Govt releases K2.3m for vulnerable in Kasama
By STEPHEN MWEWAGovernment has released K2.3 million to pay 7, 289 beneficiaries of the social cash transfer (SCT) in Kasama, for May and June.Kasama District Commissioner, Kelly Kashiwa, who confirmed…
Angry crowd roughs up health workers in vaccines’ uproar
By BUUMBA CHIMBULU SOME health workers were yesterday roughed up at Lusaka’s Woodlands A Primary School after being accused of corruption when administering the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.This…
COVID BODIES PILE UP – as Lusaka funeral parlours overwhelmed by Covid-19 death toll
By SIMON MUNTEMBAGOVERNMENT directive to bury all Covid deaths within 24 hours cannot be effected because funeral parlours and burial grounds have been overwhelmed as bodies continue to pile up.Last…
THERE IS NOTHING SINISTER ABOUT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO EAT KANDOLO
Dear Editor, I HAVE read with a deep sense of sadness on how one tabloid, News Diggers has gone to an extent of accusing the PF national chairperson, Mr. Samuel…
PF RUBBISHES RIGGING CLAIMS HH IS ONLY SHAKEN BY IMPENDING LOSS – ANTONIO
By NATION REPORTERUPND President Hakainde Hichilema is preparing himself to justify to his foreign financiers the impending loss of the August 12 elections. The opposition leaders has resorted to accusing…
UNZA, NIPA CLOSED
By NATION REPORTERThe University of Zambia and the National Institute for Public Administration (NIPA) have closed their campus following a government directive for all institutions of higher learning to close…
‘SERIAL KILLER’ SENT TO HIGH COURT
By ROGERS KALEROA 27-YEAR-OLD suspected serial killer charged with 14 counts of murder and rape has been committed to the Kitwe High Court.Miguel Musonda, of Nkandabwe Township in Kitwe, has…
AFDB INITIATES AGRO ‘GREEN’ PROJECT
By BUUMBA CHIMBULU THE African Development Bank is preparing to launch the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) platform linking Africa’s Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) to investment opportunities.The AGRF’s agriculture matching…
EMBRACE CULTURE OF SAVINGS, ZAMBIANS URGED
By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ZAMBIANS should enhance their participation in economic activities while improving their culture of savings to honour the late Dr Kenneth Kaunda who created institutions such as NASATVE…
NON-PERFORMING LOANS INCREASE
By BUUMBA CHIMBULUTHE banking industry has continued to record Non-performing Loans above the prudential benchmark of 10 percent as Covid-19 impacts on the abilities of customers to effectively service their…
