Cabinet nods preferential treatment for local mine suppliers
CABINET has approved the introduction of regulations for preferential treatment of local suppliers of goods and services in the mining sector. Cabinet has also approved the Revised National Policy on Anti-Corruption and its Implementation Plan so as to provide a holistic national framework that will facilitate strengthening of institutional capacities of anti-corruption bodies. Meanwhile, Cabinet…...
Mpezeni calls for unity of purpose among Zambians
PARAMOUNT Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni speaking people of Eastern Province has called for unity of purpose among Zambians. Paramount Chief Mpezeni explains that no meaningful development can be achieved in a divided nation. Chief Mpezeni said this when Lands and Natural Resources Minister Elijah Muchima called on him. Speaking through his Spokesperson Ambassador George…...
Use pulpit to win Souls to Christ, not criticising us, govt tells Church
GOVERNMENT has advised the clergy to stop using the pulpit to criticise it but to win souls to Christ. And Lusaka Province Minister Sheal Mulyata has urged the church to take advantage of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and other empowerment programmes government is offering. ZANIS reports that the minister said this in a speech…...
It worries me that Kabwata is developing yet nothing is happening in Chawama – Tayengwa
KABWATA UPND member of parliament Andrew Tayengwa has described Chawama as an “orphaned constituency” because the leadership is not implementing any projects in the area. Tayengwa says it is concerning that Kabwata constituency is developing at supersonic speed, while its neighbour, Chawama, is not implementing any Constituency Development Fund projects. In an interview, Tayengwa said…...
Medical stock availability standing at 60% – ZAMMSA
THE Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) says as the year closes, the medical stock availability status in the country stands at 60 percent. And ZAMMSA Director General Victor Nyasulu has defended the President’s statement that the country is at 80 percent in terms of availability of medical stocks, explaining that the remark was…...
Senseli mine collapses again, kills one
BARELY a month after over 30 miners were trapped at Sensele open pit mine in Chingola, a 49-year-old Illegal miner has also died at the same mine after the earth collapsed on him. The incident is said to have occurred around 11:00 hours yesterday as the deceased and others were extracting Copper ore at the…...
We’re booking over 400 motorists for speeding daily – RTSA
THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) says it is capturing more than 400 motorists for over speeding on a daily basis since speed cameras were reintroduced countrywide. In an interview, Thursday, RTSA acting Head of Public Relations Mukela Mangolwa said the agency would book much more once they also started using the mobile cameras…....
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HH pardons 588 inmates to mark Christmas celebrations
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has pardoned 588 inmates in various correctional facilities across the country. The pardoned inmates include 573 ordinary inmates, 11 aged, one female with a circumstantial child, a lifer commuted to 35 years and two inmates on death row commuted to life. President Hichilema’s gesture is a way to mark this year’s Christmas…...
Govt optimistic about 24/7 business operation
MINISTER of Labour and Social Security Brenda Tambatamba says she is optimistic that the country’s economic transformation agenda will be fruitful when business hours become 24 /7. Tambatamba says President Hakainde Hichilema is emphatic on ensuring that Zambia unlocks rigidities and consequently to disband any obstacles that stand in the way of the economic transformation…...