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…after government started transporting oil products through the converted TAZAMA Pipeline

By MILLENNIUM REPORTER

THE Zambia Union of Tanker Drivers and Allied Workers (ZUTDAW) has warned of looming job loss crisis in the sector as some transporters are contemplating laying off workers due to slow business resulting from the decision by government to transport low Sulphur Diesel through pipelines.

Early this year, government commenced the transportation of low Sulphur diesel through TAZAMA Pipeline with a view to reduce the cost of fuel in the country.

Union General Secretary John Changwe is concerned that the job security of members has been compromised and fears what will happen to workers once their employers decide to take the painful decision.

Mr. Changwe is also concerned that while there was the pending job loss crisis in the sector because of the transportation of diesel through the pipeline, there had been no impact in terms of reducing fuel prices.

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Pret a Manger, a sandwich and coffee chain, was handed an £800,000 fine recently after one of its employees became stuck in a walk-in freezer. The employee was trapped in the -18°C freezer for two and a half hours before being found. Reports suggest the employee displayed symptoms of hypothermia as a result.

The Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the poorest countries in the world. Its GDP per capita in 2022 was estimated at US$491 per year.

The public sector should pay if EU demands efficient removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewaters, according to researchers at the Center for Antibiotic Research, CARe, at the University of Gothenburg. Their argumentation analysis, published in the journal Public Health Ethics, raises important questions of responsibility.

By NATION REPORTER

MONGU Municipal Council (MMC) in conjunction with State Police yesterday swung into action and effectively enforced the removal of street vendors in Mongu Central District.

According to a statement council Public Relations Officer Abigail Sitenge the Local Authority also removed all mobile money booths and makeshift stalls that had been erected in undesignated places like road reserves and those mounted on drainages. 

Ms Sitenge said the operation was conducted in Mongu Central Business district, Mongu – Senanga Road and also along Mongu – Lusaka Road in accordance with the Local Government Act No. 2 of 2019, Statutory Instrument (SI) No.12 of 2018 and Urban and Regional Planning Act No. 3 of 2015.

“On 3rd August 2023, the Local Authority issued a Public Notice outlining intentions to remove vendors and later engaged all affected booth owners. This measure was then followed by Radio announcements, public announcements and Community engagements with the affected vendors,” she said. 

She said a 21-day extension was later given to all vendors to relocate to established Council markets and other designated trading areas. 

Ms Sitenge said the Local Authority was happy to announce that so far, over 50 street vendors out of the 109 that were captured have moved into markets. She said affected and prospective mobile money booth owners were advised to engage the council through the Department of Planning before erecting any temporal structure and acquaint themselves with the terms and conditions of their temporal permit issued to them. 

Ms Sitenge said Council Police Officers working together with State Police would continue to monitor compliance levels following the clean up this morning.

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Resistant starch is a non-digestible fiber that ferments in the large intestine, and consumption of it has previously been shown to have a positive effect on metabolism in animal studies.

Female kidneys are known to be more resilient to disease and injury, but males need not despair. A new USC Stem Cell-led study published in Developmental Cell describes not only how sex hormones drive differences in male and female mouse kidneys, but also how lowering testosterone can “feminize” this organ and improve its resilience.

Results of clinical studies published simultaneously in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and in JAMA Network Open demonstrate that measuring children’s looking behavior predicts expert clinical diagnosis of autism in children between ages 16 to 30 months tested with a high degree of accuracy.

Researchers revealed the importance of the transmission of epigenetic information through cell division for embryonic stem cells functionality. This has broad implications for aging, cancer, and regenerative medicine.

The U.S. continues to face stark inequalities in preterm birth and mortality rates between mothers of differing socioeconomic status and race, finds a new report led by UCL researchers.