BUS FARE INCREMENT AFFECTS LONG DISTANCE KATETE TRAVELLERS

Some Bus station operators and their workers in Katete have asked government to find means in which the price of fuel can be reduced as the situation is so bad to the bus owners and operators to determine the fares, as a lot of people so far have stopped travelling because their are failing to … Read more

RTSA CRACKS DOWN ON UNLICENSED PSV DRIVERS IN LUSAKA

PRESS STATEMENT Lusaka- 9th September, 2018 – The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) Has resolved to remove all unlicensed and bad Public Service Drivers (PSV) drivers from the road. RTSA Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Zindaba Soko, who led a combined team of RTSA and Zambia Police officers on Saturday during an on … Read more

HEARTBROKEN DAD COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER THE VEHICLE HE WAS DRIVING OVERTURNED AND KILLED HIS WIFE, SON AND NEPHEW

A 31-YEAR old driver in Namwala District has committed suicide by hanging after the vehicle he was driving overturned and killed his wife, son and nephew. Kasary Chikampa of Chief Muchila in Namwala district of Southern Province who was driving a Toyota Hilux Registration number No. 3402 overturned killing three members of his family. Upon … Read more

Bloody Easter leaves 26 dead and 59 seriously injured

Press Release 4th April, 2018, Lusaka: The Zambia police yesterday announced that 26 people were killed during this past 4-day Easter holiday weekend compared to 17 people who were killed during the same period in 2017. The police also said 260 crashes were recorded compared to 212 crashes during the same period in 2017. And … Read more

Zambia's Road deaths drop in 2017, a very welcome development

Lusaka, Tuesday, 16 January 2018: 1989 people died on Zambian roads in 2017, according to the latest Zambia Police statistics released today. That is a 10% drop in the number of road deaths recorded in 2016 and 217 less deaths compared to 2017. Daniel Mwamba, Chairperson of the ZRST, said: “While one death is one … Read more