RTSA to start re-examination of PSV driver flouting rules
By YANDE SYAMPEYO THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) will soon embark on an exercise to re-examine public service vehicle (PSV) drivers that are in a habit of flouting road traffic rules. RTSA...
View ArticleFood distribution vehicles in Kululushi impounded
By MUBANGA NONDO KALULUSHI Municipal Council (KMC) on Wednesday impounded food distribution vehicles that did not comply with the hawkers’ licence requirement. KMC public relations officer, Kangwa Muma...
View ArticlePartner with other investors, mines urged
FROM NKWETO MFULA in Chingola DEPUTY Minister of Gender and Child Development Ester Banda has challenged mining companies to partner with other investors in value addition ventures in the established...
View ArticleFive die in Solwezi accident
By BUTTYSON KANDIMBA FIVE people including a one-year-old child have died in a road traffic accident on the Solwezi-Chingola road. The accident happened on Wednesday around 16:45 hours at Kabitaka near...
View ArticleSata takes a working break
From JERRY MUNTHALI in Addis Ababa PRESIDENT Sata will take a 14-day working holiday after attending the 22nd Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Summit here....
View ArticleSecurity guard jailed 9 months
From CHALI MULENGA in Livingstone THE Livingstone Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a security guard from Target Security Company to nine months imprisonment for assault, suspended for two years. This...
View ArticleShadreck Banda: Following Kanyanta’s footsteps
Rising Stars with DIANA MUTAKAFIMBO HE is one of the many youngsters benefitting from the Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions’ educational programme. “Had it not been for Oriental Quarries, I would...
View ArticleSata confers with FAO DG
President Sata texting on his mobile phone after attending a meeting at the AU Summit in Ethiopia. From JERRY MUNTHALI in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia PRESIDENT Sata on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with...
View ArticleRemain resolute in your trade – Sata
President Sata with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Namibia’s President Hifikepunye Pohamba after attending the SADC meeting on the sidelines of the 22nd Ordinary Session of African Union at the...
View ArticleBridge gaps in agriculture – Sata
From JERRY MUNTHALI in Addis Ababa PRESIDENT Sata today addressed the 22nd Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) with a call on leaders to come up with sound strategies to bridge possible gaps in...
View ArticleFirst Lady commends AU
Left to right: Madagascar’s First Lady Voahangy Rajaonarimapianina , Namibia’s Penehupifo Pohamba, Mozambique Maria Guebuza, Ghana’s Lordina Mahamaand Zambia’s First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba heading...
View ArticleZRU general meeting on today
By HONE SIAME MARTIN Musunka is assured of securing a four-year term as Zambia Rugby Union (ZRU) president after going through unopposed ahead of today’s elective annual general meeting (AGM) at...
View ArticleTackling poverty through women clubs
By NKWETO MFULA GOVERNMENT’S call on women clubs in Chingola benefitting from empowerment funds is that stakeholders should utilise the resources wisely to help uplift living standards of...
View ArticleState considers funding SOS
By SITEMBILE SIWAWA GOVERNMENT says it is considering funding the Save Our Souls children’s village to enable it continue supporting orphans and other vulnerable children. Meanwhile, Government has...
View Article$4bn investment plan deserves support
THE plan by government to mobilise US$4 billion through the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) deserves the support of every well-meaning individual and organisation. The disclosure by President Sata that...
View ArticleListen to advice, nurses urged
By ARTHUR MWANSA THE Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) has warned that disregarding advice from union leaders will expose employees to disciplinary action like dismissals when there are...
View ArticleFr Bwalya must learn to be Frank
Dear editor, DURING an interview on The Assignment programme hosted by Muvi TV on Sunday, April 28, 2013, Frank Bwalya, who had just resigned from Zesco Limited as board chairman, said he had regretted...
View ArticleFAO, NEPAD get Zambia invitation
From JERRY MUNTHALI in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia PRESIDENT Sata has invited Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) director general Jose Grazanio Da Silva for an on-the-spot check of the organisation’s...
View ArticleSolwezi hospital gets K1m upgrade
SOLWEZI General Hospital medical superintendent Mathew Ng’ambi explaining to First Lady Christine Kaseba the rehabilitations going on at the institution recently. By KALONDE NYATI IN Solwezi OVER K1...
View ArticleKawambwa undergoing unprecedented development
By NANCY SIAME KAWAMBWA District is fast growing as a number of developmental activities are currently under way in the district located in the Luapula province of Zambia. The district was famous for...
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