BY OSCAR NKHUWA Police in Lusaka have arrested 6 suspected criminals in Kanyama compound in connection with murder of a woman and the assault on her husband who was left for dead. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo could not be reached for comment by broadcast time but residents have confirmed the…
BY BOSTON MUVWANGA Residents of Lusaka’s Misisi and Kuku compounds have continued to express their misgivings on the planned modernization of the two settlement areas by government. The residents fear that the anticipated modernization of the two communities will leave a number of families homeless as some houses will be…
BY CORRESPONDENT Female transporters in Northern Province say they feel discouraged to participate in the hauling of maize in this year’s marketing season due to governments delay to pay them their dues. They lamented in an interview that most women have faced numerous challenges in providing basic needs for their…
CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines has started re-calling its workers who were sent on unpaid leave over one year six months ago owing to low copper prices and increased cost of production. LCM Public Relations Manager Sydney Chileya said the company has decided to recall the workers following in increase in…
Liberian nurse Salome Karwah was one of those named as Time magazine’s person of the year in 2014 for her frontline work against Ebola. She died in Monrovia last week after giving birth to a son. Her husband told the BBC that nurses were unwilling to touch her for fear…
BY NELLY BOTA Police in Lusaka have apprehended four suspects who have been behind a spate of burglary and thefts that had rocked Lusaka’s Chelstone and surrounding area in the recent past. Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo who disclosed the arrests in a statement issued yesterday, said the four suspects…
BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA A 26 year old woman of Lusaka’s George compound yesterday committed suicide by taking a poisonous insecticide following a marital dispute. According to family members, the woman who has been identified as Esther Banda is believed to have consumed doom which mixed with Super Shake after an…
BY OSCAR NKHUWA Residents of Lusaka’s Mtendere and Kalikiliki compounds have reiterated calls on the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit-DMMU to quickly move in and assist families whose houses were submerged following heavy rains. The residents have complained to Komboni Radio News that no help has been rendered to the…
BY MONDE PHIRI Residents of Chawama Twatasha area have resorted to drawing contaminated water for drinking and domestic use from a shallow well following an erratic water supply that has hit the area. A Komboni radio news crew that visited the area this morning found the affected residents drawing water…
BY CORRESPODENT Irate transporters contracted to haulage the food reserve agency-FRA maize in Northern Province yesterday stormed the agencies’ regional office demanding to be paid their monies. They lamented in an interview that it is unfortunate that government has failed to honour its promise. The transporters stressed that they have…