Fake drug threat: What to do
SCOTT MATAFWALI, Kitwe THE problem of substandard and falsified medical products was once considered to be a problem of developing and low-income countries, but it has now become an issue for all. The...
View ArticleAfDB frees $100m for infrastructure
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka ZAMBIA is among sub-Sahara African countries expected to benefit from the US$100 million fund approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to reduce the huge infrastructure...
View ArticlePolice crossed line, says rights body
MELODY MUPETA, Kitwe INVESTIGATIONS conducted by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) into the riot that occurred at the Copperbelt University (CBU) have revealed that police officers violated the...
View ArticleDaka smells CAF crown
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe NATIONAL team striker Patson Daka has made the final shortlist for the 2017 Confederation of African Football (CAF) young-player-of-the-year award and has thanked God for the...
View ArticleMobile operators fined K3 million
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka THE Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has fined three mobile network operators over K3.1 million for providing poor services to clients. ZICTA has...
View ArticleZambia Police ‘recruits’ 8 Chinese
BENEDICT TEMBO, Lusaka EIGHT Chinese have been enlisted in the Zambia Police Service in the reserve wing. The eight are Zhang Ming (reserve assistant commissioner of police), Wu Chung Min (reserve...
View ArticleAcquit us, submit Mukata, Charmaine
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka CHILANGA Member of Parliament Keith Mukata and his co-accused Charmaine Musonda have asked the High Court to acquit them of murder. The duo argued that the State has failed to...
View ArticlePit-latrines degrading groundwater quality
NEWTON SIBANDA, Lusaka GROUNDWATER resource underlying Lusaka is of critical importance, providing more than half of the city’s current water needs. The downside is that this all important resource is...
View ArticleEx-NOCZ veep wants elections nullified
DIANA CHIPEPO and CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka FORMER National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) vice-president Gabriel Muyinda has joined calls to nullify the December 9 elections alleging they were...
View ArticleInvestigations intensified in missing K3.4 million
CATHERINE MUMBA, Parliament THREE Ministry of General Education officers have been suspended for allegedly stealing over K3.4 million. And Public Accounts Committee chairperson Howard Kunda yesterday...
View ArticleGetting to the bottom of e-voucher hiccups
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka ALTHOUGH agriculture is the largest employer, the sector’s low contribution (8.7 percent) to gross domestic product (GDP) calls for radical strategies to improve production and...
View ArticleInsurance cover for peasant farmers to counter adverse weather
MIKE MUGALA, Chongwe JUST at a point when Emmanuel Chanda is getting frustrated because his maize seed has not germinated, he gets a phone call from Focus Insurance asking him to go and get an extra...
View ArticleWada takes on FAZ
DIANA CHIPEPO and CECILIA ZULU, Lusaka NATIONAL team coach Wedson Nyirenda has expressed disappointment with the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) decision to turn down the Mongu camping ahead of...
View ArticleZambia Airways to hit skies again
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka CABINET has approved the re-establishment of the long-awaited national airline at an initial estimated cost of US$30 million. The airline is scheduled for launch next year and...
View ArticleLafarge fined K99 million over pricing
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka THE Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has fined Lafarge Cement Zambia K99.2 million for alleged over-pricing of its products. But Lafarge Cement Zambia has...
View ArticleChinese cops dropped
SHIKANDA KAWANGA, Lusaka INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has revoked the engagement of eight Chinese in the Zambia Police Service reserve unit. The Chinese were on Monday enlisted in the...
View ArticleDeath of former U-17 player Kalale big blow
Dear editor, IT HAS been said that death is a mystery as it strikes when you least expect. In other words, it is an unwelcome visitor. Good, bad, young and old people alike die. Whatever the cause of...
View Article600,000 e-voucher cards credited
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka OVER 600,000 smallholder farmers out of the targeted one million countrywide have had their cards uploaded with credit to enable them to access inputs under the electronic voucher...
View ArticleZB doubles cassava buying
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka ZAMBIAN Breweries has almost doubled its purchase of cassava from 2,000 tonnes last year to 3,500 tonnes this year. And the company has since increased the number of small-scale...
View ArticleErring officers to pay through the nose
CATHERINE MUMBA, Parliament MINISTRY of General Education Permanent Secretary Henry Tukombe says the process of recovering K611,730 from 25 officers who were overpaid subsistence allowances has been...
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