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FELIX NKINKE, Lusaka WHEN English Premiership side Arsenal appointed Arsene Wenger as manager in 1996, there was bemusement by the British media which asked on the front pages ‘Arsene who?’ It is...
View ArticleJay Rox releases ‘Daddy Showkey’
THELMA BWALYA, Lusaka AWARD-WINNING musician Jay Rox on Monday released a single titled Daddy Showkey which he says was inspired by Nigerian legendary artiste Daddy Showkey. Jay Rox says the song talks...
View ArticleDaka declares bright future
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe NATIONAL team striker Patson Daka says winning the 2017 Africa-Young- Player-of-the-Year Award is testimony of better things to come in his career. Daka fended off competition...
View ArticleLuapula backs Lungu, wants Kalaba out
CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Mansa HUNDREDS of Patriotic Front (PF) members staged a solidarity march in Mansa yesterday in support for President Lungu and to demand that former Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry...
View ArticleCouncil loses authority to allocate land
HONE SIAME, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has suspended Chongwe Municipal Council as its land administration agency for not following guidelines and procedures. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Jean Kapata...
View ArticleCholera hotspots rise
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka AS MORE eating outlets in Lusaka tested positive for cholera contamination, Government has announced a ban of beer drinking in bars and gatherings in churches that are in areas...
View ArticleChongwe mums in false Xmas, New Year labour
CHRISTINE CHISHA, Chongwe NOT to miss out on either Christmas Day or New Year’s Day, expecting mothers in Chongwe made their way to the district hospital, hoping to deliver and benefit from gifts...
View ArticleHubby finds seven used condoms under pillow
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka WHAT was expected to be a reunion with his wife, turned sour for a 47-year-old man of Lusaka’s Matero East when he found seven used condoms underneath the pillow. Simungoma, who was...
View ArticleBuy soap to ‘wash away’ insults
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka A THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD woman of Lusaka’s George township has been ordered to buy soap for K 2,000 for her neighbour to ‘wash away’ the insults she loaded her with during a squabble...
View ArticleKitwe woman alleges hubby threatens to sacrifice her
MELODY MUPETA, Kitwe A TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD woman of Bulangililo township in Kitwe has alleged before the Buchi Local Court how her husband threatens to use her for ritual purposes whenever they have a...
View ArticleWife chooses parents over marriage
MELODY MUPETA, Kitwe A KITWE woman has lost her marriage for allegedly visiting her parents everyday without the knowledge of her husband. The woman, Cecilia Daka, 20, who was married for five years,...
View ArticleUTH medical records earmarked to enter digital era
DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka THE newly introduced patients’ electronic health record system at Zambia’s highest medical facility, the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has come as a great relief to both...
View ArticleKitwe sex workers shun empowerment
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Kitwe THE Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) has bemoaned the current trend where commercial sex workers on the Copperbelt are shunning Government programmes aimed at empowering...
View ArticleInonge issues motherly talk over cholera
JACK ZIMBA, Lusaka VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has warned Lusaka residents to strictly follow good hygienic practices. She said cholera knows no boundaries and anyone can get sick. “I want to warn the...
View ArticleZesco, Nigerien defender part ways
STEPHEN PHIRI, Lusaka ZESCO United have parted ways with Nigerien defender Ben Banh. Chief executive officer Justin Mumba said in an interview in Ndola yesterday that Banh’s contract was not renewed...
View ArticleISRAELIS JOIN FIGHT
JACK ZIMBA, Lusaka ISRAELI experts have arrived in the country to help combat the cholera epidemic which has now claimed 54 lives in Lusaka. And National Heroes Stadium will now serve as a cholera...
View ArticleNational land titling rolled out
ZIO MWALE, Chongwe FOR Grain Munakampe, 53, of Madido ward in Chongwe district, having a land title deed means his children will live in peace even when he is not around. He was one of the 92 residents...
View ArticleHarsh reality of cholera
BENEDICT TEMBO LIKE the way the biblical John the Baptist preached in the wilderness of Judea, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near,” Zambia National Service (ZNS) Commandant Nathan...
View Article‘Attendants to man water tanks’
PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka LUSAKA Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) has deployed tank attendants in areas where the Zambia National Service (ZNS) is putting up tanks to stop some residents from selling...
View Article‘$1m can save Fallsway Foods’
CHIMWEMWE MWALE, Livingstone FALLSWAY Foods whose assets were seized and are on sale by public auction requires up to US$1 million to stop the auction and reclaim the remaining properties, which are...
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