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Zambia: Female Students Counselled - Don't Be Teacher's Mattress
By Sylvester MwaleMulungishi University Vice-Chancellor Hellicy Ng'ambi has advised incoming students to tell off teachers and lecturers seeking sexual favours to avoid ruining their future and that of the country. Prof Ng'ambi said during Open Day on Friday that male lecturers and teachers would always want to trade good marks with sex, but it was important for girls to be firm and refuse to be used as sexual objects.
Zambia: Health Minister Warns Against Complacency in Cholera Fight
By Sylvester MwaleHealth Minister Chitalu Chilufya has warned against complacency in the fight against cholera even if the disease is on the verge of being contained after months of intense measures to stop the epidemic which killed more than 70 people. Dr Chilufya said there was need for Zambians to maintain high levels of cleanliness to ensure that the disease and water borne illnesses were completely eradicated and prevented.
Zambia: Commandos Join Search for Drowned Serenje Children
By Sylvester MwaleA team of 15 marine commandos from Ndola has been deployed to search for the bodies of six children who drowned during a boat cruise at a farm dam in Serenje district in Central Province. And parents of drowned children have expressed anger at the failure by police to arrest the suspect despite evidence suggesting there was neglegency by the boat operator.
Zambia: Kalaba, Kambwili Making 'Wild Outbursts' - Chisopa
By Sylvester Mwale and Rabecca ChipantaPatriotic Front (PF) Mkushi South Member of Parliament Davies Chisopa has described as 'wild outbursts' the allegations of corruption made by former ministers Chishimba Kambwili and Harry Kalaba. Mr Chisopa said the allegations by the two Members of Parliament were a manifestation of their failure to manage their frustrations.
Zambia: Central Cholera Interventions Bear Fruit
By Sylvester Mwale and Passy HaachizoCHOLERA cases in Central Province have significantly reduced in the past few days following the ongoing interventions that have seen the removal of vendors from the streets and closure of unsanitary buildings. Kabwe, Kapiri Mposhi and Mumbwa districts have each recorded one death from the disease since it was detected in the province last week but new cases have been rare throughout the region.
Zambia: Kabwe Court Records 115 Convicted Drivers
By Sylvester MwaleMORE than 115 drivers were convicted by the Kabwe Magistrate Court last year for causing death by dangerous driving mainly on the Great North Road. Kabwe High Court Judge Charles Zulu said the court also deal with 86 cases of defilement and 71 murder cases of which 59 were disposed of while others were still pending.
Zambia: Red Locusts Resurface in Mumbwa
By Sylvester MwaleAUTHORITIES in Mumbwa District in Central Province say the red locusts - the crop-eating grasshoppers which wreaked havoc last farming season - have resurfaced in Chief Shakumbila's area. District Commissioner Felix Ndopu said more than 30 hectares of farmland had been affected by the insects and that farmers were now panicking to save the crop from being completely devoured by the grasshoppers.
Zambia: ZCTU Rejects Varsity Unions' Removal
By Sylvester MwaleTHE Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on its affiliates to reject the proposal by Higher Education Minister Nkandu Luo to remove unions from university councils at the three public universities. ZCTU deputy general secretary Elaston Njovu said the decision to remove the three union representatives at the public universities was wicked and should not be allowed to happen.
Zambia: Kabwe Mayor Warns Against Land Grabbing
By Sylvester MwaleKABWE Mayor Prince Chileshe has said the suspension of the land administration agency for the local authority by the central Government does not stop it from preventing land grabbing currently going on. The council lost its land agency to the Ministry of Lands early this year amid serious allegations of corruption and defiance of laws on the administration of land by the local authority.
Zambia: Govt Degazettes Ila Chief
By Sylvester MwaleThe Government has ordered the withdrawal of instruments of power from Chief Shimbizhi of the Ila people in Central Province following the Supreme Court's ruling which annulled his chieftainship. The Supreme Court in August this year dismissed an appeal by Howard Chipinda against the High Court's decision last year that declared he was wrongly installed as Chief Shimbizhi of Itezhi-tezhi District.
