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…
BY MONDE PHIRI AND KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA A 36 year old man of Zingalume compound has committed suicide in unclear circumstances. Brother to the deceased Joseph Mwika has told a Komboni radio news crew that visited the funeral house that James Mwika was only discovered dead yesterday after he allegedly took…
BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA A sixteen year old girl of Lusaka’s Matero Township has committed suicide in unclear circumstances. Aunt to the deceased Gertrude Mwansa who confirmed the development to Komboni radio news today has identified the deceased as Flavia Mumba. Ms Mwansa disclosed that her niece drunk a poisonous substance…
BY NAMUKALE KAPENDE Residents of Lusaka’s Chawama compound have appealed to their civic leaders to facilitate for the construction of drainages along the newly refurbished Chimwemwe road in order to prevent it from wearing out quickly. In an interview with Komboni radio news, Albert Daka says there is need for…
BY MONDE PHIRI A clergywoman in Lusaka has urged women in the country to explore the bee –keeping business saying it is a viable industry which has the potential to contribute to the growth of the country’s economy. Reverend Wamusheke Phiri says women in the country especially those in rural…
BY MONDE PHIRI The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has advised Labour Minister Joyce Simukoko to desist from issuing statements that have the potential to destabilize industrial harmony in the country. ZCTU Secretary General Cephas Mukuka says the recent remarks by the labour minister, that the labour movement is…
BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA A senior intelligence officer from the Department of National Parks and Wildlife who is charged with theft by public servant of a prescribed trophy has been found with a case to answer by the subordinate court in Lusaka and thus put on his defense. Lameck Mumba was…
A Christian pastor has discovered one of the world’s largest uncut diamonds in Sierra Leone’s Kono district. The diamond, weighing 709 carats, is now locked up in Sierra Leone’s central bank in Freetown. It is one of the 20 largest diamonds ever found. Freelance, or artisanal, miners are common in…
Madagascar Football Association chief Ahmad has been elected Confederation of African Football president, ending Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign. Ahmad won 34 of the 54 votes in the election, which was held in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa today. The result means a change in Leadership for the first time since Cameroonian…