NFRA releases K11.6m
MAYENGO NYIRENDA, Chipata THE National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) has released K11.6 million for routine road maintenance in Eastern Province. Eastern Province Minister Makebi Zulu said in a statement...
View Article90 Niggas granted bail
MWILA NTAMBI, Kitwe THE Kitwe Magistrate’s Court has granted K5,000 bail to 13 boys suspected to be members of a notorious gang known as 90 Niggas accused of disorderly conduct. Kitwe magistrate...
View ArticleDMMU releases relief maize
MELODY MUPETA, Isoka THE Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) has released 100 metric tonnes of relief maize to Isoka district in Muchinga Province. Isoka experienced a drought during the...
View Article$1 billion Zambia, India trade volume possible
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka FOLLOWING the signing of four agreements between India and Zambia, the quest to increase bilateral trade volumes to over US$1 billion between the two countries is heading in a...
View ArticleLungu plants Zambia’s future
YANDE SYAMPEYO, Chinsali PRESIDENT Lungu has called for a mindset change among Zambians to begin to value the importance of planting trees as a tool for economic diversification. “This initiative marks...
View ArticleZambia as SADC chair of Organ needs support
Analysis: MUBANGA LUMPA PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu was among the heads of state and government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), who convened in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday April 24, 2018...
View ArticleKeep Zambia clean campaign relaunch welcome
Dear editor, I WOULD like to commend President Edgar Lungu for re-launching the ‘Keep Zambia clean, green and healthy’ campaign.While President Lungu has taken it upon himself to revive this important...
View ArticleRTSA bans Juldan buses
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has suspended the operating licence for Juldan Motors Bus Services due to the operator’s poor road safety profile, which has become a...
View ArticleChipolopolo coach Wada heads to Spain
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) says a national team coach that will be engaged will be given a nine-month contract as Chipolopolo boss Wedson Nyirenda heads to Spain for...
View ArticleActivists date Lusaka for disability indaba
LILLIAN BANDA, Lusaka ABOUT two million women and men in Zambia, or 15 percent of the population, have a disability. This is according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates. A higher...
View ArticleNew face of Angola in town
VIOLET MENGO, Lusaka ZAMBIANS are generally familiar with the happenings in Angola, a former Portuguese colony that was locked in a civil war for much of the time since 1975.Zambia played its role in...
View ArticleZesco 4 points clear
MULWANDA LUPIYA, Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola ZESCO 1 NAPSA 0 ZESCO United last night opened a four-point lead on the Super Division log after edging winless Napsa Stars to get a morale-boosting win...
View ArticleCount us out if you don’t dialogue, warn workers
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Kitwe THE Federation of Free Trade Unions in Zambia (FFTUZ) says workers will not vote into Government political parties that do not recognise the fundamental principles of...
View ArticleWe’re one, says Litunga
ELIZABETH CHATUVELA, Mongu LITUNGA Lubosi Imwiko II says the invitation of Paramount Chief Kalonga Gawa Undi to this year’s Kuomboka ceremony is meant to promote peace and togetherness in the...
View ArticleWorkers get lift
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed Ministry of Labour and Social Security to expedite the process of revising the minimum wage to ensure that workers have decent...
View ArticleEmbrace technology to survive, media advised
NEBAT MBEWE, Dubai, UAE THE media in Africa, including newspapers, must embrace and take advantage of fast-evolving technology to grow audiences and survive as businesses, a media expert has...
View ArticleKabwe’s struggle with child labour highlighted
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Kabwe IT is showering on a chilly morning but *Mpundu, aged about 12, and her younger brother *Chola rush through the streets of Kabwe on a mission to sell brooms.The partially soaked...
View ArticleCity Yamoto back to winning ways
SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA, Woodlands Stadium, Lusaka CITY 2 TIGERS 0 SANITY has returned to City of Lusaka and yesterday the Chilenje outfit lined up one team that edged Matero Tigers in a Division One Zone...
View ArticleDemoted prison warder takes own life
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Kitwe AN OFFICER from the Zambia Correctional Service in Mufulira has shot and killed himself after failing to stomach being demoted at work.Simumba Simumba, demoted to sub-inspector,...
View ArticleLungu eligible to stand, hears ConCourt
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka FOUR opposition political party leaders have told the Constitutional Court that President Edgar Lungu is eligible to contest elections in 2021 because the first time he was...
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