Awareness, funding vital to nutrition issues
MARGARET CHISANGA, Lusaka ZAMBIA has experienced rapid economic growth over the past decade, and in the last two seasons, it has recorded bumper harvests in the agriculture sector. In the 2015/2016...
View ArticleChinese investment brims over
FRANCIS LUNGU, Lusaka THE ever increasing levels of Chinese investment in Zambia’s different economic sectors now hovering around US$4 billion continue to ooze hope for many unemployed people,...
View ArticleWada calls 8 pros
DIANA CHIPEPO, ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka and MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe NATIONAL team coach Wedson Nyirenda has summoned eight foreign-based players ahead of the four-nation tournament kicking off next Thursday...
View ArticlePalm oil project to save $100 million
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Mpika THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) says it will increase production of crude oil at its Zampalm plantation in Mpika to save about US$100 million spent on importation of...
View ArticleZambia, SA strengthen ties
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu yesterday met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria and discussed a wide range of bilateral issues. And Mr Ramaphosa is scheduled to visit...
View ArticleECZ to set poll date
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) will soon set the date for the Chilanga parliamentary by-election following communication from Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick...
View ArticleLand: Our last asset
Analysis: FELIX TEMBO AT INDEPENDENCE, Zambia’s population was just over three million. The country had more assets than the population and each person could afford to own land not less than 0.25...
View ArticleBenos lawyer wants her guilty of manslaughter
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka MURDER-ACCUSED Tshiabu Benos has asked the Lusaka High Court to find her guilty of manslaughter and not murder. But the State has requested the court to convict her of murder...
View ArticleMore needs to be done on our roads
Dear editor, I HAVE noted some progress made by the Lusaka City Council in patching up some roads damaged by the rains. However, a lot still needs to be done to bring sanity to our roads because most...
View Article‘Wounded’ Zanaco aim at Swallows
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka and MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe COACH Mumamba Numba says Zanaco are wounded ahead of Saturday’s must-win CAF Champions League first round return leg against Mbabane Swallows. And...
View ArticleLive Clean: New concept for public toilets
ZIO MWALE, Lusaka MARY Nsofwa, 53, a marketeer at the old Soweto market in Kanyama could not hide her joy on seeing a new clean public toilet near the market. She is one of the many residents of...
View ArticleThe tragic end of Charles Rea Chiteta
BUTTYSON KANDIMBA, Mwinilunga WHEN the story of Charles Rea is told, the narrative will always include the fact both he and his father died in plane crashes. Now father and son lay side-by-side at a...
View ArticleInjury rules out Daka
DIANA CHIPEPO and ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka AUSTRIA-BASED Chipolopolo striker Patson Daka has been ruled out of the four-nation tournament scheduled for next week in Ndola due to an injury and replaced with...
View ArticleBanker, pupil jailed
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka THE Lusaka Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a Bank of Zambia (BoZ) employee to four years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing K450,000 from the central bank. And a...
View ArticleKambwili ‘bolts’ from ACC
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka ROAN Member of Parliament and National Democratic Congress consultant Chishimba Kambwili yesterday upset the Anti-Corruption Commission when he stormed out during an interrogation....
View ArticleRespect Speaker decision
CHOMBA MUSIKA and PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini acted within his jurisdiction when he declared the Chilanga parliamentary seat...
View Article‘Sate Sate’ eyes cementing Chipolopolo position
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe and CECILIA ZULU, Lusaka STRIKER Ronald ‘Sate Sate’ Kampamba is eager to cement his position in the national team. Kampamba said in an interview in Kitwe yesterday that he is...
View ArticleKambwili house searched, scribes attacked
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka LAW enforcement officers yesterday searched Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili’s house in Lusaka. And journalists from the public media were hounded out of Mr Kambwili’s...
View ArticleCanaan Banda’s rice business
NKOLE NKOLE, Lusaka GROWING up in a family of 11, Canaan Banda knew what it was like to fight for the chicken wing at meal times. He learnt about business as a boy when he would lend a hand to his...
View ArticleBMR, Jubilee Metals deal extended
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka BMR Group Plc has agreed with Jubilee Metals Group Plc to extend their joint venture agreement to mine zinc and manganese at the Kabwe mine to allow for completion of all...
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