Understanding status of teachers in Zambia today
Analysis: PAILANDE HUMPHREY THE 21st century has witnessed the realisation that education is the panacea for the development impasse facing the third-world countries, and Zambia in particular. The...
View ArticleZambia Airways to lift off with 2 Boeings
HONE SIAME, Lusaka ZAMBIA Airways will buy two Boeing planes which will be used for the domestic and southern Africa market when it starts operating in June next year. It will also be working with one...
View ArticleGovernment to chart way over seatbelts on passenger vehicles
Ask RTSA: THE behaviour of road users is the main cause of road crashes that result in injuries and deaths. There are many risk factors involved in increasing injury severity in the event of an...
View ArticleSeka Seka market re-opening cheers traders
BENEDICT TEMBO, Lusaka IF THEY were not laughing as the name of their trading place, Seka suggests, Kaunda Square Stage One residents were overjoyed when Zambia National Service commandant Nathan...
View ArticleThink tank ranks Zambia in top 5
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka ZAMBIA has been ranked fifth most attractive mining destination in Africa by a Canadian think tank due to the country’s stable investment and political environment. According to...
View ArticleNevers shuts up
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka FORMER MMD president Nevers Mumba has opted not to give evidence in a matter in which he has been found with a case to answer over corruption charges. Mumba has been charged...
View ArticleSichone nods Super Division improvement
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) assistant technical director Moses Sichone is impressed with the improvement of the Super Division. Sichone said the Super Division has...
View ArticleUNAIDS hosts HIV awareness fashion show
NKOLE NKOLE, Lusaka IN ORDER to fight actively and collaboratively to end AIDS, a group of Zambian women met for a round-table dialogue hosted by UNAIDS to discuss the role of women as social...
View ArticleTop firm to rebuild Kariba Dam spillway
CHIMWEMWE MWALE and JACK ZIMBA, Livingstone THE best four contractors in the world have been selected to bid for the US$120 million rehabilitation works of the spillway at Kariba Dam, says Zambezi...
View ArticleNRFA spends over K5 billion on roads
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka THE National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) has this year paid out K5.3 billion after processing 1,400 interim payment certificates (invoices) from contractors for the construction and...
View ArticleMusa Kalaluka is Miss Zambia
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka MUSA Kalaluka, a 20-year-old air hostess, was last Saturday crowned Miss Zambia 2017 after impressing the panel of judges which included Ghanaian actor Jon Dumelo during the...
View ArticleThe night Chief Mweemba escaped death
JIMMY CHIBUYE, Sinazongwe MUBITA Mubita, 19, dreamt of securing a place in the national football team and donning national colours.But alas, his dream will never materialise because he is dead. His...
View ArticleChipolopolo ends 15th
ROBINSON KUNDA and DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka ZAMBIA has ended 2017 on 15th position in Africa and has climbed by one rung to 74th globally, an improvement from last December’s statistics. Last year, the...
View ArticleZambia empowered with $3 million for solar
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka THE World Bank Group has approved about US$3 million to increase solar energy generation in Zambia. The International Development Association (IDA) guarantee of up to US$2.8...
View ArticlePF ready for talks, UPND dilly-dallies
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka PATRIOTIC Front secretary-general Davies Mwila says the party has not set any conditions for dialogue with other political players. And UPND secretary-general Stephen Katuka says...
View ArticlePolice probe baby donor
CATHERINE MUMBA and NANCY SIAME, Lusaka POLICE in Lusaka have arrested two women who allegedly connived to have one of them register her pregnancy in the name of the other. The arrangement was that...
View ArticleInflux of salaula killing shoe, clothing industry
Dear editor, ALLOW me to express my views on what I have observed and seen to be a silent killer of the foot & clothing industry and SME growth in Zambia. The foot and clothing industry is one of...
View ArticleKariba Dam rehab works start
CHIMWEMWE MWALE and JACK ZIMBA, Livingstone WORKS on the plunge pool, which is part of the US$294 million Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project (KDRP), have commenced, says Zambezi River Authority (ZRA)...
View ArticlePS sheds tears of joy on acquittal
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka FORMER Ministry of Energy permanent secretary Charity Mwansa yesterday broke down after the magistrate’s court acquitted her of corruption charges. The court also acquitted...
View ArticleChipolopolo rise on FIFA ranking cheers players
ROBINSON KUNDA, DIANA CHIPEPO and CECILIA ZULU, Lusaka DEFENDER Donashano Malama says the Chipolopolo rise on the FIFA Coca-Cola world rankings will motivate the players at next month’s African Nations...
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