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Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. Her son King Charles III said […]
An Ex miner in Mufulira District on the Copperbelt has lamented the low minimum monthly pay he has been getting as compensation from Zambia National Building Society-ZNBS-after he was declared redundant by Mopani Copper mines. On May, 24, 2022, Government through the Workers Compensation Fund Control Board increased the minimum monthly payment for injured workers […]
Over fifteen contractors and suppliers contracted by Mopani Copper Mines have bemoaned lack of payments. The firms have told mafken Fm Radio that scores of employees are being sent home due to Mopani’s failure to settle outstanding debt to contractors. In a statement availed to Diamond News, Mopani Copper Mines has confirmed that it is […]
Lusaka based lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube commonly known as KBF has launched his projected Zambia Must Prosper-ZMP-political party. Mr. Fube has now become President of the party following the launch and whose plans are that of contesting in the 2026 General elections. And speaking during the party official Launch yesterday, Mr. Fube announced that his […]
The opposition Patriotic Front-PF-Chairperson for Information and Publicity Raphael Nakachinda says there is a ploy to arrest former Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo on murder charges so that he does not file his nominations for the upcoming Parliamentary by-elections. Mr. Nakachinda claims that Police on the Copperbelt have been instructed by State House to […]
AN INFERNO has killed a woman, 31, and her seven biological children aged between two and 18 in Katwatwa village of Nsama district in Northern Province. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says the eight were burnt to death on Sunday around 22:00 hours after their grass-thatched house caught fire from a brazier. Mr Hamoonga said in […]
Commuters have called for a reduction in bus fares following a downward adjustment of fuel prices by the Energy Regulation Board ERB on Sunday 31st July, 2022. Flush Buses Proprietor, Ishmael Kankara, has supported calls by commuters to have fares reduced even though most bus operators, particularly drivers, have objected the call. In an interview […]
Opposition Democratic Party leader Harry Kalaba has avoided the confusion in the Democratic Party by stepping down as party leader in readiness to form another Party. Addressing the media yesterday ,Mr. Kalaba says despite resigning from the Democratic Party as party president, he is still confident of winning the 2026 Presidency under a new Party. […]
The Drug Enforcement Commission – DEC has arrested former Patriotic Front Secretary General, Davies Mwila, for being in possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime, contrary to section 71 of the forfeiture of Crimes Act. DEC has not disclosed the nature of the property behind the arrest. But his lawyer Kambwa Aongola […]
Comedian Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenager at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1975, a jury has found. Judy Huth testified to the civil trial that Cosby, 84, had forced her to perform a sex act on him at the venue when she was 16 years old. The jury also ruled that Cosby […]
