BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA Tourism and Arts minister Charles Banda has described the recent shooting of a community scout in Nyimba district as devastating. Mr Banda says it is unfortunate that they are elements among people in society who believe that they can still destroy wildlife especially that government has embarked…
BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA The Zambia Bureau of Standards-ZABS says it recorded a 22 percent increase in the number of product samples tested for industry in 2016. ZABS head of marketing and Public Relations Hazel Zulu has told Komboni Radio News that the bureau tested 8,930 samples exceeding the targeted 7,300.…
BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA Ten people have been arrested for vandalizing Zesco installations in Ndola and several other towns on the Copperbelt. ZESCO National spokesperson Henry Kapata who disclosed the development to Komboni Radio News says that the suspects have since appeared before Magistrate John Mbozi in Ndola and are waiting…
A Kenyan couple who spent just $1 on their wedding have renewed their vows in a lavish Valentine’s Day ceremony funded by well-wishers. News of their budget wedding last month went viral on social media and many Kenyans offered to help. At their first wedding, Wilson and Ann Mutura wore…
BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA A decomposed body of an unidentified woman has been discovered along Kafue road in Lusaka’s Misisi compound. The body was discovered in the early hours of today by passersby who suspect that the woman was murdered somewhere else and later dumped in Misisi compound. The residents charged…
BY MONDE PHIRI Government medicines worth thousands of Kwacha were on Saturday seized from illegal drug outlets during a joint operation conducted by inspectors from the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA), Zambia Police and the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC). ZAMRA Public Relations officer Ludovic Mwape also disclosed that 7 people…
BY MONDE PHIRI A Concerned Lusaka resident has called on the government to ban the advertisements of services provided by witch-finders in newspapers and other public media. Stephen Habwacha has told Komboni radio news that the continued exposure of witchcraft is against Christian principles that the country has ascribed to.…
BY OSCAR NKHUWA Residents of Chibolya compound have expressed happiness over the progress made on the rehabilitation of roads in the community by the Zambia National Service. The project initiated by Kanyama area Member of Parliament Elizabeth Phiri has seen the rehabilitation of the road that leads to sensitive institutions…
BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA Raphael Chota Ward 22 councilor Joseph Tamba has urged young people in Mandevu constituency to take sport seriously as one way to tackle high unemployment levels. Speaking when he officiated at the finals of the 2016 Chipata compound Christmas tournament yesterday, Tamba said that Sport has grown…
BY CORRESPODENT Northern Province Permanent Secretary Jobbicks Kalumba says it is unfair that marketeers at Kasama’s TAZARA market have been subjected to trade in the sun for over three months from the time the market had its roof blown off. Speaking when he and some heads of government departments toured…