By Jeff Mbewe Quiet clearly, there is a wave of persecution hovering around in Copperbelt and targeting those that seek to contest or rather challenge some incumbent Members of Parliament. Ordinarily, any effective MP should be confident enough that their works in the Constituency is enough to defend them against any threats of competition. The […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBESix people have died while others have sustained injuries in an accident in Luapula Province. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo said the accident happened when the driver of the bus was avoiding a pot hole and went to the right side where he collided with the rider. Ms Katongo said due to the impact, […]
By JOHN SAKALA Nine miners for Yellowstripe Resources Limited in Chambishi are nursing burns after the smelting furnace exploded on them. This is not the first time Chambishi has recorded explosion of the smelting furnace. Sources at the plant have told The Independent Observer that the miners were smelting scrap metal when the furnace burst, […]
By Nchimunya Miyoba Ten out of 16 residents that haad died in a road accident near Kamakonde in Kalulushi last week have been put to rest at Kalulushi cementry. The accident that happened along the Kitwe-Kalulushi road involving a truck, a Toyota Hiace minibus and a Toyota Allex claimed 14 lives on the spot while […]
By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA About 12 houses have been damaged by heavy rains experienced in Kitwe’s Salamano area of Itimpi Ward. Confirming the development to The Independent Observer in Kitwe, Itimpi ward Councilor Mpasa Mwaya said heavy downpour had also destroyed household property worth thousands of Kwacha. Ms Mwaya could not give further details about the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMEB A Power Tools bus has bashed into three cyclists and two people died, while four others sustained injuries. The accident happened a Power Tools bus lost control when it improperly overtook at a T-junction and the in the process hit into a Toyota Hilux that was making a right turn thereby going […]
Dear Editor, I appeal to government through the ministry of transport and communication to revisit the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) Act to give it more autonomy. After analyzing a lot of accidents where lives have been lost before due to vehicles hitting in stationary vehicles that have broken down on road, the latest being […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chingola Municipal Council has given five burial site for the five parishioners who died in a road traffic accident at Musenga area on Sunday. Today the five victims will be put to rest today at Chingola Town centre cemetery. Five people died while 26 others sustained serious injuries when the bus they […]
Allow me on behalf of His Worship the Mayor, Chingola Municipal Council Management and indeed on my own behalf to convey my deepest Condolence to Chingola Nchanga Catholic (Parish) and the bereaved families of the five (5) people who have died in a road traffic accident which happened in Chingola on 06th October, 2019 at […]
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