Kalulushi residents envisage economic upturn
CHISHALA MUSONDA, Ndola SLIGHTLY after 09:00 hours on February 10 this year, the chopper carrying President Lungu touched down at Murundu Primary School playground in Mufulira, close to the Mokambo...
View ArticleUniversity Teaching Hospital comes of age
VIOLET MENGO, Lusaka ‘INVESTMENT in health is wealth,” says University Teaching Hospital (UTH) senior medical superintendent Clarence Chiluba. This is the stance the hospital has taken in its quest to...
View ArticleCity peace cheers RB
ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka FORMER President Rupiah Banda is happy that warring factions at City of Lusaka have reunited. The City of Lusaka 2000 Plc representatives and the Justin Zulu-led executive committee...
View Article‘Get practising licence or keep away from pupils’
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka TEACHERS who will not acquire practising licences by May 31 this year will not be allowed to work at any school in the country, the Teaching Council of Zambia has said. Last...
View Article2,000 members ditch UPND, FDD, MMD
BUTTYSON KANDIMBA, Solwezi OVER 2,000 members of opposition political parties in Solwezi have resigned to join the Patriotic Front (PF). Speaking when he received the new members on Saturday, PF...
View ArticleConfidence grows
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka GOVERNMENT bonds were on Friday over-subscribed with bids totalling K3.35 billion from the targeted K1.65 billion. Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe said in a statement...
View ArticleSolar powered project changes lives
NEWTON SIBANDA, Chingola A SOLAR powered water project has brought both relief and joy to the residents of Kalilo, an impoverished and desolate area on the northern outskirts of Chingola. The residents...
View ArticleZambia Sugar adds K3.8bn to economy
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka ZAMBIA Sugar Plc has contributed K3.8 billion to the economy in the 2016/17 financial year thereby, positively impacting on the social and economic development agenda of the...
View Article‘We need to revive tobacco production’
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka PRODUCTION volumes of tobacco have remained unfavourable falling to an all-time low of 23 million kilogrammes (kgs) thus the need to revive the industry to stimulate the country’s...
View ArticleJapan spends $160,000 on school
GLADYS NYIRENDA, Lusaka JAPAN has spent over US$160, 000 on building additional classrooms at Chakwela Makumbi Primary School in Chongwe’s Chipapa Village. Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Hidenobu...
View ArticleState calls for black mountain order
MWILA NTAMBI, Kitwe GOVERNMENT says small-scale miners operating at the mine slug dump popularly known as “Black Mountain” in Kitwe will now start operating in a more structured and legal way following...
View ArticleConCourt orders judge to view video
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka THE Constitutional Court has ordered High Court Judge Edward Musona to view a video clip produced before him showing the violence that allegedly characterised the Munali...
View ArticleN’cwala unifying event – Gustatsson
DARLINGTON MWENDABAI, Chipata VISITING Sweden’s Molndal deputy mayor Stetan Gustatsson has described N’cwala traditional ceremony of the Ngoni people as a unifying event. Mr Gustatsson, who is in the...
View ArticleCoaches press panic button over fitness levels
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe COACHES that participated at the just-ended four teams tournament in Kitwe have expressed concern with the players’ fitness levels ahead of the Super Division season kicking off...
View ArticleBio-digester school project hints at good hygiene
LINDA NYONDO, Lusaka THE construction of flush bio-digester toilets by the Water and Sanitation Association of Zambia (WASAZA) has kicked off in eight community schools in Lusaka’s Mandevu township...
View ArticleCity puzzle not fully cracked
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka THE City of Lusaka puzzle is yet to be fully cracked, events of yesterday at Lusaka’s Woodlands Stadium suggested. While interim board of trustees chairperson Chifumu Banda and...
View ArticleCreating safe havens for juvenile offenders
CHIMWEMWE MWALE, Livingstone THE Bemba idiom ‘Umulandu mume, bawukumpulafye’, translated as ‘An offence is like morning dew, which can inevitably soak you’, aptly highlights why juveniles sometimes...
View ArticleConCourt dismisses Kaingu’s petition
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka THE Constitutional Court has dismissed an election appeal by losing Mwandi parliamentary candidate Michael Kaingu because the record of appeal was incomplete. The court...
View ArticleZanaco, Nkana Charity Shield tie on Thursday
DIANA CHIPEPO and JESSICA MWANSA, Lusaka THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has brought forward the Samuel ‘Zoom’ Ndhlovu Charity Shield semi-final match between Zanaco and Nkana to tomorrow. And...
View ArticleIndonesia envoy meets President Lungu
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka A SPECIAL envoy of the President of Indonesia yesterday met President Edgar Lungu at State House and discussed a wide range of bilateral issues among them training Zambian security...
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