Chungu sues Kambwili for defamation
KAMBWILI By MWILA NTAMBI LUANSHYA member of Parliament Steve Chungu has sued his Roan counterpart Chishimba Kambwili for defamation. Mr Chungu is demanding damages for slander, compensatory damages,...
View ArticleSeized drugs go missing
By FREDRICK MISEBEZI PHARMACEUTICAL products which were seized from a Lebanese businessman of Lusaka’s Kamwala by the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority have allegedly gone missing at the University...
View ArticleK90m goes uncollected for imports
By TEDDY KUYELA Over K90 million in duty was not collected by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) from imported goods at nine port offices as of December last year. The latest Auditor General’s (AG)...
View ArticlePrivatisation account can support IDC creation – ZDA
By NKOLE CHITALA THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) says the privatisation revenue account which is held at the Ministry of Finance is sufficiently funded to support the creation of the Industrial...
View ArticleWynter clears air
…says his action was in public interest By CAROLINE KALOMBE THE tribunal set up to probe Minister of Justice Wynter Kabimba entered day two yesterday with the minister denying that he breached the oath...
View Article200,000 jobs will be reality
THE remarks attributed to the World Bank on the government’s determination to create 200,000 jobs for Zambians this year could not have come at a better time. Like many other Third World countries,...
View ArticleAttempted theft lands man in jail
By MUBANGA NONDO THE Ndola Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a man to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for burglary. This is in a case in which Luke Phiri, 32, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleDr Kapungu: Advocate of peace
CENTRE for Peace Initiatives in Africa Eminent Person in charge of reasearch, training and documentation Dr Leonard Kapungu (left) with the author. By ARTHUR MWANSA HE describes Zambia as an embodiment...
View ArticleKapata says no gaps in PF
By STAFF REPORTER President Sata is not short of people to serve in his government, hence the reason he has no problem replacing those that err or voluntarily resign, said Mandevu member of Parliament...
View Article‘Help curb corruption in mines’
From ALEX NJOVU in Kitwe THE Zambia Building and General Contractors Association (ZABGCA) says the political will exhibited by Government to fight corruption in public institutions should be extended...
View ArticleECZ postpones 3 parliamentary by-elections
By YANDE SYAMPEYO THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has postponed nominations and polling dates for the Kasenengwa, Mkushi South and Solwezi Central parliamentary by-elections until further...
View ArticleNkana, Zesco get tricky opponents
FLASHBACK: Nkana striker Festus Mbewe (left) tries to beat Zesco United defender Nyambe Mulenga during the Super Division Week 13 match at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola on June 29, which Zesco won...
View ArticleSata to increase NATSAVE branches countrywide
FLASHBACK: Bank of Zambia governor Michael Gondwe reading the plaque after opening Natsave Mpongwe branch recently as Mpongwe district business association chairman Kenny Kuveya looks on. By CLAVER...
View ArticleScott demands speed
VICE-president Dr Guy Scott (right) talking to Minister of Health Dr Joseph Kasonde during the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of an Adult Medical Emergency unit at the University...
View ArticleSampa races ‘miles’ away
By BARBARA CHANDA A POPULARITY contest of members of Parliament (MPs) on President Sata’s Facebook page has ensued with Matero MP Miles Sampa taking an early lead followed by Kabwata’s Given Lubinda...
View Article‘I did right thing’
SOLICITOR General Musa Mwenye leaves the Supreme Court after testifying before the tribunal investigating Minister of Justice Wynter Kabimba in Lusaka yesterday .-Picture by CHANDA MWENYA.) …Solicitor...
View ArticleCall to respect football coaches welcome
FOOTBALL clubs should heed to the advice by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) not to use coaches as sacrificial lambs for poor performance. Over the years the clubs have developed the...
View ArticleCharles Muyamwa is dead
By GANIZANI TEMBO VETERAN broadcaster and singer Charles Muyamwa is dead. He was 69. This is according to Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Muyeba Chikonde, who said Mr Muyamwa died on...
View ArticleHH gets Sata call
…for sobriety and maturity By STEVEN MVULA IN WHAT political commentators described as progressive leadership, President Sata yesterday cast aside perceived political differences and asked opposition...
View Article81-year-old woman raped
By CHAMBO NG’UNI IN A RATHER bizarre event, an 81-year-old woman of Kabwe was on Wednesday raped by an unknown man while working in her maize field. The victim’s son, Fabian Kasonkomona told the Sunday...
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