Another kind of therapy
KAPALA CHISUNKA, Lusaka ANDREA Mwalula walks into the Twende Education for All learning centre at the Cancer Diseases Hospital in Lusaka as a group of children call out her name. Their faces...
View ArticleMulenga dedicates award to daughter
ROBINSON KUNDA and MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe ZANACO midfielder Augustine Mulenga has dedicated the best player award to his late daughter, Hope, who died on the eve of Zambia’s 2018 Russia World Cup...
View ArticleThere’s no love, go for divorce
MWILA NTAMBI, Kitwe THE Buchi Local Court has dismissed a case in which a Kitwe husband dragged the wife to court for reconciliation and has instead advised the couple to go for divorce as it is clear...
View ArticleBeer drives Chainama cases
DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka CHAINAMA Hills Hospital in Lusaka says there has been an upsurge in the number of men being diagnosed with alcohol-related mental illnesses this year. Hospital public relations...
View ArticleDefence industries coming, says Chama
CHRISTINE CHISHA, Lusaka and NDANGWA MWITTAH, Livingstone GOVERNMENT is in the process of establishing professionally operated defence industries with bias towards manufacturing in Chipata city. And...
View ArticleMob attacks chief
BUTTYSON KANDIMBA, Solwezi CHIEF Chikola of the Lamba people in Mushindamo district in North-Western Province was attacked by a mob after residents of Messenger’s compound in Solwezi allegedly...
View ArticleTEVETA’s role in technical, vocational education
TEVET Forum: CURRENTLY, education is not only a social service, but a money-making service. Offering training is a way of earning income and empowering society. Additionally, the economy demands...
View ArticleZesco boss wants Champions League triumph
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe ZESCO Limited managing director Victor Mundende has directed Zesco United to win the CAF Champions League next year and three other silverware on the local front. And Zesco...
View ArticleEnergy integration overpowers SADC
PATSON PHIRI, Lusaka THE SADC-East Africa electricity interconnector project linking Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya is fast overtaking achievements recorded by the regional bloc’s long journey of...
View ArticleSocial cash scheme gets DFID boost
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka BRITAIN, through the Department for International Development (DFID), has handed over motor vehicles, motorbikes, bicycles and office equipment to the Ministry of Community...
View ArticleNight travel ban: Road safety vs economic interest
VIOLET MENGO, Lusaka ROAD experts agree that night driving presents unique challenges, such as increasing the risk of accidents which claim lives and cause serious injuries. The Road Transport and...
View ArticleBirthday death
STEPHEN PHIRI, Lusaka FORMER under-17 national team and Chipolopolo midfielder Changwe Kalale died yesterday, a day he was supposed to celebrate his 23rd birthday. Changwe’s father Bernard Kalale said...
View ArticlePF wants ZCID to lead talks
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka THE Patriotic Front (PF) central committee has resolved to participate in the Commonwealth-led political dialogue but wants the Zambia Centre for Inter-party Dialogue (ZCID) to...
View ArticlePolice not above the law – Kanganja
MWILA NTAMBI, Chingola INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has warned officers against unethical conduct that leads to arbitrary arrests, over-detentions and abuse of the power vested in them....
View ArticleForeigners to get chop
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka GOVERNMENT is formulating a policy to reduce the tenure of land ownership by foreigners from the current 99 years to 25 years. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Jean...
View ArticleWTO conference ends without deal
NANCY MWAPE, Buenos Aires, Argentina THE 11th World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference ended last week after three days of intensive negotiations without any substantial deals reached by...
View ArticleAddress diversification process bottlenecks, JCTR urges State
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka ECONOMIC growth generated from a cross-section of sectors is more likely to evenly distribute incomes among the population and reduce poverty and inequality, the Jesuit Centre for...
View ArticleChinsali to become livestock centre- DC
MWILA NTAMBI, Chinsali CHINSALI District Commissioner Maximo Chitambi says the district is poised to become a livestock centre of excellence in view of the ongoing investments meant to enhance people’s...
View ArticleWorld Vision drills 20 boreholes
MAYENGO NYIRENDA, Nyimba WORLD Vision Zambia has drilled over 20 boreholes and constructed 20 pit latrines at a cost of K1.3 million in Nyimba district in Eastern Province. The boreholes have been...
View ArticleA sudden departure: Patrick Jabani’s journey
MWAPE MULUBWA, Lusaka ON Sunday, 10th December, 2017, Patrick Jabani asked his family to accompany him for a lunch outing at the Arcades Shopping Mall, about ten minutes’ drive from their residence in...
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