Musicians get on the cholera act
THELMA BWALYA, Lusaka and NDANGWAH MWITTAH, Livingstone GOSPEL and secular artistes have come together to help fight the cholera epidemic by releasing a song titled Sobemo (Come and Join), which...
View ArticleFighting cancer while HIV positive
MONICA KAYOMBO, Ndola IN FEBRUARY 2013, Medan Chikoma, 48, who is HIV positive and has been on anti-retroviral drugs since 2007, started experiencing unusual menses. When she visited the hospital and...
View ArticleCity go to FIFA
SAMANTHA MZYECE, Lusaka CITY of Lusaka 2000 Plc has requested FIFA to intervene in the club registration issue with the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). City general manager Simataa Simataa said...
View ArticleNomination excites Mumbi Phiri
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka PATRIOTIC Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri is grateful to President Edgar Lungu for nominating her as Member of Parliament. President Lungu’s Special Assistant for Press...
View ArticleLungu initiates probe in delayed Zambia-Saudi projects
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is concerned that some collaborative programmes between Zambia and Saudi Arabia have not been implemented. Mr Lungu said he will send Minister of...
View ArticleThousands vaccinated
PRISCILLA MWILA and SHIKANDA KAWANGA, Lusaka HUNDREDS of thousands of Lusaka residents have temporarily abandoned their usual undertakings to queue up under a scorching sun to get vaccinated against...
View ArticleDynamos hire Kabwe as coach
ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka LUSAKA Dynamos have appointed Dan Kabwe as coach and have tasked him to win the Super Division title this year. Kabwe, who resigned from another Super Division side Power Dynamos...
View ArticleZambia should grow its entrepreneurial base
Analysis: BENEDICT TEMBO ZAMBIA evidently needs to up its entrepreneurial base, which is comparably lower than its neighbours. “An entrepreneurial base relates to available skills in appropriate...
View ArticlePost payments: Secured creditors come first
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka THE Post Newspapers (in liquidation) will sell off assets following a court order to do so and will first pay off secured creditors Unapologetic Company. Manager for recoveries and...
View ArticleState should vaccinate pupils, fumigate schools
Dear editor, I COMMEND Government for the ongoing cholera vaccinations. Government has apart from engaging defence forces and security wings to clean-up selected parts of the capital city and other...
View ArticleZambia takes tourism to Spain
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka ZAMBIA will this week showcase its tourism and trade potential at the Spanish International Tourism and Trade Fair in Madrid, Spain. Minister of Tourism and Arts Charles Banda...
View ArticleFace of national carrier
VIOLET MENGO, Lusaka HER time with Zambia Airways was short but exciting. Mutinta Nkombo was only 18 years old when she joined the national carrier as an air hostess. It is a job that she treasured so...
View ArticleCamara tips Zambia, Cranes
ROBINSON KUNDA, Marrakech, Morocco IVORY Coast coach Ibrahim Camara says Zambia and Uganda are favourites to qualify for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finals from Group B. Camara said...
View ArticleBars restrictions under review, more markets open
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka GOVERNNMENT will today review the restricted operating hours for bars and nightclubs in Lusaka. And all street vendors who were removed from the central business district will...
View ArticleRTSA extends road tax deadline
CHIMWEMWE MWALE, Livingstone THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has extended to January 31 the grace period for motorists to acquire vehicle and road service licences for this year. The agency...
View ArticleUNZA, CBU remain shut
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka ALL tertiary learning institutions will re-open on Monday next week except the University of Zambia (UNZA) and Copperbelt University (CBU). The two universities will only re-open...
View ArticleCOMESA trains border officials
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka THE COMMON Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has trained border officials and traders at 10 border points on simplified trade regime (STR) to improve treatment of...
View ArticleZambia Airways re-establishment positive for growth
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka A DARK cloud fell on employees of Zambia Airways and the nation as a whole when the national carrier, which created almost 2,000 jobs as well as numerous indirect jobs, was...
View Article8 boreholes in Chipata contaminated
DARLINGTON MWENDABAI, Chipata EIGHT out of the 16 boreholes inspected by Eastern Water and Sewerage Company (EWSC) in Chipata last week were found with faecal contamination. And Eastern Province...
View ArticleEnding water blues in Makululu
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Kabwe FOR some years, Evelyn Kunda and members of her family have been experiencing challenges accessing water within a manageable distance. Like other families in Makululu and other...
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