They […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The founder of A-Z global cell phones has committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical iron cable in his bedroom. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga told The Independent Observer that Nason Mwanza committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical iron cable from the cap rose in the roof of the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Five people have died while 26 others sustained serious injuries when the bus they were traveling in rammed into a stationary truck between along Chingola-Kitwe road. The fatal accident happened when the driver of the Mitsubishi Rosa from Kitwe misjudged clearance distance and in the process hit into the stationary truck later […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE A Chinese Liang Bin Giang who is charged with 13 Zambians for illegal military training before the Chingola Magistrate court, told the court he has forgotten his phone password. This was during identification of evidence by the witness who told the court that there was a video which was shown to the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu says the Zambian private sector should take advantage of the USD 750 million financing facility offered by the African Development Bank. Mr Ng’andu said this to achieve stability, sustain their growth, and become competitive in the domestic and international market place. He said Zambia has a sustainable lending […]
By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA Kitwe High Court has ordered Richard Chileshe popularly known as Chile one to pay K, 5000 or face six months imprisonment following an appeal of the 20 months imprisonment conviction slapped on him by the magistrate court. Chileshe appealed in the High Court on two grounds asking the court to revisit the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu says his job honeymoon is short as the terms of reference given to him by the Republican President to stabilize and grow the economy offer limited room for delay. Mr Ng’andu said hard work is beckoning, the need for action is immediate, his Ministry will require unfettered support […]
Alice Nachilembe
The Independent Observer