Zambia: Deliver 7th National Development Plan or Else, Officers Warned
By Sylvester MwaleCentral Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kabwe has warned principal officers in the region's 11 districts of being fired if they fail to implement various Government programmes under the umbrella of the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP). "If you fail to deliver, me as Permanent Secretary in this province I don't need you! If you fail to perform, just start packing... this country has a lot of human resources who want to work and we have no reason to fail," he said.
Zambia: Two Men Arrested for Homosexuality
By Sylvester MwalePolice in Kapiri Mposhi in Central Province have arrested two men for practising homosexuality after allegedly finding them in the act at a named guesthouse last weekend. A 38-year-old council employee from Ndola, was allegedly found having sex with 30-year-old carpenter from Kapiri Mposhi's Dam area.
Zambia: More Mines Opt for Railway Transport
By Sylvester MwaleMore mining investors and other business houses are now seemingly opting to transport their consignments on railway as opposed to the use of the road. Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) says it has been engaged by a number of mines and other corporate entities to ferry their goods on railway. The railway company has transported 4,000 tonnes of blister copper to Durban in South Africa from Chambeshi Smelter after connecting the Copperbelt mining town to its railway network.
Zambia: Chief Justice Warns Sticky-Fingered Clerks
By Sylvester MwaleCHIEF Justice Irene Mambilima has warned local court clerks in Zambia against corruption and theft of money paid by people filing cases in the country's lowest court. Ms Justice Mambilima said the court officials should ensure that they adhered to proper accounting procedures as they collected fees and fines from members of the public.
Zambia: 'IMF Conditions Are Bearable'
By Sylvester MwaleFORMER Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has welcomed the decision by the Government to seek the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and that the fund's conditions are bearable. Dr Musokotwane, who was a minister in the Rupiah Banda-Cabinet, noted that the current country's economic situation has left government with no option but to borrow from the global organisation to restore sanity in the financial market.
Zambia: Mkushi in Water Pollution Fears
By Sylvester MwaleA FUEL tanker ferrying 35,000 litres of petrol has overturned near the Mkushi River, the main source of water for residents of the town and surrounding areas, raising concerns of a possible spillage into the river. The Zambia Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA) and the Water Resources Management Authority have been directed to assess the possible threat of the spillage to consumers and aquatic life.
Zambia: 150 Houses Collapse Following Heavy Rain
By Sylvester MwaleONE hundred and fifty houses have collapsed in Keembe Constituency in Chibombo, Central Province, following heavy rain experienced in the past two weeks. Meanwhile, the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) has dispatched food hampers as well as 300 iron sheets for the worst affected families to cushion their problems.
150 Houses Collapse in Chibombo, Zambia
ONE hundred and fifty houses have collapsed in Keembe Constituency in Chibombo, Central Province, following heavy rain experienced in the past two weeks. Meanwhile, the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) has dispatched food hampers as well as 300 iron sheets for the worst affected families to cushion their problems.
Zambia: Govt to Hold One Funeral for 25 Road Crash Victims
file photo. By Sylvester MwaleGovernment is considering holding one funeral for the 25 people who died in a road traffic accident in Kapiri Mposhi on Saturday, Central Province Minister Davies Chisopa has said. Meanwhile, 20 victims who included 11 females who died in the accident have been identified, while police officers were yesterday dispatched to search for a nine-year-old minor who was unaccounted for after the accident.
Zambia: Road Works Will Resume Soon - Govt
TRANSPORT, communications, Works and Supply Minister Yamfwa Mukanga says all the road projects that have stalled due to lack of funds will resume in the next few weeks. Mr Mukanga said while it is true that some projects have come to a halt due to lack of money, the Government remained committed to complete all the projects that were started under late president Michael Sata.
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