BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA Northern Province Permanent Secretary Dr Jobbicks Kalumba has commended the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) for decentralizing its services and making them accessible to SMEs and consumers in the province. Dr Kalumba said this when he hosted a delegation from ZABS at his office, led by Director…
BY NELLY BOTA Residents of John Howard compound are demanding for the installation of piped water in that community. The residents have complained that the lack of piped water in the community has proved to be challenging as they are forced to pay for the commodity from people who have…
BY NAMUKALE KAPENDE A 29 year old man of Lusaka’s Kalingalinga compound has been discovered dead believed to have been murdered by unknown people. Sister to the deceased Dorcas Nkhata confirmed that police have picked up the body of his brother she identified as Elias Nkhata. Dorcas disclosed that Elias’s…
BY NELLY BOTA Residents of Mazabuka’s Kaleya area last night ran amok and set ablaze an office used by ZNS officers guarding the Food Reserve Agency Storage Shed in protest over a person who was discovered dead. Southern Province Commissioner of Police Bonny Kapeso who confirmed the development explained that…
BY RUTH MUMBA Workers at Group 3 Security Company this afternoon protested demanding to be paid their four month’s salary arrears. The angry workers disclosed to a Komboni Radio News crew that rushed to the company premises that they have gone for four months without salaries. Speaking on behalf of…
South Africa surrendered an 18-match unbeaten record after losing 2-1 at home to Zambia on Tuesday in an international friendly match in northwestern village Moruleng. Lebogang Manyama nodded South Africa ahead on 23 minutes, Brian Mwila fired Zambia level after 72 minutes and Lubinda Mundia snatched the winner 11 minutes…
Two children have been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed seven-storey building in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, nearly 24 hours after the incident. Rescue officials say a boy and a girl are now being treated in a hospital. A woman who was also pulled alive from the wreckage in the…
BY NAMUKALE KAPENDE Parents in Lusaka’s Kabwata Township have expressed concern over some named night clubs and bars at KCC that are allegedly allowing underage children to patronize their premises. Mr Geoffrey Mubanga says it is unfortunate that some night clubs and bars at KCC are disregarding their licences with…
BY RUTH MUMBA Traders at Chelstone’s Obama market have continued to pressure their local leadership to evict a group of young girls that have turned the market into a brothel. Mrs Agness Mambwe has complained to a Komboni Radio News crew that visited the market today that the girls are…
BY RUTH MUMBA Residents of Lusaka’s Zingalume compound have reiterated calls for the quick opening of the Mwembeshi Police Post that was gutted by residents last year. The residents have bemoaned the increased criminal activities in the area which they have attributed to lack of police presence in that community.…