The Lusaka City council (LCC) has called on members of the public to cooperate with the council police as they execute their duties. Speaking in an interview with Komboni radio news, LCC Acting Public Relations Manager George Sichimba says the council has received reports that council police officers are being…
Kabwata area councilor Longa Chiboboka says his office intends to set up a maternity annex at Kabwata Clinic using the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Mr. Chiboboka says part of the CDF will be used to construct a science and ICT laboratory at Kabwata Basic School. The civic leader has told…
Two people injured in Saturday’s explosion at a campaign rally in Zimbabwe’s second city of Bulawayo have died, a medical official has said. Solwayo Ngwenya, clinical director of the city’s Mpilo hospital in the city, told AFP other victims had life-threatening injuries. At least 49 people, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s…
A man believed to be in his fifties has been discovered dead in drainage along Luapula road in Kamwala residential area. The unidentified man is suspected to have been attacked as he was found with bruises on his body. And one of the residents Rev Jeremiah Daka who was found…
Two women of the same family have died in Kalabo district of Western Province after they allegedly drunk a herbal concoction suspected to be poisonous. Western Province Police Commissioner, Charles Lungu named the deceased as Namasite Mutumba 67 and her sister Nyambe Sangombo aged 70 both of Mande village in…
Parents in Lusaka’s John Laing compound have bemoaned the inadequate number of classroom blocks at John Laing Primary School. Speaking in an interview with Komboni radio news, a parent only identified Mrs. Banda complained that the school has over enrolled pupils against a limited number of teachers. Mrs Banda disclosed…
Kamulanga ward councilor Jonas Phiri has warned residents in his ward to desist from burning tyres and other objects during the day. In an interview with Komboni radio news, Mr Phiri complained that he has received a lot of complaints of air pollution being caused by people who burn tyres…
The US State Department has imposed visa bans on a number of Congolese officials accused of corruption or electoral malpractice. It declined to name those targeted, but said the move was intended to send a strong signal that Washington was committed to fighting corruption and to supporting credible elections. The…
Government has selected Julen Engineering Limited to embark on a K13.5m water project in Kabwe’s Makululu Compound in Central Province. Lukanga Water and Sewerage Company Public Relations Officer, Louise Mwape, says the contractor for the project, which is expected to benefit 8000 people, has already moved on site. Mr Mwape…
BY RUTH MUMBA Residents of Lusaka’s Mahopo compound have repeated calls on their area Member of Parliament to facilitate the installation of piped water in that area. The residents have complained that the lack of piped water in the community has continued to be a major challenge as they are…