Over 50,000 community members in Solwezi district, North-Western Province are at risk of missing out on adequate provision of health services after First Quantum Mine cancelled out a contract with local company contracted to offer primary healthcare services in the area. The company involved called is CHAMP, that had a running contract with FQM […]
COPPER prices on the international market have continued to rise while the Kwacha is anticipated to shade some of its gains in the near term in the absence of healthy greenback inflows. China, the world’s top copper consumer, cut interest rates on its medium-term funding for financial institutions to the lowest level to combat the […]
Cost of living for family of 5 at K7,014 THE decline in the price of soya pieces, vegetables, kapenta and bananas has contributed to the drop in the Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB) by K1.77 in March. The BNNB conducted by the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) measures the cost of living for […]
Lusaka, Zambia-In the James Bond style, Vinod Yaddula, a charismatic Zambian of Asia origin faked his death to burst his adversary, Vikram Deva-Reddy, bringing down his four hired assassins. Vikram, the Vikram Investment Limited Chairperson, last week wanted his hired killers to either kill Vinod or remove his eyes so that he could […]
ALL Flash Bus employees whose health situations put them at high risk of contracting the deadly Coronavirus will be on paid leave, company Proprietor Ismael Kankara has announced. Since breaking out in the Chinese town of Wuhan last December, COVID-19 has killed more close to 30,000 people worldwide and infected more than 700,000 globally. […]
Lusaka, Zambia– Vikram Investment Chairperson Panyam-Reddy Vikram has continued making himself unavailable for the Zambian court proceedings, yesterday, Monday 15th March 2020 claiming that his flight via South Africa was cancelled off due to Coronavirus that has hit most of the countries. This is in a case where Poornamar(1st accused) and Vikram(2nd accused) have […]
A MANGANESE mine has been opened in Chief Mushota’s area in Kawambwa district, in Luapula Province, where it is targeting to employ about 500 local people. The company, which is trading as Stone Age Mining, has been carrying out mining explorations in the area since 2018 before it finally started operating late last year. Chief […]
ZAMBIA Aquaculture Cooperative Society (ZACOSO) Limited chairperson Collins Kachaka says the demonstration fish pond at Tungi Primary School in Mongu is expected to raise a minimum of K80,000 at harvest time. Dr Kachaka said in an interview that the pond, which was recently stocked with 10,000 fingerlings, is expected to produce four tonnes of fish […]
betPawa gave out 2 big winners cheques of K59, 225 and K302,970.70 on Saturday, 29th February 2020. Speaking at the media event held at Sherbourne Hotel in Kitwe, betPawa Marketing Coordinator Davy Mvula said that he was excited to hand over the cheques to the deserving winners and encouraged people to play responsibly saying that […]
The Women in Need Schools (WINS) inaugural poultry project sponsored by the Mulambo Haimbe Foundation last Friday 28th February 2020 celebrated a major success with the sale of the first batch of chickens opening on that day. Here, director Mulambo Haimbe is seen sharing this success with the women. Community empowerment is possible if we […]