Ugandan pop star and MP Bobi Wine has been prevented from leaving the country to seek medical treatment despite being granted bail. He, and 32 opposition politicians, were charged with treason last week, following the alleged stoning of President Yoweri Museveni’s convoy. The BBC reports that the judge gave Bobi Wine bail and said he…
Minister of Labour and Social Security Joyce Simukoko has called for the speedy offloading of the remaining National Pension Schemes Authority -NAPSA- houses in Kalulushi on the Copperbelt. NAPSA has so far sold-off 242 houses out of the 438 housing units to its tenants from the time they were advertised last year. The houses range…
Konkola Copper Mines -KCM- in Chingola has not paid its contractors and suppliers of goods and services despite the elapse of the seven-day ultimatum that Government issued for the mining firm to do so. And aggrieved mine contractors and suppliers have now turned their grievances to Labour Minister Joyce Simukoko who was in Chingola on…
A latest release of the Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) compliance monitoring program has revealed that out 51 health training institutions inspected only 6 were complaint to laid down standards. The council’s inspection, which was conducted across the Country on the 30th of June this year, revealed that 31 institutions were only partially complaint…
The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has advised government to start regulating the inflow of foreign nationals in Zambia. The ZCTU particular wants government to regulate inflow of Chinese nationals to avoid over population through labor migration. ZCTU Deputy Secretary General Elaston Njobvu says the regulation of foreign nationals will help arrest the situation…
The opposition UPND has demanded that government from now on start paying civil servants on time. UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says his party is dismayed and alarmed that it has now become a perpetual habit of government to delay payment of wages to civil servants. Mr. Hichilema says the UPND has taken note that every…
The Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute -IAPRI- says emphasis and promotion of maize production has been detrimental to the growth of fish and livestock sectors. IAPRI Executive Director Chance Kabaghe says Zambia has for long invested in maize production with a surplus still recorded even with droughts and army worms. He says the country now…
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