Zambia

By Oswald Sichone in Kafue WHILE several of his fellow students are dropped at Institutions of learning in posh cars by their parents and guardians, Jimmy Mutambo cycles from Kafue to Lusaka every day to attend lectures due to lack of transport money to enable him get on a bus. …

By Flavior Kanungo POLICE in Lusaka have apprehended 19 people who were found demarcating land in Zesco high voltage power lines in Kabwata Site and Service. Deputy police spokesperson Danny Mwale says the suspects, who include three females and an 80 year old man, have all been charged with the …

THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) says the adjustment in bus fares will be announced during the course of the week. RTSA Head Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga says the agency and bus operators have concluded a consultative meeting to consider the proposed adjustment in bus fares following the increase …

By Chansa Kunda Football Association of Zambia -FAZ- says BARBRA BANDA failed to make the final list of players to represent the country after failing to meet certain medical regulations required by Confederation of African Football -CAF. FAZ Communications Manager SYDNEY MUNGALA says CAF shared tournament medical regulations that all …

Southern Province Acting Commissioner of Police, Alfred Nawa is reportedly under investigations within the police command for allegedly giving suspicious prominence to visiting South African based Zambian born businessman, James Ndambo. Sources within the police in Southern Province have told Phoenix News that Mr. Nawa was yesterday ordered to close …

*UNPAID HEALTH WORKERS HAPPY WITH GOVERNMENT’S ASSURANCE REGARDING SALARY ARREARS* Health workers who are pursuing their salary arrears are happy that government has responded with an assurance that thier issue will be addressed. Last week, in an open letter to the Republican President, Hakainde Hichilema, the workers pleaded with the …

POLICE TO BLOCK UNEMPLOYED TEACHERS AND HEALTH WORKERS FROM CONDUCTING A PEACEFUL PROTEST The conveners if this ‘peaceful protest’ are advised not to proceed with their march slated for tomorrow July 1, 2022. They claim to have notified the Police but instead they wrote to Police headquarters. Police headquarters has …

A 96 year old blind woman of Makunka area in Livingstone, who has been living in a ramshackle, has been identified by the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, in order to support her. This is in an effort to put Ms Maria Syampwili Mukasibukandu on the social cash …

A THIRTY-year old man of Mazabuka is given a long jail stay after being convicted of r*ping a 91-year old woman. Henry Nzila of Kabobola Compound in the sugar cane-growing town of Mazabuka is said to have committed the rape in January this year. According to facts laid before before …

The United States government has announced the launch of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Business Enabling Project, a five-year, $14 million initiative, subject to appropriations, designed to spur economic development in Zambia. Specifically focused on the development of rural communities, the project will generate incentives for private-sector investments …