FAZ EXECUTIVE IN K1.4M BONUSES
SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA, Lusaka REPORTS have emerged that Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) executive committee members shared a staggering K805,000 in bonuses during the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations...
View ArticlePF launches mobilisation in Luapula
KELVIN MBEWE, Chipili PATRIOTIC Front (PF) secretary-general Davies Mwila has launched the party mobilisation programme in Luapula Province with a call on members to work together to maintain Luapula...
View ArticleKuku residents: To move or not to move?
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka IT IS not the first time that Geofrey Siakubeza, a resident of Lusaka’s Kuku township, is experiencing flooding at his house. His first experience was in 2008 though the impact was...
View ArticleHubby places chili pepper on wife underwear
MELODY MUPETA, Kitwe A FORTY-ONE year-old woman of Musonda township has narrated before the Bulangililo local court how her husband of 24 years allegedly places chili pepper on her underwear to torment...
View ArticleMan gets girlfriend in matrimonial home as sister
MWILA NTAMBI, Kitwe A 37-YEAR-OLD woman of Kitwe has told the local court who shocked she was to discover that the woman her husband had taken home on account of being his sister was actually his...
View ArticleTake a little wine
DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka THE Catholic Church says there is nothing wrong with taking alcohol during Easter but people should drink moderately. Commenting on an Easter Family braai event scheduled for today...
View ArticleRitual murders case goes to High Court
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka A 29-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka who is accused of murdering seven people in suspected ritual circumstances has been committed to the High Court for trial. Nickson Tembo, a street...
View ArticleCongratulations Janny Sikazwe
Dear editor, ALLOW me to congratulate Zambia’s top referee, Janny Sikazwe, for making a final cut for the Russia 2018 World Cup. Sikazwe will be among six African whistle men and 10 assistant referees...
View ArticleEmbrace global trends, lawyers urged
CHIMWEMWE MWALE, Livingstone MINISTER of Justice Given Lubinda has urged lawyers to align their profession with international legal practices and embrace globalisation for them to remain relevant at...
View ArticleFAZ defends K1.4 million allowances
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) general secretary Pasipononga Liwewe has defended the allowances that were paid to him and executive committee members during the Under-20...
View ArticleZanaco FC in Forest challenge
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe ZANACO will go within one point of leaders Power Dynamos should they beat Forest Rangers in a Super Division Week Four match at Sunset Stadium in Lusaka. Zanaco have six points,...
View ArticleIn midst of plenty water, Sesheke is ‘thirsty’
BENEDICT TEMBO, Sesheke SESHEKE, which sits on the fringes of the Zambezi River, provides a perfect example of the paradox of lacking in the midst of plenty. Its residents ironically lack adequate...
View ArticleFAZ bans 3 accountants
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka and MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has suspended three employees in its accounts department, among them finance manager Sam Phiri, in the wake of...
View ArticleMazhandu sued
CAROLINE KALOMBE and PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka MAZHANDU Family Bus Services Limited has been sued by Pan-African Building Society, which is demanding payment of over K23 million and possession of all...
View ArticleLungu mourns passing of Winnie
HONE SIAME, Lusaka PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is saddened by the death of anti-apartheid legend Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Monday after an illness. In a message of condolences to South African President...
View ArticleMinisters appeal refund
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka THE 64 ministers who were ordered by the Constitutional Court to pay back the money they were paid after Parliament had dissolved before the 2016 general elections have asked...
View ArticleAgritech expo pavilions number increases
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka THE number of pavilions at this years’s Agritech expo has more than doubled to about 10 in the last five years due to Government’s call to diversify the economy to agriculture....
View ArticleInvest in education, sports persons told
Dear editor, WHILE we appreciate that every individual is born with a different talent, it is important that education be taken seriously. Sportsmen and women should not be left behind. Our sports...
View ArticleSocialist Party has uphill battle – UPND
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) secretary general Stephen Katuka says the Socialist Party has an uphill battle to market itself to Zambians for the 2021 elections. He...
View ArticleMental health issues put law under spotlight
LILLIAN BANDA, Lusaka “STIGMA and discrimination does much more harm to persons with disabilities than the condition itself. One becomes disabled because they are told that they are and not because of...
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