Zesco connects Lundazi, Chama districts
ZESCO Limited has announced that it has successfully connected Lundazi and Chama Districts of Eastern Province to the national grid, for the first time since Zambia’s independence. The power utility company says the project has been delivered at a cost lower than US$20 million from the initial US$54 million. In a statement, Friday, Zesco Managing…...
I can’t disown Kakubo – Nalumango
VICE-President Mutale Nalumango says she cannot disown her “son”, former foreign affairs and international cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo, now. And Vice-President Nalumango says she’s finding it difficult to reason with former president Edgar Lungu’s calls for quick investigation and prosecution of Kakubo, wondering whether he expects that something which happened yesterday can already be resolved…...
Meet Ruth Ngoma, a 17-year-old bus conductor
WHAT were you doing at 17 years of age? Chances are, most of us at that age were just enjoying some nshima in our parents’ or guardians’ houses. Some people, however, are not so fortunate. They have to step up at a very tender age to help pay the bills at home. That is the…...
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Only Minister can state when names of recruited teachers will be published – TSC
TEACHING Service Commission Chairperson Daphne Chimuka says the commission has completed the recruitment process and is only awaiting the official announcement from the Minister. Earlier this month, the commissioner said the commission would publish the names of the 4,500 successful candidates by the end of this month. But in a follow up interview, Saturday, Chimuka…...
LCC rejects PF’s offer to clean CBD, cites leadership changes
THE Lusaka City Council has rejected PF faction Secretary General, Raphael Nakacinda’s request for the party to join in the keep Lusaka clean campaign exercise in the wake of cholera. The local authority says it is aware of the current issues or changes in membership of the Patriotic Front as per the Registrar of Societies’…...
ZRA, DEC recover K9.4m in taxes from company linked to Kasanda
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has recovered over K9.4 million in taxes from AFME Metal Exchange Limited, a company linked to Shadrick Kasanda and the Gold scam case. ZRA Corporate Communications Manager Oliver Nzala and DEC Public Relations Officer Mwenge Mulenga revealed in a joint statement that…...
LGBT issues are not acceptable here – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says a country that cannot deny itself luxury cannot create savings and therefore can’t invest and grow. And President Hichilema says citizens need to come together and say no to homosexuality. Speaking at the 32nd Commemoration of the Declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation, Friday, President Hichilema said he longed to…...
Police reserve gets 9 months for swindling job seeker
THE Lusaka Magistrates Court has convicted and sentenced a police reserve to nine months with hard labour after he was found guilty of obtaining money by false pretences. Lusaka Resident Magistrate Mbuyanwa Sinvula jailed Prince Kangwa yesterday despite his pleas and promises that he would never repeat the offence of swindling people by lying that…...
Chiti explains why he didn’t feature in Can You See Us?
Ever stumbled upon a film that doesn’t just tug at your heartstrings but ties them up in knots? But it doesn’t leave you like that, it unties those knots ever so beautifully with strings of hope for humanity, and love. It is Can You See Us? Inspired by Musician and Albinism Foundation of Zambia executive…...