Government denies human rights abuse
By STEVEN MVULA GOVERNMENT has denied any abuse of human rights as alleged by a report compiled by the United States of America. Minister of Justice Wynter Kabimba says the 2012 Zambia Report on Human...
View ArticleFr Bwalya needs moral classes
By ALVIN CHIINGA A GROUP of freedom fighters from Chinsali has castigated controversial Catholic priest Frank Bwalya for his utterances against the Patriotic Front (PF) and President Sata, saying his...
View ArticleEnergy, agric sector need overhaul
By STEVEN MVULA THE Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) has called for a ‘complete overhaul’ of both the energy and agriculture sectors to plug the historical hurdles that led to subsidies in the...
View ArticleAccident leaves 7 injured
By CLAVER MUTINTA SEVEN people are fighting for their lives in the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) after being injured in another road traffic accident on the Great North Road yesterday. The...
View ArticleSata rolls out another varsity
…revokes Ben Phiri’s appointment By ALVIN CHIINGA PRESIDENT Sata is expected in Palabana today to lay a foundation stone for the construction of Palabana University. The visit to Palabana comes barely...
View ArticleAnne Kansiime, Pablo rip Mulungushi centre apart
By NKOLE NKOLE THE organisers promised rib-cracking laughter and that’s exactly what came out of last Friday’s comedy show hosted by the Comedy Lounge and featuring guest Ugandan comedians Anne...
View ArticleMiss NIPA on at Smugglers
By KELVIN KACHINGWE ABOUT nine students are tonight expected to take to the catwalk at the Miss NIPA (National Institute of Public Administration) beauty pageant, to determine who takes over the crown...
View ArticleMount Zion unites for One Love
By KELVIN KACHINGWE IT MAY have started late, but upon setting the stage, it was all systems go for the 32nd Bob Marley Memorial show at Mount Zion in Lusaka West last Saturday, where red, gold and...
View ArticleBurning Youth still burning
By FELIX NYAMBE DURING the last two decades, most music critics and bookmakers had considered reggae outfit Burning Youth as the best thing to have come out of Zambia. If their one-day bash at the...
View ArticleKK’s statue: Reactions
A FORTNIGHT ago, first President Kenneth Kaunda celebrated his 89th birthday amid lots of goodwill messages. I consequently wrote about him, likening him to other great statesmen such as Indira Ghandi,...
View ArticleCompesantion Board records high fraud
By MONICA KAYOMBO THE Workers Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) has witnessed a high incidence of fraud in the recent past, especially among inspectors in key branches. WCFCB commissioner...
View ArticleState contains Levy stadium caterpillars
By NOMSA NKANA GOVERNMENT has managed to contain the caterpillars which invaded Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. Deputy Director of the National Agriculture Information Services (NAIS) Mutakelwa...
View ArticleCatholic Church confident in Chieftainess Nkomeshya
By KAPALA CHISUNKA ULULATION, song and dance characterised the weekend thanksgiving mass held for Senior Chieftainess Nkomeshya Mukamambo II for being elected the first female Chairperson of the House...
View ArticleChenda seeks steel import halt
By ALVIN CHIINGA LOCAL procurement officers buying steel on behalf of government should stop importing the product which is available in Zambia. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Emmanuel Chenda...
View ArticleHH dishonest over subsidies – Munkombwe
SOUTHERN Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe has accused United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema of dishonesty over his criticism against the removal of subsidies. Mr...
View ArticleGBM urges north PF to explain projects
DEFENCE Minister Geoffrey Mwamba has challenged Patriotic Front (PF) officials in Northern Province to explain the development projects Government is carrying out in the region. And Northern Province...
View ArticleKK, Zulu did a lot for Zambia – Sata
PRESIDENT Sata (centre) with first republican President Kenneth Kaunda (left) and former UNIP secretary general Grey Zulu during the Thankgiving mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka...
View ArticleItalian businessmen jet in
By STEVEN MVULA A 15-MEMBER delegation of Italian investors arrived in the country yesterday to explore business opportunities. Counsellor for economic affairs at the Zambian embassy in Italy Trevor...
View ArticleOx-driven cart kills Namwala boy
By CHOMBA MUSIKA A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy has died in Namwala after falling off and being run over by an ox-cart he was travelling in with other passengers. Southern Province commissioner of police Charity...
View ArticleZambia ranked tops
…most promising economy out of 14 countries By WALA CHABALA GOLDMAN Sachs, a full service global investment banking and securities firm, has ranked Zambia as the most promising country in Africa out of...
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