You’ll be registered pensioners when you return to markets, Nalumango entices Lsk vendors
VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says the dawn government is hopeful that all pupils will be able to sit on desks by end of 2023. The Vice-President has also advised street vendors in Lusaka to go back to the markets, saying they will be registered pensioners there. Vice-President Nalumango was speaking when ILO Assistant Director General and…...
Court sets free 81-year-old in drug trafficking case
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has acquitted an 81-year-old man of Kavuma Compound in Lusaka’s Waterfalls area who was accused of trafficking in 68 grams of marijuana. The court has, however, warned the 81-year-old never to repeat his actions, as he risks ending up in prison forever. Tie Mwape was facing one count of trafficking in…...
We’re not bothered by those critising our trips – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government has been working on the agreement which has been signed with the United Arab Emirates for renewable energy investment in Zambia for eight months now. And President Hichilema says he is not bothered by opposition leaders who have continued to criticise his international trips. President Hichilema recently announced the signing…...
PF defended POA, it shall haunt them
PATRIOTIC Front presidential aspirant Brian Mundubile has condemned the heavy handedness of the police in enforcing the Public Order Act. Speaking in Mpika when he visited the catholic clergy, Honourable Mundubile said although it is understood that the police may have abused their powers in enforcing this law previously, continuing with the wrong cannot be…...
WARMA warns of floods in 7 districts
WARMA has warned of floods in Milenge, Kapompo, Lukulu, Senanga, Kitwe, Mambwe and Solwezi districts to be experienced between January 28 and February 19, 2023. In a statement, Wednesday, Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) Public Relations Officer Mubiana Nalwendo cautioned residents in the affected areas to be on high alert. “The Water Resources Management Authority…...
HH is a high-valued resource, blessing to Zambia – Muchima
LANDS and Natural Resources Minister Elijah Muchima says President Hakainde Hichilema is a total blessing to the country, describing him as a visionary and high-valued resource. Commenting on remarks by Citizens First leader Harry Kalaba that nothing would come out of the MoUs the President was signing, Muchima said, in an interview, that Zambia was…...
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I was offered a job at MoH – PF candidate
PF candidate for the Nyatanda Ward by-elections of Chavuma Town Council in North-Western Province Newstead Chitale says he has resigned from the race after being offered a job at the Ministry of Health. And Solwezi UPND MP Stafford Mulusa has revealed that Chitale is campaigning for the ruling party. Meanwhile, PF Deputy Campaign Manager for…...
NAC announces separation of its Director General
THE National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) has announced the appointment of Professor Lloyd Mulenga as its acting director general, taking over from Dr Connie Osborne. In a statement, NAC Acting Chairperson Zoonadi Ngwenya said Prof Mulenga, who is also Ministry of Health Director of Infectious Diseases, takes over from Dr Osborne whose three-year contract of employment…...
TAZARA procures 200 ton Well-Wagon at $1m
TANZANIA Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) says it has purchased a 200-ton Well-Wagon to be used for transporting abnormal loads for the Julius Nyerere Hydro Power Plant from Dar es Salaam to Fuga Station. In a statement, TAZARA Head Public Relations Conrad Simuchile said the wagon was purchased at a cost of US$1 million. “A 200-ton…...
