Forest tell off Nkana
ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka SUPER Division Forest Rangers are seething with anger following a decision to dock them three points for not fulfilling a rescheduled Week 20 fixture against Nkana. Laying down the...
View ArticleKafue’s industrial development set in motion
KELVIN MBEWE, Kafue NON-RESIDENTS of Kafue only know it as the home of Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ), the fertiliser-producing company. However, there is more happening in the town besides the...
View ArticleKazala bounces back
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka EXPELLED Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) vice-president Richard Kazala has been reinstated following the organisation’s failure to comply with the exparte order by the Kitwe...
View ArticleFake dollars land doctor in jail
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka A SENIOR pathologist at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has been sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour for being in possession of fake US$84,000....
View ArticleAccused rapist goes into hiding
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka A 32-YEAR-OLD man of Indian origin who allegedly raped a woman whom he hired to wash his clothes has reportedly run away. The Lusaka Magistrate’s Court has issued a bench...
View ArticleUPND abusing law
PRISCILLA MWILA and GLADYS NYIRENDA, Lusaka GOVERNMENT says an impeachment motion by the United Party for National Development (UPND) is ill-conceived and an abuse of judicial and legislative...
View ArticleHyundai staked for hole-in-one
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka YETI Motors, a subsidiary of Astro Holdings, has staked a Hyundai Veloster worth US$40,000 (about K378,000) for a hole-in-one on hole number 11 during the Zanaco Masters Golf...
View ArticleYeta Football Club needs support
Dear editor, I AM writing to appeal to well-wishers within Senanga and outside to come to the rescue of newly-promoted FAZ division one zone four side Yeta Football Club. We want the Zambian soccer...
View ArticleMiyanda withdraws motion on judges comment
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka HERITAGE Party president Godfrey Miyanda has withdrawn a motion in which he wants the Constitutional Court to determine whether or not President Edgar Lungu breached the law...
View ArticlePower, Kitwe coaches engage in mind games
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe and CHISHALA MUSONDA, Ndola POWER Dynamos coach Kelvin Kaindu says there are no favourites in tomorrow’s derby against Kitwe United in a Super Division Week Three encounter. And...
View ArticleConmen jailed for swindling impotent patient
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka TWO Ugandans have been sentenced to three years imprisonment each with hard labour for swindling an impotent man out of over K40,000 with a promise to cure him. Kayimba...
View ArticleIt’s none of your business
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe OUTGOING Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) general secretary Ponga Liwewe says it’s none of anyone’s business whether he appeals against the reinstatement of Richard Kazala as...
View ArticleBritish envoy impressions of Zambia
FERGUS COCHRANE-DYET, Lusaka OUR first arrival in Zambia as a family was tinged with sadness. It was December 2004. I was the new British Deputy High Commissioner. We began settling into the house...
View ArticleTop Lusaka hospital closed
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka THE Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has revoked the operating licence for Fairview Hospital in Lusaka for allegedly endangering lives of patients by dispensing expired...
View ArticleNevers Mumba jailed 3 months
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka THE Lusaka Magistrate’s Court has convicted and sentenced MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba to three months simple imprisonment for lying. Mumba was charged with giving false...
View ArticleImpeachment frozen
PRISCILLA MWILA and CATHERINE MUMBA, Parliament THE impeachment motion by the United Party for National Development (UPND) could not take off yesterday as anticipated and may pend until further notice....
View ArticleStudents should show intelligence, respect societal norms
Educational Journey with EPHAT MUDENDA WHEN a student passes his or her senior secondary school examinations with flying colours and is subsequently admitted into a higher learning institution, society...
View ArticleIce Queen isn’t saying bye
THELMA BWALYA, Lusaka RAPPER Cleo Ice Queen has released her first single this year, a dancehall debut titled “Don’t Say Goodbye” featuring singing sensation Kuni. The song, released about a fortnight...
View ArticleChildren with special needs deserve better
NKOLE MULAMBIA, Ndola PROFESSOR Stephen Hawking, a great theoretical physician, who died recently, defied all odds as a person with disabilities. In his preface of the 2011 First World report on...
View Article14 Chinese firms eye MFEZ
KALONDE NYATI, Quanzhou, China FOURTEEN Chinese-based companies have expressed interest to invest in various sectors at the Lusaka South Multi Facility Zone (LS-MFEZ). The interest by the companies,...
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