A 36-year old man has died after he fell off his bicycle into the Lukupa River in Kasama. Justine Silwamba is suspected to have been riding along the path at the side of the River when he fell into the river on Friday night around 21:00 hours. Elder brother to…
BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA Residents of Chipata overspill have bemoaned the dilapidated state of roads in that area. In an interview with a Komboni Radio News crew that visited the community today, the residents complained that roads in the area are in a very dilapidated state and have become impassible. Ms…
BY RUTH MUMBA Mwembeshi ward 22 Councilor Kelvin Kaunda has warned residents of Chunga Township who are illegally disposing their sewer wastes into the drainage system. Speaking in an interview with Komboni radio news, Councilor Kaunda warned that all households that have illegally connected pipes to the drainage for waste…
Government has released K1.3 million for the rehabilitation of the Mpulungu-Kasama road. The Mpulungu/Kasama road has part of its infrastructure washed away by heavy rains. Patriotic Front-PF Mpulungu Member of Parliament Freedom Sikazwe confirmed this development in an interview with ZANIS. Mr. Sikazwe who commended government for quickly releasing the…
BY OSCAR NKHUWA The Lusaka City Council has called upon residents in Lusaka to take charge and apprehend anyone found dumping garbage in undesignated places. LCC Public Relations Manager Habeenzu Mulunda stressed that it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that drainages and surroundings in any given community are kept clean.…
BY RUTH MUMBA Copperbelt permanent secretary Elias Kamanga says the contractor engaged by government to build the Copperbelt international airport has moved on site and ready to start works. Speaking in a telephone interview with Komboni radio news, Mr Kamanga disclosed that government is expected to spend five hundred and…
Police have launched a high-level investigation of the burglary at the Office of the Chief Justice. The multidisciplinary team is led by Gauteng’s deputy commissioner for crime detection, Major-General Mary Motsepe. ENCA reports that thieves made off with 15 computers after breaking into the office’s human resources department. The computers…