Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has revealed that a case of Poliomyelitis has been recorded in Chienge, Luapula Province. Dr Chilufya said the case involves a two-year-old boy of Kalima Village who developed weakness in both lower limbs on the 16th of July, 2019. And the Minister said on further investigations, it has been discovered that […]
BY ALICE NACHILEMBE Zambia has been recognized as one of the African countries that has performed well in the integration of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) into the local communities. The recognition was made by the African Union –AU- International Detention Coalition Africa Regional Coordinator, Junita Calder at the 3rd Africa Union Commission and […]
…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 […]
Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Lieutenant General David Muma has challenged men and women in uniform to maintain high levels of fitness, using various sporting activities. Lieutenant General Muma said fitness is a prerequisite towards attaining operational efficiency and effectiveness towards national duty. He was speaking today in Lusaka during the official opening of the […]
Government has accumulated US10 million in the Sinking Fund to use towards redeeming the Euro bond, Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu has said. Dr Ng’andu told Parliament that the fund, set up in 2018, was one of the options Government intended to use towards redeeming the Euro bond. He indicated that Government, through the Ministry of […]
Nalikwanda Member of Parliament Geoffrey Lungwangwa has moved a motion that seeks to prevent internet providers from prescribing the expiry dates on internet bundles. Professor Lungwangwa said citizens need to be protected from internet providers. He said it was unfair for the provider to grab the data bundles if a client fails to utilize them […]
By JOHN SAKALA The Media Liaison Committee (MLC) has noted with sadness a notice by Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to all broadcast media houses to furnish the IBA with recordings broadcast media programmes every two weeks. MLC Chairperson Enock Ngoma said the notice is another example of the increasing anti-media activities towards the broadcast media sector […]
By Elarm Chalusa Commuting in Lusaka has become something of a nightmare. This in spite of the preponderance of transport. The current situation is reminiscent of places where there is an acute shortage of transport and relative lawlessness. The following facts will attest to this assertion. Overloading The Hiace minibuses, earmarked to carry 12 people […]
By Humanness Edin (The name is fake because I was threatened that if Mazhandu crew know my name will deal with me and bar me from using their Buses) So I was travelling from Copperbelt on one of common buses which I have been using for the past 18 months there about. Am a usual […]
Alice Nachilembe
The Independent Observer
