DEC nab ex-DC for possession of counterfeit notes
The Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka has arrested former Kawambwa District Commissioner Wilbroad Mumba for being in possession of counterfeit notes. DEC public relations officer Theresa Katongo...
View ArticleZESCO pledges to satisfy customers
—Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) Director for transmission Christopher Mubemba says his company has put in place measures to ensure that it serves its customers to their satisfaction. Mr...
View ArticleGovernment pledges to enhance Social Cash Transfer scheme
–Government says it will put in more effort to ensure the Social Cash Transfer works to the advantage of the vulnerable people throughout the country. Ministry of Community Development Mother and...
View ArticleKalulushi water plants to reopen -NWSC
SOURCE- $Times_of_Zambia NKANA Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC) says Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has taken necessary measures to control pollution which resulted in the closure of two water treatment...
View ArticleGovt keen to create jobs in rural areas
YOUTH and Sport Minister, Chishimba Kambwili says Government is committed to developing various employment creation strategies for young people particularly in rural communities. Mr Kambwili said...
View ArticleDiscontent in Zambia’s forgotten province – Tania Page
Feeling of being ignored by federal government among residents of Western Province fuelling separatist sentiment. Tell anyone in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, you’re going to Mongu, capital of the...
View ArticleGovernment mourns Luangwa Bridge accident victims
Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Mwansa Kapeya says government has learnt with deep shock and sorrow the death of 14 people in a fatal road accident. The accident involving an eastern...
View ArticleKCM refunds employees
Konkola Copper Mines has refunded all affected employees pay as you earn (PAYE) deductions that were wrongly affected in the month of October. Recently, the KCM payroll system was marred with...
View ArticleZambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ) to elect new leaders
THE Zambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ) quadrilateral conference yesterday opened in Kabwe with Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Leonard Hikaumba calling on labour unions to engage in a...
View ArticleNurses strike loses momentum
SOME nurses have resumed work while others have continued with the strike despite warning by the Government, Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) has said. Health Minister, Joseph Kasonde on...
View ArticleSome Nurses at UTH have called off their Strike
Some nurses and midwives at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) have resumed work after nine days of their striking action. The nurses and midwives on 22nd November, 2013 stopped work demanding,...
View ArticleClergyman castigates but church leaders
A clergyman in Chipata has castigated some charismatic pastors who discourage people that are on Anti-retroviral therapy from taking their drugs. Eastern Province Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ)...
View ArticleLuangwa accident victims stable
Two of the Nine Luangwa accident survivors admitted to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) have been discharged. UTH public relations officer Mwenya Mulenga told Qfm News in an interview that the...
View ArticleErratic supply of water irks Kalulushi residents
Kalulushi residents have taken Nkana Water and Sewage Company task for the erratic supply of water in the district. One of the residents, Stanely Chipamba a Kalulushi business man said since yesterday...
View ArticleAmnesty int’. hails Zambia for local Integration of Rwandan refugees
Amnesty International has commended the Zambian government for locally integrating 4,000 Rwandan refugees into local communities. Amnesty Associate Member on the Refugee Help Desk, Rhoda Nsama, said...
View ArticleGovernment developmental programmes appreciated
A resident of Zambezi district’s Chileng’a compound Godfrey Kalukangu has applauded government under the leadership of President Michael Sata on the massive infrastructure development currently going...
View ArticleRDA has not funded Isoka-Muyombe road in six months
Muchinga Province Minister, Gerry Chanda, has questioned Road Development Agency (RDA) why it has delayed paying China Jangxi cooperation for over six months. Col Chanda learnt of the delayed payment...
View ArticleTree planting will help Gwembe valley from forest degradation
A Forestry officer, Kebby Kambule, says the planting of 250,000 tress will help serve the degrading forest environment in Gwembe valley. Speaking during a preparatory meeting ahead of the flagging off...
View ArticlePersons with disabilities commend govt.
Zambia Disabilities HIV/AIDS Human Rights Programme (ZAMDHARP) has commended government for the support rendered to the organisation. Programmes Director Elijah Ngwale said the Ministry of Community...
View ArticleSata expected to commission ZESCO extension project at Kariba
President Michael Sata is on Wednesday December 4 expected in Siavonga district. The purpose of his visit is to commission the ZESCO extension project generator number five (5) at Kariba North-bank...
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