ALVIN CHIINGA, Siavonga
THE arrival for both local and foreign tourists have quadrupled in Siavonga district and nearby tourist destinations over the years especially after the completion of about 132 kilometres of the Bottom Road which runs from Siavonga to Munyumbwe.”
BENEDICT TEMBO, Munyumbwe
In 1958, over 57,000 Gwembe Tonga people were relocated to facilitate the construction of Lake Kariba for a large-scale hydro-electric development project.
The land on which they were resettled was insufficient to sustain their livelihoods, and many later chose to migrate to a frontier zone north and west of the Gwembe Valley to secure additional land for farming. (more…)
BENEDICT TEMBO, Munyumbwe
“WE NEVER imagined that we would see a tarred road in our life time,†Gwembe resident Mubiana Situmbeko says of the (more…)
JIMMY CHIBUYE, Siavonga
THE contractor engaged to upgrade lot one of the 131.5 kilometre (km) Bottom road in Southern Province from gravel to (more…)
CHARLES CHISALA, Lusaka
FORMER deputy minister of Education in the MMD government Chrispin Musosha has commended President Lungu for continuing to implement developmental projects initiated by late President Sata in rural areas.
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CHOMBA MUSIKA Choma
UPGRADING to bituminous standard of the over 100km Bottom road stretching between Sinazongwe and Siavonga districts in Southern Province has advanced.
Gwembe district commissioner Alice Mwiinga said in an interview yesterday that tarring of the road, which meanders through the hills of (more…)
CAROLINE KALOMBA, Siavonga
THE Road Development Agency (RDA) has awarded a K592 million contract to Steffanuti Engineering to tar about 60kms of the Bottom Road in Southern Province.
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