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Various stakeholders have continued airing out their concerns on the decision by University of Zambia UNZA management to bar Over Two Thousand Seven Hundred students from writing their exams.Opposition Socialist Party Copper belt spokesperson Joseph Kangwa has told Mafken FM Radio that the affected students should be accorded the opportunity to sit for exams.Mr. Kangwa […]
The opposition UPND has commenced a process of moving a motion in Parliament against Speaker of National Assembly, Patrick Matibini for allowing PF Secretary General, Davies Mwila to abuse parliamentary privileges for PF MPs who did not vote for the collapsed Bill Number 10 of 2019.Mr. Mwila on the 4th November, 2020, wrote an exculpatory […]
Felix Mutati has disagreed with Government’s argument that the depreciation of the Kwacha is due to the demand of the US Dollar on the Zambian market.As of Monday the 16th of November 2020 the Kwacha was trading on the Foreign Exchange Market at K20 against one US Dollar on overage, a depreciation Republican President Vice […]
The Lusaka magistrate’s court has found opposition National Democratic Congress NDC leader Chishimba kambwili with a case to answer in matter where he is alleged to have defamed President Edgar Lungu.Kambwili was put on his defense yesterday.The matter is before Principal magistrate Felix Kaoma.In this matter, kambwili is said to have accused President lungu of […]
Government awards One Million Dollars contract to a Lusaka car wash to supply vehicles to the Judiciary.The Zambian Government has awarded a little known Car Wash business based in Kabwata in Lusaka a 1 million United States dollars contract to deliver 46 brand new 4×4 vehicles to the Judiciary.Burma Car Wash which also was trading […]
The ruling PF leadership in Southern Province is shocked, but not surprised that the opposition UPND has made a huge celebration out of the collapsed Bill 10. Pf Southern Province spokesperson Trymore Mwenda says the PF in the region has regretted the fall of the Bill, because it was a Bill for the Zambian people. […]
By Staff Reporter A taxi driver identified as Vincent Mwaba aged 28 of Ndola’s katombola area has been attacked and robbed of the vehicle he was working with by two male persons he can identify if seen. The incident occurred on October 13, 2024 around 11 hours near Suse village along Chiwala road in Masaiti […]
By Comfort Nthala The Acton Institute for Policy Analysis Centre (AIPAC) has expressed concern over the delay by President Hakainde Hichilema in appointing a substantive Director General and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Board of Commissioners. AIPAC Executive Director Solomon Ngoma stated tells Mafken News that this perceived delay is concerning, especially following the acting Director General’s […]
By Staff Reporter Butondo Ward Councilor Reuben Mukangwa has announced that works to rehabilitate Butondo Market has started. Mr. Mukangwa says the Market which is the biggest in Kankoyo Constituency has never been rehabilitated since its construction in the 1940s and Marketers have been trading under a deplorable market shelter for many years. The area […]
By Respite Kaoma The Copperbelt University (CBU) is set to construct a state-of-the-art 1,000-seat auditorium at its Riverside campus. The ground-breaking ceremony for the new auditorium took place today at the university premises. CBU Vice Chancellor Professor Imasiku Nyambe in his remarks emphasized that the construction of the auditorium underscores the university’s commitment to enhancing […]
By Staff Reporter Two boys aged 3 and 4 years have drowned in a well in Ndola’s Chipulukusu compound on the Copperbelt province. The incident occurred on October 12, 2024 between 18 and 22 hours and was reported by the boys’ mother Patricia Daka aged 34 years. Brief facts of the matter are that around […]
By Staff Reporter The Advocates for Democratic Governance-ADEG has called on Zambians to support the initiative by the church for dialogue between former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu and President Hakainde Hichilema. Organisation Executive Director Gideon Musonda tells Mafken News that there is a risk of escalated political divisions among followers if not properly checked adding […]
By Staff Reporter The Government, through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has signed 10 contracts for the construction of new Markets and extension of Bus Stations at a cost of one hundred sixty-six million, two hundred ninety-five thousand, four hundred thirty-nine and sixty-seven hundred kwacha. MLGRD Permanent Secretary Administration Maambo Haamaundu […]
By Anthony Chomba Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) secretary general Chileshe Kapwepwe says there is need to raise cancer awareness in the country. Ms Kapwepwe says many people are usually not aware about the prevention and treatment of the disease hence the need for sensitisation. She was speaking during celebrations to mark […]
By Staff Reporter The Zambia Police Service in Mufulira District on the Copperbelt Province marked Humanitarian Day by organizing a cleanup at Kansuswa Cemetery. Speaking during the clean-up exercise District Commanding Officer Patrick Muti emphasized that this initiative is part of a long-term program aimed at enhancing the community’s environment. And Mufulira Municipal Council’s Director […]
By Anthony Chomba Chieftainess Muwezwa of the Ila speaking people in itezhi itezhi District has called on government authorities to deploy enough security ahead of the fish barn. The fish barn comes into effect on 1st December 2024. Chieftainess Muwezwa has told journalists in Lusaka that in most cases the fish barn is just on […]
