Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts published in “Day: January 30, 2023

Calls For Konkola Copper Mines Boost Intensify

[Times of Zambia] THE contentious issues surrounding Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) have triggered varying concerns, as rallying calls for Vedanta Resources Limited to return to the giant mining firm intensify amid plummeting business opportunities on the ...

‘Super’ Muzala reigns

By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA At Levy Mwanawasa Stadium – COMMONWEALTH champion Muzala Samukonga yesterday led the way in qualifying for the Accra 2023 African Games on an exciting day that saw three Zambians qualify from one competitive race.

Read more

Calls for KCM boost intensify

By A Special Correspondent – THE contentious issues surrounding Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) have triggered varying concerns, as rallying calls for Vedanta Resources Limited to return to the giant mining firm intensify amid plummeting business opportunities on the Copperbelt and other areas.Many interest groups, including trade unions, civil society, suppliers and contractors have cried blue […]

New Dawn govt works on enhancing job opportunities for all

By Dr Martin Mushumba – It is not a nice feeling to be jobless.Not only to the affected individual but also to the rest of society that is missing out on what that individual can offer.The state of joblessness is depressing, especially that no one chooses to be jobless.Seeing our brothers and sisters fighting to […]

Pesticides usage amid increased rainfall:

FIFTY-ONE years ago, the world came together for the Stockholm Conference. It marked the beginning of the environmental movement on a global scale.Five decades later, our reliance on this beautiful blue planet, and the stresses we place upon it, are more evident than ever.According to latest available data, what humanity is currently consuming from mother […]

Autism Spectrum Disorders

IN today’s article, we will be looking at a developmental disability that may be caused by differences in the brain.The behavioural symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often appear early in a child’s developmental stage, which may be from 12 to 18 months or even earlier.A 2021 research by the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) […]

When GBV leads to divorce

GENDER-based violence (GBV) has been recognised as an international public health and human rights issue as it has left so many negative effects on victims.The social vice has not only been seen to be a driver of extreme poverty in some sectors of society but also a leading cause of domestic violence that has led […]

‘Set up more local microfins’

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Government has called for an increase in the establishment of local micro finance companies to help improve access to finance by small-scale businesses. Read more

5 die in freak accidents

By DAVIS MATAKA – Three toddlers and two adults of two Sinazongwe families have perished in separate freak accidents.Two toddlers from the same family, aged between three and four, of Bbune village in Chief Sinazongwe’s area died instantly after they consumed contents of an unidentified cotton pesticide which they mistook for sugar and put it […]

Chilufya Tayali nabbed over online hate speech

By JAMES KUNDA – ECONOMIC and Equity party leader Chilufya Tayali has been arrested by police in Lusaka for alleged hate speech in the recent remarks he allegedly made and posted on various social media platforms. Read more

India offers Zambia 400MW solar power

By CHUSA SICHONE – INDIA has offered 400 megawatts (MW) of solar power to Zambia under the International Solar Alliance (ISA) arrangement, High Commissioner to Zambia Ashok Kumar has disclosed.

Read more

Kitwe man goes in 20 years for defilement

By ESTHER NG’ANDU – THE Kitwe High Court has sentenced a 30-year-old man of Kitwe to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling an eight-year-old-girl.This is a case in which Martin Kapalu was charged with one count of defilement co...

The 51 houses are mine , Tanzanian businessman tells court

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – A TANZANIAN business executive, Uziel Bashire has told, the Economic and Financial crimes court, that he is the owner of the 51 houses in Chalala , Lusaka and only engaged senior accountant at the Ministry of Fin...