Category: Gender & health

By Jessie Zimba and Fulman James Mukobeko THE Road Transport and Safety Agency(RTSA) has given a period of 14 days within which motorists should acquire motor vehicle and trailer licenses and road services licenses for the third quarter of 2017. RTSA Spokesperson Fredrick Mubanga said motorists and Public Service Vehicle Operators have been given an extension of up to 14th July 2017 to pay for the required licenses. Mr. Mubanga said there will be no enforcement of the validity of said documents by the RTSA and the Zambia Police until the stated grace period expire. Mubanga said the Agency is...

By Dyson Jayson Bubala in Lusaka’s Mandevu Constituency Demon-possessed Kabamba Mubili of Marapodi compound in Lusaka’s Mandevu Constituency   attempted to commit suicide last Thursday. Narrating the ordeal, Kabamba’s mother Dorcas Mubili disclosed that her 14 year old daughter is demonic and that she has been saying she has been seeing three people in her dreams demanding her blood. Kabamba was rushed to Marapodi Police Post on where she spent in night in police custody. On Friday afternoon, police released her and instead took her to church for prayers. Kabamba’s mother said her daughter‘s life is in danger, disclosing that Satanists...

By Jessie Zimba and Derrick Sinjela UNIVERSAL Peace Federation (UPF) Zambia Chapter Secretary Malimba Masheke says media practitioners in Zambia should freely play their role as the eyes and ears of the public. Officiating at a one-day Media Practitioners Seminar at the Peace Embassy in Lusaka themed: “Responsible Journalism in Pluralistic Society”, General Masheke said no one must thwart media personnel voices on issues of national concern. General Masheke, who served as Zambia’s Prime Minister in the United National Independence Party (UNIP) Government of President Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda, admonished journalists as the Fourth Estate to be vigilant and responsible...