By Abigail Chaponda in London, United Kingdom Zambia’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom His Excellency Lieutenant General Paul Mihova has said the Mission is exploiting further the business opportunities in the UK to ensure sustained contribution to the Zambian economy. Lt. Gen. Mihova made the remarks when UK envoy to the Commonwealth, Philip Parham […]
By JOHN SAKALA A University of Zambia (UNZA) Lecturer and Researcher Lubinda Mukololo has identified ways in which the process of cell division in cancer cells can be slowed down. In his groundbreaking research that has also received funding from The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Dr Mukololo has identified key proteins whose depletion from […]
By Abigail Chaponda in London, United Kingdom Mines and Minerals Development Minister Hon. Richard Musukwa, yesterday held a meeting with UK Department for International Trade (DIT) Mining and Infrastructure Specialist Ros Lund, and DIT Head of Mining Team Mark Smith and discussed opportunities for Zambia-UK collaboration in various sectors including artisanal small scale mining. The […]
By Abigail Chaponda in London, United Kingdom Minister of Mines and Mineral Development Hon. Richard Musukwa on Monday addressed Europe’s largest Mining Investment event, and invited investors to take advantage of the stable polices and vast mineral resource potential in Zambia. Giving an overview of the investment opportunities in Zambia at the Mines and Money […]
Vice President Inonge Wina says Government is looking at ways in which Zambian illegal miners who are being exploited can be supported to formalise their activities. Speaking when she called on, Chief Sandwe of the Nsenga people in Lusangazi district – Eastern Province, Ms Wina said there is a need to protect the local people […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Zambia Institute for Independent Media Alliance (ZIIMA) has demanded for the lifting up of the suspension for five unionized Times of Zambia Journalists based in Ndola. Times of Zambia workers have gone up to ten months without salaries, a situation that is aggravating poverty among the workers at the government-owned newspaper. ZIIMA […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Dr Chishimba Kambwili has urged Government not to increase electricity Tariffs. Dr Kambwili has described as unfortunate proposals by Government on the need to up power charges. He said the majority of Zambians are economically disadvantaged and should not be subjected to exploitative higher energy tariffs. He also said that the increase […]
By JOHN SAKALA Supremacy Investment Managing Director Stephen Chishimba has called Zesco to immediately make arrangements to import power to save the Zambian economy. Speaking with The Independent Observer in Chingola yesterday, Eng Chishimba said the immediate solution to the load management crisis is importing power to mitigate the situation. He said load-shedding is negatively […]
…but Eng Stephen Chishimba calls for importing of power as immediate mitigation measure By JOHN SAKALA A seasoned Lusaka based Civil Engineer Lytone Kanowa says Zambian Engineers are making themselves irrelevant by remaining mute amid load shedding crisis. Eng Kanowa who has an engineering bias in Water and Sanitation said amid such crisis, Zambian Engineers […]
The Independent Observer
Abigail Chaponda
Alice Nachilembe
