Former Republican President, Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu deserves kudos for his infrastructural legacy, Advocates for National Democracy and Development executive director, Samuel Banda has said. Mr Banda notes that failure to appreciate and honour the former president for his work, especially infrastructure development would be unfairly hypocritical. He cited the …
Read More »MINISTER BLASTS ZESCO FOR DISCONNECTING POWER FOR THE BLIND
The decision by the power utility company, Zesco in Chipata, Eastern Province to disconnect power from a hammer mill which is the only money making venture for the Zambia Federation of the Blind has not sat well with Minister of Community Development and Social Services, Hon Doreen Mwamba. During a …
Read More »Man dies after taking kachasu
A 27 year old man of Pojana Village in Kizhinge Zhinge area of Kasempa District has di** after consuming a local brew commonly known as KACHASU. OLIVER NSHIMBI was found lying unconscious in the cold without a shirt and shoes, along a footpath. North Western Province Deputy Police Commissioner ROBINSON …
Read More »GOVT UNDERTAKING REVIEW OF CYBER CRIMES ACT OF 2021 – MUTATI
Government has said it is undertaking a review of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act of 2021 with the intention of having the internet remain a tool for development. Technology and Science Minister Felix Mutati disclosed today at the launch of a report on understanding Online Gender Based Violence …
Read More »Social Cash Transfer In Exchange With S*X
Eastern Province Minister Peter Phiri has made some chilling revelations of how some young women were illegally put on the social cash transfer scheme in exchange for s*x by some officers under the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services under the previous regime. Social cash transfers are regular, non-contributory …
Read More »Coal mine shocks villagers as it expels the dead from their graves in Sinazongwe
RESIDENTS of Mulungwa village in Sinazongwe were forced to re-live the painful loss of their loved ones as they watched in shock and disbelief their dead relatives exhumed from their graves and relocated to a new cemetery to give way to a coal mine. The traumatised villagers of senior chief …
Read More »Recruited health workers to get appointment letters next week
Successful candidates in the 2022 health workers recruitment exercise will start receiving their appointment letters by end of next week. Civil Service Commission Chairperson, PETER MUMBA has confirmed, saying all districts were mandated to undertake the selection process, through their human resource management committees.Mr. MUMBA was speaking in Ndola, during …
Read More »TRUCK DRIVER UNKNOWINGLY MOVES WITH CORPSE OF A KAFUE MAN
By Oswald Sichone in Kafue Police in Kafue have recorded a case of sudden death in which Gift Katyamba aged 40 years of Zambia Compound in Kafue, died whilst sleeping on a truck on his way from Pemba. Kafue Officer In Charge, Jason Lungu confirmed the incident and said the …
Read More »I WILL NOT LET MY WOMEN DOWN- DOREEN MWAMBA ASSURES
UPND National Chairperson for women, Mrs Doreen Mwamba has promised that she will never let the women down, because her resolve and determination is to empower them with life changing opportunities. And Mrs Mwamba says she has not forgotten every developmental pledge she made during campaigns, which ultimately ushered the …
Read More »100 teen pregnancies recorded in the first quarter in Chipata
Chipata District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Gabriel Chutu says 100 teenage pregnancies were recorded in the first quarter of 2022 in Chipata District. Mr Chutu says in the same quarter, the district also recorded 25 early marriages of which five involved young boys. Speaking to ZANIS in an interview today, …
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