US WINTER STORM WILL BRING FROSTBITE WITHIN MINUTES
Plunging temperatures wreaking havoc across the US and Canada can lead to frostbite on bare skin in only five to 10 minutes, experts are warning. A powerful Arctic winter storm…
CRACKED HOUSES WORRY COPPERBELT’S NCHANGA RESIDENTS
More than two decades after blasting activities at Konkola Copper Mines Open pit in Nchanga on the Copperbelt, residents around the mine are still paying the price as their houses…
KASAMA FARMERS CLAIM CORRUPTION IN FISP DISTRIBUTION
Farmers in Kasama District of Northern Province have alleged that depot clerks are soliciting for bribes in order for farmers to quickly access inputs. Moses Mutale a farmer of Chikosho…
KAMPYONGO ACCRUED K4.8 MILLION SALARIES, GRATUITIES AT PARLEY
The Deputy Chief Accountant at the National Assembly of Zambia, Kalan Phiri has told the Lusaka Magistrate Court that former Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo got K4.8 million for his…
ZAMBIA IN 4 BILLION KWACHA FISCAL DEFICIT
The Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) has disclosed that the country’s fiscal deficit stood at 29.2 billion kwacha from the budgeted 25.2 billion kwacha in 2022. Institute…
ZAMBIA’S MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE WORRYING
Zambia is expected to lose over 700 women in 2022 through Maternal Mortality as a result of bleeding after delivery. Ministry of Health Assistant Director Reproductive Health Dr. Angel Mwiche…
COPPERBELT RESIDENTS YEARN FOR ECONOMIC REVIVAL
Citizens in the Copperbelt Province are elated by government’s plans to prioritize the revival of the country’s two mining giants Mopani and Konkola Copper Mines in 2023. Some residents in…
ALLEGED NOTORIOUS DRUG DEALER WHO ESCAPED DEC DRAGNET NABBED
An alleged notorious drug dealer who caused a social media debate months ago after he escaped an arrest at the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Lusaka with a loaded gun…
ELON MUSK TO RESIGN AS TWITTER CEO
Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter’s chief executive officer when he finds someone “foolish enough to take the job”. The billionaire promised earlier to abide by the…
LOAD SHEDDING TO KILL SMALL BUSINESSES – WELDER
A business man in Mufulira District in the Copperbelt Province says the resurgence of load shedding will kill small businesses that fully depend on electricity. Emmanuel Muma, who runs a…