By ALICE NACHILEMBE Zambia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Joseph Chilengi has urged Turkish investors to participate in the Zambia National Building Society (ZNBS) housing estates development project. The project is under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. Dr Chilengi said Zambia had a housing deficit of 1.3 million units, which could escalate to three million by […]
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 […]
President Edgar Lungu has appointed and sworn-in former Zambia National Farmers’ Union Executive Director Songowayo Zyambo as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture. The President has since urged Mr Zyambo to work closely with key players in the agriculture sector. Speaking at State House today when he swore in Mr Zyambo, President Lungu is […]
By Leonard Koloko Great musicians, like great statesmen, are not that easy to replace or erase from memory. This can rightly be said of the late Keith Mlevhu, one of the inventors of “Zamrock” and creator of inarguably Zambia’s most popular patriotic anthem – the evergreen ‘Ubuntungwa’! Born on September 14, 1950 in Chingola, […]
SINOZAM Friendship Hospital in Kitwe on the Copperbelt has been shut down, for failing to meet required standards. Among reasons for the closure is the alleged stocking of expired drugs, well poor infrastructure at the health facility. Health Professional Council of Zambia -HPCZ- inspectors also found broken water supply pipes at the health facility, during […]
Alice Nachilembe
The Independent Observer
