Follow The Zambian Observer, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/the-zambian-osberver Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:03:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NatKEpFgimKzx Some lumpens colluding with UPND to destabilise NDC – Imboela By Isaac Zulu NDC president Saboi Imboela has charged that some lumpens are colluding with UPND in order to destabilize the party. Imboela said the UPND is using state institutions to destabilize and destroy the National Democratic Congress party like they are doing with the […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:41:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NatKEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_Nan1d0VB8z-7c ]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:35:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_Nan1d0VB8z-7c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NalRpWVnEcNkS These are signs of an outgoing govt – Nakachinda These are signs that this is a government that has lost an election that is coming in 2026, says PF secretary general Raphael Nakachinda. Nakachinda has accused Inspector General of Police Graphael Musamba of de-campaigning President Hakainde Hichilema, by abusing the police. Speaking to Daily Revelation […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:35:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NalRpWVnEcNkS https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NanKSkciKEY1s PeP STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT’S SILENCE REGARDING THE CONTINUED DEPRECIATION OF THE KWACHA – ISSUED ON 11TH DECEMBER 2023 Liberty House – Lusaka 1. As Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP), we are concerned that Government has not said anything regarding what they are doing to address the continued depreciation of the Kwacha, which is now trading […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:35:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NanKSkciKEY1s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NapNaYRWadcX6 ]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:35:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NapNaYRWadcX6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NalyOSYGFl6uu Miles, group have no locus standi to cause by-elections – Changala Activist Brebner Changala has said that individuals that want to cause parliamentary by-elections following the expulsions of some Patriotic Front members of parliament have no locus standi to push for that agenda. In an interview, Changala said that the people pushing for the agenda […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:35:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NalyOSYGFl6uu https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NajHgrmwRGUK6 POLICE IN KITWE DISRUPT SCHEDULED PRESS BRIEFING BY KASONDE MWENDABy Michael Kaluba Police in Kitwe this morning disrupted a scheduled press briefing by Economic Freedom Fighters-EFF- and picked up the party President Kasonde Mwenda and his General Secretary Changala Siame. The two opposition leaders, some journalists and other party officials were taken to riverside police […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:35:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NajHgrmwRGUK6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_Naofjc6hd5eWF Lungu, we are also ready for you – Mampa By Oliver Chisenga A MEMBER of the ruling UPND says former president Edgar Lungu should be ashamed to talk about the country’s democratic space which he failed to give the Zambian people during his tenure. Happy Mampa has accused the former president of being bitter and […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:35:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_Naofjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NaoeLGixeGJZp PRESIDENT HICHILEMA PROVIDES ADDITIONAL K10,000 TO BEREAVED FAMILIES December 11th, 2023 CHINGOLA – President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA has provided an additional K10,000 to eachbereaved family of the Senseli Open Pit Mine accident in Chingola district, Copperbelt Province. This has been revealed by Chingola Member of Parliament Chipoka Mulenga in Chingola district where the burial service for […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:34:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NaoeLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NaqgzzHWHxDTV PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE MEETING CRITICISED FOR HAVING NO ZAMBIAN-OWNED COMPANIES AND ENTERPRISES The 2nd Public Private Dialogue Forum is holding a two-day Private Sector Day at Ciela Resort. The meeting has been criticised for leaving out Zambian businesses and Zambian-owned in preference for foreign and multi-national companies. The Public Private Dialogue Forum – PPDF was […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:33:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NaqgzzHWHxDTV https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NarkdRKkm2PJP K11.6 BILLION RELEASED FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMES, PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY, DEBT SERVICE, ARREARS & WAGES In November, 2023, the Ministry of Finance and National Planning released K11.6 billion to finance developmental programmes, public service delivery, debt service and wages. Of this amount, K2.6 billion was released for transfers, subsidies and social benefits, K874.3 million for implementation […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:32:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NarkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NakTXPGaG87AR FAZ SENDS WADA FOR FURTHER STUDIES.. Former Chipolopolo coach Wedson Nyirenda has left for Morocco to commence his CAF Pro License studies under the auspices of the Football Association of Zambia. Nyirenda will join a select group of elite coaches across the continent who will take up this highly demanding but respected program. The first […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:32:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NakTXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NalLv-B9hV9S2 GOVT’S INEPTNESS TO CONCLUDE VEDANTA – KCM DEAL WORRIES ZUPED …. Govt should quickly finalize this deal to avoid speculations Monday… December 11, 2023 (SMART EAGLES) Government’s slowness in finalizing the Vedanta – Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) agreement is worrying, charges the Zambia Unity Peace and Development (ZUPED). ZUPED President Ronnie Jere says the people […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:32:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NalLv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NajErtZyObPkc Verizon, a company that works with communications and technology, plans to make 400 new jobs in Limerick in the next two years. The company is opening a new office in the city to do really good work. Verizon is a large company that offers communication services like phone calls, internet and video to people all […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:31:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NajErtZyObPkc https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NantuT6pSmY81 Tanzanian officials are looking into people on social media who are spreading lies about Vice President Philip Mpango‘s health. Mr Mpango appeared in public on Sunday after being away for more than a month. People were relieved and the rumors about his death were finally put to an end. The Information Minister, Nape Nnauye, has […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:31:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NantuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_Naioxzwoq1nFt A priest from the Catholic church in Nebraska was killed in an attack at the church rectory. The police found Reverend Stephen Gutgsell and the person who attacked him in the church after they received a 911 call on Sunday morning in the small Fort Calhoun community. The 65-year-old priest died in a hospital in […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:31:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_Naioxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_Naq7VFky8BpXO Authorities in Connecticut said a 52-year-old Kenyan man traveled to the United States and tried to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife after she fled to the country with their children. According to Law & Crime, the accused, identified as Leonard Thuo Mwithiga, previously had his wife locked up in a mental health […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:30:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_Naq7VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_Naqbel3Iu4GjH Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, president of Uganda has taken a swipe at the American government over the issue of same-sex marriage criminalization in the East African nation. Speaking at a National Thanksgiving event on December 10, 2023; Museveni said pressure and threat of sanctions on Ugandans by “foreigners” was a waste of time. “Some of the […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:30:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_Naqbel3Iu4GjH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NaiRFMxTa8z4W TikTok and Indonesian company GoTo have agreed to work together to bring back TikTok’s online shopping in Indonesia. The company, which is owned by a Chinese company called Bytedance, wants to invest more than $1. 5 billion in the long run in Indonesia’s largest online shopping website, Tokopedia. In October, the TikTok Shop closed in […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:30:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NaiRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NapONpYks2fGs Donald Trump says Mar-a-Lago is very valuable, like the famous painting Mona Lisa. But people are trying to figure out exactly how much it’s worth in a trial that could harm his family’s business. It’s a number that everyone disagrees on – from $18 million to over $1 billion. During the 10-week trial in New […]]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:30:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ueGzjmHIy3YXqe2mci_NapONpYks2fGs