‘Ritual murder suspect had videos on how to kill’
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka AN ARRESTING officer yesterday narrated in the Lusaka High Court that he discovered a phone belonging to a murder ac-cused person, Christopher Kasapo, containing videos...
View ArticleMission remains same for ZCF
ALVIN CHIINGA, Lusaka WHEN the Presidential Milling Initiative was rolled out in 2015, the objectives were clear; to help reduce mealie-meal prices and create jobs. Two years down the line, the project...
View ArticleWada targets CHAN title
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka NATIONAL team coach Wedson Nyirenda says Zambia’s ultimate goal is to win the African Nations Championship (CHAN) title, which gets underway in Morocco next week. And midfielder...
View ArticlePF welcomes Kalaba’s resignation as blessing
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka PATRIOTIC Front (PF) deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says members of the ruling party should not be shaken by the resignation of Harry Kalaba from Government. She says this is...
View ArticleBring fake news writers to book – State House
PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka STATE House has urged the police and agencies like the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority to quickly bring to book people abusing social media because...
View ArticleSchools to stay closed
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has deferred the opening of all learning institutions countrywide in a bid to prevent the spread of cholera. And 30 traders in Chipata Zone in Lusaka will be taken to...
View ArticleCatholic Church bans meetings
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka THE Archdiocese of Lusaka has banned meetings involving more than six people especially at parishes in cholera affected areas until further notice. Archdiocese pastoral...
View ArticleCAF, FIB nod continental envoys’ participation
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) and First Instance Body (FIB) have given the four Zambian representatives in the 2018 Africa inter-club competitions a green light to...
View ArticleCecilia finds her way in fashion world
PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka AT the age of two, her parents divorced and she had to be brought up by her singer mother. Now aged 20, Cecilia Njovu describes the experience as challenging. Cecilia says it...
View ArticleHow Lusaka celebrated New Year
NKOLE NKOLE and VIOLET MENGO, Lusaka GOING through international media, it was certainly an eventful New Year’s eve for most countries. The New York Times reported that Sydney in Australia, which was...
View ArticleERB fines 32
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has fined 32 companies over K350,000 for breaching licence conditions among them overpricing and selling contaminated petroleum products. ERB...
View ArticleFAZ designs own kit
DIANA CHIPEPO and ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has designed its own kit called KoPa which will be used by all the national teams. The new kit will be unveiled at the 2018...
View ArticleMampi, El Mukuka revel in carnival
KELVIN KACHINGWE, Lusaka NOT for the first time, Mampi and DJ El Mukuka joined leading musicians and sic jockeys on the continent for Jameson Vic Falls Carnival in the resort town of Victoria Falls in...
View ArticleK6 million mukula logs seized at Chirundu, Beitbridge
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has intercepted 22 trucks laden with mukula logs worth over K6 million. Some of the 22 trucks were impounded at Chirundu border post in transit...
View ArticleFood outlets shut over cholera
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has closed several food outlets, including three Hungry Lion outlets in Lusaka, after investigations revealed that their food had traces of vibrio cholera. Pick n’ Pay...
View ArticleNawakwi challenges former ministers
NANCY SIAME and PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka FORUM for Democracy and Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has challenged dismissed ministers and those who have resigned to back their corruption...
View ArticleHow to maintain natural hair
Fashion Trends with ANGELA CHISHIMBA WHILE some people whine about natural hair being kinky and stubborn, a number of women are embracing it as opposed to treated hair. Natural hair needs a lot of care...
View ArticleZAF boss warns against social media abuse
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka ZAMBIA Air Force (ZAF) Commander Eric Chimese has advised citizens against abusing social media for spreading falsehoods. Lieutenant General Chimese (pictured) said it is illegal...
View ArticleSports gatherings banned
LINDA NYONDO and CECILIA ZULU, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has banned sporting gatherings in cholera-prone areas. Minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development Moses Mawere announced the ban at a briefing in...
View ArticleSchool loses 76 teachers in clean-up
STEVEN MVULA and CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka THE Ministry of General Education has transferred 76 teachers from Kabulonga Boys Secondary School in Lusaka to other schools in a bid to “restore sanity” in the...
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