Dear Editor, I write to complain about the drainage that has been blocked by Chimwemwe Member of Parliament Mwila Mutale. Chimwemwe’s biggest and oldest drainage passes behind the my perimeter wall. This is the drainage that carries the entire rainy floods and sewer from blocked sewer pipes into the Mindolo stream. The MP has buried […]
By Staff Writer Police in Chingola have arrested four people allegedly giving out land illegally in Gymkhana area. Recently Chingola Municipal Council was given 1, 020 hectares of land in Luano Forest reserve following the degazzation. This is the land which the four have been promising to give out to gullible residents. The quartet is […]
Dear Editor, I appeal to the Minister of Local Government Charles Banda to urgently address the land acquisition corruption that has hit Chingola Council with the speed it deserves. The current happens on the ground does not give hope to the average citizen in as far as land ownership pronouncement for the marginalised by […]
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 NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA in Kitwe The Kitwe City Council, (KCC) has announced that the land dispute involving Phoenix materials and the squatters on the Kitwe -Chingola road have been resolved. Kitwe Mayor Christopher Kango’mbe disclosed in a statement that the decision was arrived at during a meeting held at council which was attended by Copperbelt […]
…………………… Kitwe Town Clerk castigates the power utility company. Kitwe Town Clerk Bonwell Luanga has described, as disheartening, the decision by Zesco Limited to install pre-paid meters on four of the traffic lights junctions in the city. Mr Luanga wondered what kind of social responsibility Zesco is offering to the city of Kitwe if it […]
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