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 […]
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 […]
The Sierra Leonean government has cancelled all contracts with a Chinese construction firm that was tasked to build a new $318 million airport facility in March expected to be completed in 2022. The project, launched by the former president Ernest Bai Koroma, was to complement the planned construction of a new city and an exclusive […]
Nkana Coach Beston Chambeshi expects the 2018 MTN/FAZ super league finish to go to the wire after the club moved second on the league table at the weekend. Chambeshi says the league remains open to Nkana and Green Buffaloes despite Zesco commanding the table on 73 points. Nkana moved second on the league table on […]
By JOHN SAKALA Southern Police Chief Bonny Kapeso has refuted the Sinazongwe shooting story alleging that 40 have been shot dead. Mr Kapeso has told The Independent Observer in an interview that the story running on social media headlined ‘40 shot dead in Sinazongwe’ is fake,misleading, sensationally written to alarm the nation. He said what […]
…RTSA must be dismantled; it has become a revenue collector By Joe Zulu (Personal View) The news on the death of ZNBC Rooftop film maker indeed makes a sad reading. I recall many months ago a picture of a cameraman standing on the rooftop of ZNBC outside broadcasting truck was posted on this very site. […]
Republican President Edgar Lungu says his administration will endeavor to be accountable to its citizens, the public and private sector. Mr Lungu says by ensuring that his administration is anchored on transparency and accountability, the nation as a whole deserves to know what it is doing in terms of procurement and expenditures on equipment and […]
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Alice Nachilembe
