K31.3M RELEASED FOR RETIREES’ BENEFITS
GOVERNMENT has released K31.3 million to 55 local authorities for the payment of retirees’ terminal benefits, Local Government and Housing Deputy Minister Forrie Tembo has said.Mr Tembo told Parliament...
View ArticleSOUTH SHOW OPENS
THE eighth Southern Tourism, Agricultural and Commercial Show opened its gates in Livingstone yesterday with various exhibitors and show goers taking part in the festivities.A check yesterday found...
View ArticleZambia-USA Chamber of Commerce to launch mobile App for iPhone and iPad
In an ongoing effort to make information about Zambia readily available to potential investors from the United States, the Zambia-USA Chamber of Commerce has developed a mobile app for the iPhone and...
View ArticleMpombo advises govt to issue detailed statement on President Sata’s wellbeing
Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President George Mpombo has advised government to issue a comprehensive and detailed statement on President Michael Sata’s wellbeing in order to clear the...
View ArticleLAZ defends demands to know President Sata’s whereabouts
The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says people demanding to know President Michael Sata’s well being and whereabouts are justified. LAZ President George Chisanga says justifiable and convincing...
View ArticleNational Heroes Stadium in Pictures – Part II
The view from the boxes above the field The front entrance of the stadium A look through one of the entrance tunnels onto the field Pole Jump facilities inside the National Heroes Stadium The East...
View ArticleBarclays Bank Zambia launches credit card
The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) says it is actively engaging the commercial banks through the Bankers Association of Zambia for the country to become fully compliant with Europay, Mastercard and Visa...
View ArticleChief Chitimukulu appointment Scam unearthed
The Bemba Royal Establishment has unearthed a scam in which a named traditional leader is purporting to have appointed a new paramount Chief Chitimukulu. Bashi Lubemba’s spokesperson Washanga Impika...
View ArticleVEDANTA Resources chairperson, Anil Agarwal renders full apology to Zambia
VEDANTA Resources chairperson Anil Agarwal has rendered a full apology to Zambia for boasting that he bought Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) ‘for a song’, Parliament heard yesterday.Mines, Energy and Water...
View ArticlePolice arrest husband of 13 year old girl, father
POLICE in Nakonde have arrested the man who allegedly married off his 13-year-old daughter to a 21-year-old man. And it has turned out that the girl is three months pregnant. Police have also...
View ArticleSata’s son evacuated
PRESIDENT Sata’s son Kazimu has been evacuated to Johannesburg, South Africa, for specialist treatment for injuries suffered in a road traffic accident. Kazimu was on Tuesday involved in a road...
View ArticleZCTU describes MPs demands immoral
The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says it is immoral for Members of Parliament to demand a pay rise when workers in the public sector have been slapped with a two year wage freeze. ZCTU...
View ArticleBRING RELEVANT ISSUES TO THE HOUSE – SPEAKER
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has warned Members of Parliament to exercise good judgment of matters they bring to the House.Dr Matibini said MPs must exercise better judgement on...
View ArticleJUDICIARY, RTSA INK FAST TRACK COURTS DEAL
By XAVIER MANCHISHI - SPEAKER of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has warned Members of Parliament to exercise good judgment of matters they bring to the House. Dr Matibini said MPs must exercise...
View ArticleJump to Content Mulenga applauds Rotary Clubs for donating six computers to LCC
MULENGA Sata has commended the Rotary Clubs of Trent Bridge, Nottingham in the United Kingdom and that of Lusaka for aiding Lusaka City Library with six computers already connected to Internet.And...
View ArticleGovt will not restrict jubilee celebrations to PF – Scott
VICE-President Dr Guy Scott says the government has no intentions of restricting Zambia’s 50th anniversary celebrations to the PF. Speaking in Parliament after he delivered a statement on preparations...
View ArticleCops arrest 2 Mpezeni headmen over timber
TWO headmen in Paramount Chief Mpezeni’s area have been arrested for illegally harvesting the Mukula tree.Mpenzeni has joined police patrols in his area to monitor the same with chief Zumwanda of the...
View ArticlePF cadres attack MMD indoor meeting
Patriotic Front cadres on Friday morning attacked the house of MMD Muchinga province Chairman Francis Bowa in Shiwangandu district where MMD Chairperson for Women Affairs Faustina Sinyangwe and...
View ArticleKaingu pledges loyalty to Nevers
AFTER being stripped of the party’s second highest post, the MMD’s former party vice-president Michael Kaingu has made an unlikely U-turn and pledged total loyalty to party president Nevers Mumba, who...
View ArticlePremature campaigns by PF worries FODEP
The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has expressed concern at government’s activities in constituencies with pending by-elections. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi in a statement to...
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