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NCC forms Taskforce to monitor CDF projects

By Paul Shalala The National Council for Construction -NCC- has formed a Task-force to monitor Constituency Development Funds -CDF- projects countrywide to avoid shoddy works. NCC Executive Director ERNEST NSHINDANO says the Task-force will be raising red flags for any contractor whose performance is below the prescribed standards because it wants to ensure government gets

Zambia to have an International Arbitration Centre

By Paul Shalala The Law Association of Zambia -LAZ and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators have set up the Lusaka International Arbitration Centre which will mediate in commercial matters. LAZ President LUNGISANI ZULU says the Arbitration Centre will help decongest the courts of law and resolve commercial matters in a quicker way. Speaking during a

Street vendors ordered to go back to the markets

By Memory Bbuku Local Government and Rural Development Minister GARY NKOMBO has directed that all street vendors must go back to designated trading places by Monday 16th January, 2023. AND Mr. NKOMBO says his  ministry working with local authorities will implement measures to address the increase in covid-19 cases and avert any  possible Cholera outbreak.

Defence Force to release names of shortlisted applicants

By Mary Kachepa Government says names of shortlisted applicants to be recruited for commissioned and non commissioned officers in the Defence Force will be released next month. Defence Minister AMBROSE LUFUMA says the Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force and the Zambia National Service have been shortlisting applicants who met the requisite entry qualifications set out

External debt increases

By Paul Shalala Zambia’s external debt has risen to US$13.6 Billion Dollars as at September 2022, from US$13 billion in 2021. Finance and National Planning Minister SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE has attributed the rise to loans which were borrowed for projects Currently running. Dr. MUSOKOTWANE says the projects are significant to the country and they could not

Zambians Living In Angola Urged To Invest Back Home

By Mercy Ngoma President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA has called on Zambians living in Angola to make investments back home in needy areas such as power generation. President HICHILEMA says currently Zambians in the country and those outside have close to two billion dollars in the country’s financial system which is not being utilized. He has assured

Drug-resistant gonorrhoea strain detected in Nairobi

(BBC) Researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) say a new strain of gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted disease resistant to standard antibiotics, is circulating in the capital, Nairobi, especially among female sex workers. Those behind the study blame misinformation as some sex workers, who are on a daily HIV prevention pill, believe it will
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