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Simbyakula to study Kumar’s deportation
By TEDDY KUYELA THE Ministry of Home Affairs says it is still studying the appeal against deportation by former Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) chief executive officer Kishore Kumar. Mr Kumar was deported...
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Torrential rains leave parts of Lusaka flooded
RESIDENTS of flood prone areas around Lusaka are already feeling the effects of the lack of proper drainages. At Kuku market, it is business as usual as marketeers trade in a flooded environment...
View ArticleNew Constitution: Government still committed
THE hue and cry the nation has witnessed in the last week is unjustifiable because the government has assured that the constitution-making process is on schedule. It is absurd for opposition parties...
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‘He’s not Sampa’s son’
PURPORTED journalist Esnart Ngoma being taken into Police custody “for her own protection” in Lusaka. …woman dismisses claims she has child with minister By STAFF REPORTERS A woman whose son is...
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Luapula PS dismisses Mwila lack of development claim
LUAPULA Province permanent secretary Chanda Kasolo with some officials at Samfya District Hospital recently. – Picture by CHRIS NDHLOVU. By ALVIN CHIINGA LUAPULA Province permanent secretary Chanda...
View ArticleMopani should utilise sulphuric acid to make fertiliser
Dear editor, I SYMPATHISED with President Sata when he expressed deep sorrow and regret at the death of asthmatic Mufurila district commissioner Beatrice Mithi, after she allegedly inhaled sulphur...
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FISP distribution nears completion
By TRYNESS MBALE GOVERNMENT it has completed the distribution of D Compound fertiliser and seed to farmers except for urea which is expected to be dispatched by end of this month, Minister of...
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How to break spirit of poverty (Part II)
By MAKWETI SISHEKANU THIRD world countries, Zambia included, are naturally endowed with wealth in the earth; meaning they have the seed, and attempts to be fruitful are there. Unfortunately, the...
View ArticleFarmer, 69, steals shoe polish
By NANCY SIAME A 69-YEAR-OLD farmer of Kasama and his 40-year-old co-accused have been jailed for stealing shoe polish worth over K400 from Shoprite in Ndola. Ndola Magistrate, Chitundu Chongo, on...
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15 years not enough for sexual offenders – judge
By TEDDY KUYELA LUSAKA High Court Judge Chalwe Mchenga says the 15 years minimum sentence for sexual offenders is not deterrent enough. Mr Mchenga said despite the enactment of the Penal Code Amendment...
View ArticleIrrigation project to benefit 7,000 farmers
By KALONDE NYATI GOVERNMENT has embarked on an irrigation project that will promote irrigation-based agriculture among 7,000 smallholder farmers. Provincial agricultural co-ordinator Andrew Banda said...
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Killer dad warned wife: I’ll make history
FLORENCE Sinkende arrives at her former house petrol-bombed by her estranged polygamous husband Paul Phiri. The suicide mission caused the death of Phiri and his seven children, among them a...
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Chikwanda steers Finance
Kapeya dismisses reports that Finance Minister has quit By TEDDY KUYELA CHIEF Government spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya has refuted media reports suggesting that Minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda has...
View ArticleCouncils must diversify into farming
FOR a long time now councils have been wallowing in serious financial challenges to an extent that they have been keeping their workers without pay for months on end. Ever since the Government embarked...
View ArticleKambwili writes disciplinary committee over Chungu
By ELIZABETH CHATUVELA PATRIOTIC Front (PF) youth chairperson Chishimba Kambwili has sought the intervention of the ruling party’s disciplinary committee against Luanshya Central member of Parliament...
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Renard sings Sunzu, Sinkala praises
By VICTOR KUMWENDA FRENCH side Sochaux coach Herve Renard says stopilla Sunzu is one of the best defenders in Africa and is a necessary cog in ‘Operation Save Sochaux’. And Renard says he signed Sunzu...
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Chikwanda dignified, cannot resign like new-comers – Munkombwe
From NANCY MWAPE in Choma MINISTER of Finance Alexander Chikwanda has a dignified reputation to safeguard and cannot resign from his position like “new-comers” in politics, says Southern Province...
View ArticleState to aid incestuous couple’s children
By BARBARA CHANDA MINISTER of Community Development, Mother and Child Health Joseph Kasonde says the ministry is assessing the plight of the abandoned children of the incestuous couple of Serenje. Dr...
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Fr Bwalya pleads not guilty
ALLIANCE for Better Zambia (ABZ) president Father Frank Bwalya has pleaded not guilty in a Kasama Magistrate’s Court to defaming President Sata and proposing violence. And Principal Resident Magistrate...
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Sata’s my dad, says Masumba
By CLAVER MUTINTA MUFUMBWE member of Parliament Stephen Masumba says he is not waiting for a President Sata ‘miracle’ that could give him back his deputy minister job as he awaits a court decision...
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