Alice NachilembeHere is why scammers of mobile money are thriving
The current tolerance of fraudsters as a result of cumbersome procedure of investigating mobile money scammers adopted by service providers is worrying.
The Independent ObserverBook Review: Isembe Talitwa – Icitwa Mutima
Author: Kunda L Londa Title: Isembe Talitwa – Icitwa Mutima Word Length: 22,000 Genre: Thriller Fiction Aimed At Ages 12 And Above Language: Cibemba KALELANJA (Lechwe Keeper) is a bitter-sweet and adventure pact fiction story of an impoverished orphan from Chafye, a tiny Island in central Bangweulu swamps of Zambia who defies all odds to […]
Govt provides social, economic opportunistic-Chitema
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Minister of National Development Planning Alexander Chiteme says Zambian Government provides social and economic, opportunities to it people to enable them make informed decisions. The Minister said Zambia’s review on its implementation of the ICPD and the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population Development showed that the country had made progress. Mr Chiteme […]
It’s ridiculous for banks to forbid cellphone usage
Dear Editor, You have been in a slow moving queue in the Bank for half an hour. Your phone rings and you pick it. The Guard asks you to cut the call as cellphone communication is outlawed in banks. You ask yourself, how on earth should I cut a business call when I thought I […]
Drivers can avoid innocent blood on their hands
By Kunda Londa At least four people die in a road traffic accident in Zambia every day. Before you switch on your engine, please, engage your brain. All accidents are caused, they do not just happen. It is therefore imperative that we all take time to reflect on causation factors and how you and I […]
Escaping driver hits 2 to death in Solwezi
By JOHN SAKALA An escaping driver of Solwezi has bashed a grandmother and her grandchild that she was carrying at the back thereby killing the duo on the spot. The accident happened yesterday June 10, after Charles Zakeo, 41 of Messengers Township of Solwezi driving his Toyota Corolla registration number BAD 8852 did hit another […]
Let’s help them: they are deaf but not beggars
By JOHN SAKALA The trio on the picture are deaf and dumb yet they never go round streets asking for handouts from well-wishers, they instead own a car wash in Luanshya. After their story was published on The Independent Observer website, social media buzz to help the boys, the SOS was louder and appealing. The […]
Dumb but not dull: Luanshya’s inspiration car wash owners
By Kunda Londa When you look at this makeshift car wash, you will think it’s one of the common hundreds you see everywhere you go around Zambia. Those where proprietors sing and shout as they wash your car. But this is a special one! None of the four owners mutters a word. You will find […]