Buildcon capture Zimbabwean midfielder
ALEX NJOVU, MATHEWS KABAMBA, Lusaka, Kitwe SUPER Division side Buildcon have signed Zimbabwean midfielder Devon Chafa from Caps United on a two-year deal. Buildcon are on a tour of Zimbabwe ahead of...
View ArticleIslanders vow to end Zesco home run
MULWANDA LUPIYA, DIANA CHIPEPO Ndola, Lusaka JESHI la Kujenga Uchumi (JKU) coach Ali Sleiman Haji is upbeat his side will end Zesco United’s unbeaten home run in tomorrow’s CAF Champions League...
View ArticleSelf-made youths soar on fish
KELVIN MBEWE, Chongwe CHARLES Shawa, 27, is one youth who had always dreamt of becoming his own boss and job seeking was not in his vocabulary. Two years ago, Shawa’s dream came true when he ventured...
View ArticleMarines retrieve five bodies
MALUMO SILUMESI, Serenje MARINES have retrieved five out of six bodies of pupils who drowned on Friday when the boat they were in capsized in Serenje. Pupils of Poosa Primary School drowned on Friday...
View ArticleDiversify, TAZARA, ZRL challenged
KALONDE NYATI, JANET NGULE, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has challenged the two railway companies operating in the country to diversify into non-rail services to efficiently run the rail transport. Minister of...
View ArticleZambia, China ties in festive mood
CHARLES CHISALA, Lusaka WHILE some politicians were busy spewing poisonous xenophobic rhetoric recently directed at citizens of a foreign country working or doing business in Zambia something opposite...
View ArticleMwanakatwe to attract investors
HONE SIAME, Lusaka MINISTER of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe says Zambia will use international platforms such as the Commonwealth Business Forum to attract solid investment to various sectors of the...
View ArticleGive way, directs IG
CHOMBA MUSIKA and KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka INSPECTOR-GENERAL of Police Kakoma Kanganja has urged motorists to strictly observe traffic rules and never hesitate to give way to the Presidential motorcade...
View ArticleZesco go for kill against Islanders
MULWANDA LUPIYA, Ndola BY THE time this return leg was coming to Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola, it was expected that Zesco would have done much of the work in Zanzibar. But having failed to do so,...
View ArticleMaternal campaign gets Japanese aid
SHIKANDA KAWANGA, Lusaka ABOUT 830 women die from pregnancy or childbirth- related complications globally every day, World Health Organisation 2016 statistics say. Of these deaths, 99 percent occur in...
View ArticleFamily drowns in river
CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Mansa and MALUMO SILUMESI, Serenje A FAMILY of three in Milenge district in Luapula Province has drowned in the Luapula River after a canoe they were travelling on capsized due to...
View ArticleCan city relocation end cholera outbreaks?
VIOLET MENGO, Lusaka CHOLERA, a highly contagious waterborne disease with the ability to cause death within 24 hours, has in the past few months ravaged the city of Lusaka. This notorious epidemic that...
View ArticleTwo little too late
ROBINSON KUNDA, Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka BUFFALOES 2 AL MASRY 1 GREEN Buffaloes yesterday failed to clear the first hurdle in the Confederation Cup despite edging Egypt’s Al Masry in a match that left...
View ArticleRwanda awaits Lungu for bilateral talks
HONE SIAME, Lusaka PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is today expected in Rwanda for a two-day State visit aimed at strengthening economic cooperation between Zambia and the East African country. Minister of...
View ArticleUPND cadres killed PF member, witness tells court
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka A WITNESS yesterday told the Lusaka High Court how some suspected United Party for National Development (UPND) cadres stabbed a Patriotic Front (PF) supporter to death in...
View ArticleMpombo schools Kambwili
MONICA KAYOMBO, Ndola FORMER minister of Defence George Mpombo has advised Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili against using Zambians in agitating anarchy. Mr Mpombo said Mr Kambwili, who has...
View ArticleCanada to build 100-bed hospital
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka THE Canadian government will soon build a hospital in Zambia worth about US$150 million to enhance the provision of quality health care service.Acting President Inonge Wina has...
View ArticleMpatamato play park concern
Dear editor, REFERENCE is made to the letter that was sent to the Readers’ Forum on February 15, 2018, authored by Timothy Kambilima of Luanshya, which read, ‘Zesco has grabbed Mpatamato Play Park’....
View ArticleMonge vows to retain Madmax rally title
SAMANTHA MZYECE, Lusaka DEFENDING Madmax rally champion Miles Monge has vowed to retain his title next weekend. The Madmax Rally is the first of the seven-legged 2018 National Rally Championship. Monge...
View ArticleArmy ventures into economic activities
PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka ZAMBIA Army spokesperson David Sanene says the army has started engaging in various productive activities to eliminate public perception that its operations are secretive and...
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