By JOHN SAKALA As Zambia attains 56 years of Independence, Mulonga Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited (MWSC) looks back through the pinhole camera of hurdles, yet celebrates the commencement of rehabilitation works. The major hurdle at MWSC has been dilapidated water and sanitation infrastructure which equally has been outsmarted by the growing population and […]
By Daniel Sichinga The Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia chapter Chairperson Helen Mwale has expressed concern over the rising number of attacks on media practitioners. Ms Mwale was reacting to the attacks of a freelance Journalist Frederick Misebenzi who was injured by police officers for filming the funeral procession of a United Party […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chipata Press Club (CPC) has condemned the attacks on Zambia Daily Mail Reporters by thugs in the just ended Katuba by-elections. Chipata Press Club vice chairperson Julius Phiri said it was disturbing and shocking to learn that gangsters armed with machetes pounced on defenseless Reporters executing their duties. Mr Phiri said the […]
Tell Zambians anything good about the Road Safety and Transport Agency (RTSA)? The Agency charged with responsibility to provide road safety is slowly shifting from its mandate of ensuring road safety to that of a revenue collecting agency. The Minister of Transport and Communication Brian Mushimba also looks to be completely detached from the reality. […]
By NAMUTENGA SAKAPILA Toll gates are a sustainable means to mobilize funds to maintain roads and a cash cow for the economy of Zambia. Looking at the shoots taken from management information System giving a summary of Toll collections at two toll plazas at Kafulafuta and Manyumbi toll gates amounting to 43,779 in a period of […]
By Staff Writer Lubambe Copper Mine has procured the first ever self-contained mine Emergency Refuge Chambers in Zambia. The consignment of five refuge Chambers has been procured at a cost of US$ 475,000 from Mine Arc Systems of Australia. Lubambe Mine Communications Manager Loyce Saili said the procurement of the refuge Chambers by the copper […]
BY NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA The Northern Region Media Club (NORMEC) has condemned the harassment of a media personnel from the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) Television yesterday at the Kitwe Magistrate Court. NORMEC Secretary Clinton Masumba said the verbal and physical attack on the ZNBC camera person Kashete Sinyangwe was primitive and inhuman especially that it happened within […]
By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA The Kitwe Magistrate has reserved ruling in a matter in which a Kitwe based business Daniel Makina has applied for a preliminary inquiry in the matter in which he is jointly charged with a taxi driver from Chililabombwe for allegedly stealing copper cathode valued at K1.8 million. Makina 35, who was Patriotic Front […]
Dear Editor, I’m a commuter between Chingola and Kalulushi every day and this truck you see in the picture has been on the middle of the road for the past two weeks now. It got broken and there is no help that is coming either from Zambia Police or Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) […]
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Alice Nachilembe
