Lessons well learnt from cholera outbreak
CATHERINE MUMBA THE current cholera outbreak seems to have come with a lot of lessons for Lusaka residents and Zambia as a whole. There has been a sudden transformation in the manner people treat the...
View ArticleZanaco nod Mulenga foreign move
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka ZANACO chairman Edward Mutale says they will not block midfielder Augustine Mulenga if he treks abroad. Mutale said in Lusaka yesterday that the Bankers will not be shocked if...
View ArticlePresident chosen by God, says priest
STEVEN MVULA, Chinsali A CATHOLIC priest has advised President Edgar Lungu not to respond to those attacking his administration. And President Lungu says Zambians must leave him to work with the...
View Article‘Mourinho’ departure no big deal – FDD
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka FORUM for Democracy and Development (FDD) says the decision by its former spokesperson Antonio Mwanza to join the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) is his democratic right. Party...
View ArticleMpulungu Harbour works start June
ESTHER MSETEKA, Mpulungu THE African Development Bank (AfDB) is this June expected to start disbursing funds towards the modernisation of Mpulungu Harbour, Minister of Finance Felix Mutati has said....
View Article$700m project to power North growth
ESTHER MSETEKA, Mbala MINISTER of Finance Felix Mutati says the private sector will inject US$700 million in an energy plant project in Northern Province this year. Mr Mutati said the Kalungwishi Hydro...
View ArticlePrimitive cooking angers President Lungu
STEVEN MVULA, Chama PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu was yesterday upset when he found out that Chama Boarding Secondary School is using firewood to cook food for pupils when the school has electric pots. The...
View ArticleMwila goes AWOL, eyes Russia move
ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka ZAMBIA striker Brian Mwila has gone Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) from South African top side Platinum Stars, and the 23-year-old been linked with a move to Russian side...
View ArticlePupils sent back home from unclean schools
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka THE excitement of getting back to class was curtailed for hundreds of pupils yesterday when some schools sent them back home because health authorities are yet to declare their...
View ArticleHelp schools reopen
THE confusion which characterised the opening day of some public schools in Lusaka could have been averted. Some pupils were turned away because the respective school authorities were uncertain about...
View ArticleUNWTO pledges multilateral relations
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka GOVERNMENT will work closely with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) to promote Zambia’s immense tourist sites to increase the number of international tourists....
View ArticleCongolese nabbed for fake immigration copies
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka THE Immigration Department has arrested a 28-year-old Congolese for being in possession of photocopies of fake immigration permits and endorsement stamps. Public relations...
View ArticleCancer is beatable – leukemia survivor
ZIO MWALE, Lusaka LAST year Maria Nkoma, 24 , was down with leukemia, a type of cancer she has managed to overcome. Her battle with cancer started at a time she least expected. It was sometime in...
View ArticlePower pursuing Lwandamina
DIANA CHIPEPO, MATHEWS KABAMBA, Lusaka, Kitwe POWER Dynamos are courting former national team coach George Lwandamina to take over from Dan Kabwe. Lwandamina is currently calling shots at Tanzanian...
View Article3 firms invest in potatoes in Northern Province
ESTHER MSETEKA, Mbala THREE agro firms have invested over US$10 million in the production of potato and maize seed in Northern Province. AgDevCo in partnership with Buya Bamba and Saise Farming...
View ArticleNFRA toll collection target revised
ESTHER MSETEKA, Mbala GOVERNMENT has revised the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) toll collection target for this year from the initial K845 million to K1 billion due to increased toll plazas. Minister...
View ArticleIndia pumps $18 million into health facilities
STEVEN MVULA, Chama INDIA has released US$18 million for the completion of the remaining health posts of the 650 being constructed countrywide. Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya said Government has...
View ArticleNorth Africa not ideal for our players
Dear editor, I AM particularly impressed with Benedict Tembo’s comment on Zanaco FC regarding their player Augustine Mulenga (Sunday July 21, 2017) while on the other hand, I would say Green Buffaloes...
View ArticleDoctor admits having $84,000 fake notes
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka A MEDICAL doctor has pleaded guilty to two counts of being in possession of more than US$84,000 counterfeit notes. And three police officers have pleaded not guilty to being...
View ArticleChipolopolo underrated Namibia – skipper
ROBINSON KUNDA, Casablanca, Morocco SKIPPER Ziyo Tembo says the Chipolopolo failed to tick in Monday’s African Nations Championship (CHAN) Group B final match against Namibia because they underrated...
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