Crowd up for Nollywood humour
NKOLE NKOLE and MATTHEWS KABAMBA, Lusaka NOLLYWOOD stars Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme, popularly called Aki and Pawpaw, last weekend held successful sold-out shows in Kitwe and Lusaka. The pair...
View ArticleKeeping the promise on infrastructure
CHARLES CHISALA, Lusaka A KNOT of children cheers as a young operator nudges a yellow grader along the edge of a road under construction near Kanyama Hospital in Lusaka’s Kanyama Constituency. At the...
View ArticleDaka, Mupopo win top awards
ROBINSON KUNDA and MATHEWS KABAMBA, Lusaka NATIONAL team striker Patson Daka was yesterday named sportsman-of-the-year while runner Kabange Mupopo got the top award in the women’s category. Daka was...
View ArticleInflation closes year at 6.1%
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka THE year-end annual inflation rate has improved to 6.1 percent from 7.5 percent last December. And Zambia has recorded a second trade surplus this year valued at K421.7 million in...
View ArticleChiluba Jr sued over cell phone
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka FORMER President Frederick Chiluba’s son, Frederick Chiluba Junior, has been dragged to court for allegedly stealing a Samsung cell phone. The 33-year-old Chiluba Jr, who is...
View ArticleGatherings banned
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka PUBLIC gatherings, including funerals, have been banned in some parts of Lusaka to step up efforts to curb the further spread of the highly contagious cholera, which has claimed...
View ArticleMay God bless Dr Chitalu Chilufya
Dear editor, I WAS touched by the picture showing health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya surrendering his ministerial vehicle to transport a patient to UTH (ZDM 13/12/17). According to the picture by...
View ArticleZamtel Flats tenants sued
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka THIRTY-TWO tenants of Zamtel Flats in Lusaka’s Ibex Hill have been sued by Lake Road Village Association, which manages the apartments, for failing to pay maintenance fees....
View ArticleJust Slim raps about his HIV
ZIO MWALE, Lusaka AT 14, award -winning HIV|AIDS activist Paul Banda was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB), a disease he never understood. At the age of 15, he tested HIV positive. But now aged 28, he...
View ArticleKalu salutes Liberia President Weah
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka FOOTBALL icon Kalusha Bwalya has congratulated Liberia President-elect George Weah saying footballers always answer to the call of duty. Kalusha said in an interview yesterday...
View ArticlePrisoners given prison break
ZIO MWALE, Lusaka THE Zambia Association of Musicians (ZAM), which has been working with prisoners for the last three years, took time of their Christmas period to again spend time with the convicts at...
View ArticleWho came visiting home?
NKOLE NKOLE, Lusaka THE catchphrase for Zambia’s new foreign policy is now economic diplomacy. Zambia was visited this year by various heads of State both from within and outside Africa. The importance...
View ArticleMohamed stakes ABU crown against ‘dad’
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka TWO orthodox-styled boxers will today contest for the Africa Boxing Union (ABU) flyweight belt when 20-year-old Ibrahim Muwowo Mohamed battles South African Dalisizwe Komani, 35,...
View ArticleCurb illicit money flaws – ZCTU
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka THE Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has urged Government to strengthen its collaboration with other countries in curbing illicit financial flaws in Africa as evidenced in...
View ArticleKapoko back behind bars
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka BARELY a day after former Ministry of Health human resource officer Henry Kapoko said he was too unwell to be in custody, doctors at the University Teaching Hospital certified...
View ArticleArmy joins cholera fight
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka PRESIDENT Lungu has directed all the three wings of the Defence Force to join the Ministry of Health and Lusaka City Council in escalated efforts to contain cholera in the city....
View ArticleKaoma farmers in limbo
CHRISTINE CHISHA, Kaoma FARMERS in Kaoma are in limbo. While they want to enrol for the electronic voucher because of the benefits it has for them, they are being dissuaded by reports of satanism....
View ArticleWarriors, Chikwanda part ways
ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka SUPER Division side Kabwe Warriors have parted company with coach Elijah Chikwanda and his assistant, Levy Chabala. Chikwanda and Chabala joined Warriors in July this year to replace...
View ArticleNew Year’s resolutions in the hood
Torn Apart: BOYD PHIRI TODAY marks the end of 2017. It’s that time again when people develop fantasies of self-reform, I mean, every end of year individuals make resolutions to change their course of...
View ArticleCoffin scares son-in-law
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka A FOURTY-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka’s Chunga area has pleaded with the Matero Local Court to dissolve his marriage of 14 years after he found a coffin outside his house after an...
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