Zambia gains respect
YANDE SYAMPEYO, Lusaka MOODY’S Investors Service, a leading source of credit rating, has upgraded the rating outlook for Zambia to stable from negative. And Minister of Finance Felix Mutati said the...
View ArticleWe salute ZAF initiative
FOR a long time now, the military has been restricted to safeguarding the peace of the country. There have, however, been occasions when the military has been called upon to participate in the...
View ArticlePublic schools’ fees too high
Dear editor, I WRITE as a parent with dismay at some Government schools that are overcharging pupils. They are charging school fees like private schools do. It is ridiculous for any headmaster to hike...
View Article‘Win Confed Cup’
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe MOPANI Copper Mines (MCM) chief executive officer Chris Vermeulen has challenged Nkana to win the 2018 Confederation Cup. And on a night he was having a dreadful national team...
View ArticlePerfect time for vendor training
Analysis: MARGARET SAMULELA THE outpouring of goodwill towards efforts to eradicate cholera and restore sanity in the affected areas has been impressive. Several organisations have donated cleaning...
View ArticleFresh look Ndola impresses Sikazwe
NKOLE MULAMBIA, Ndola MINISTER for Presidential Affairs Freedom Sikazwe has commended the Ndola City Council and defence forces for cleaning the Copperbelt Province capital. The minister has also...
View ArticleRespect office of the President
THE office of the Republican President is the highest in the land regardless of who is holding it at any given time. It is, therefore, surprising that some people who aspire to lead Zambia have made it...
View ArticlePaying right time, right person, right sum
WORKER'S COMPENSATION with MAYBIN NKHOLOMBA BEST practice on social security administration demands that payments of monthly pensions for old age or employment- induced- disability should be made at...
View ArticleZambia to up climate change efforts
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka ZAMBIA is likely to improve its national adaptation and mitigation responses to climate change challenges after the European Union (EU)’s injection of over €7 million into the...
View ArticleSwedish NGO calls for livestock policy
KELLY NJOMBO, Lusaka A SWEDISH co-operative non-governmental organisation has urged Government to expedite the implementation of the livestock policy since it is important in development of the sector....
View ArticleNo National Park has been sold – Mulenga
GOVERNMENT has refuted media reports suggesting that parts of Luangwa and Kafue National Parks has been sold. Chief Government Spokesperson Kampamba Mulenga said it is not right for UPND leader...
View ArticleHubby slashes wife
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka A 28-YEAR-OLD woman of Kamwala South is nursing serious injuries in the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) after her husband hacked her with a slasher during a marital dispute....
View ArticleBattling dry taps in Lusaka’s Matero
JESSICA MWANSA, Lusaka ALEX Mbewe of Lusaka’s Matero township is optimistic that better days will come when he will be able to earn more than his current returns. Mr Mbewe is a bricklayer who earns his...
View ArticleAfrica goes for single sky
DOREEN NAWA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia THE concept of having a single unified airspace is not one that is new. But this is when Africa is getting into it. The concept has been and is in the process of...
View ArticleCity Maria gives hope to Blue Water Dam
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka FOR many years, the Ngwenya Dam has been known to be notorious for dumping of bodies, a den of crime and pollution – visiting the place has always been at owner’s risk. Driving...
View ArticleDairy sector investment programme needed urges dairy association
KELLY NJOMBO, Lusaka DAIRY Association of Zambia (DAZ) says there is need to institute a dairy sector investment programme to fully maximise its potential and promote the growth of small-scale farmers...
View ArticleMuna junior eyes 4th national rally title
CECILIA ZULU, Lusaka MUNA Singh junior is eyeing the fourth national rally title this year. Muna said in an interview in Lusaka on Saturday that he is preparing adequately for the 2018 season. “2018...
View ArticleDon’t lose spirit of ‘Zambia first’
ZAMBIA’S founding fathers and mothers fought and worked hard to ensure that the nation not only attained the desired unity needed for socio-economic development, but also that citizens could embrace...
View ArticleInsisting on sending Grade 9 failures to Grade 6 wrong
Dear editor, I AM deeply concerned that schools in rural areas of Eastern Province have insisted to send back Grade Nine failures to Grade Six in spite of the Ministry of General Education attempting...
View ArticleUPND suffers huge blow
CHISHALA MUSONDA, Ndola UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) Copperbelt treasurer Tom Siwale has resigned to join the Patriotic Front (PF). And PF Copperbelt chairperson Stephen Kainga says the...
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