Road tolls changing landscape
FRANCIS LUNGU, Lusaka ‘SUSTAINABLE road maintenance, improved life span of a motor vehicle, reduced maintenance cost of motor vehicles, improved traffic flow, and promotion of trade,” these are some of...
View ArticleChance to turn corner
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka IDEALLY, it would have been interesting to have Beston Chambeshi and Mumamba Numba on opposite ends in today’s Super Division rescheduled Week Seven encounter between Nkana and...
View ArticleEx-mayor jailed over fake plots deals
MWILA NTAMBI, Kitwe FORMER Kitwe mayor Kelvin Sinyangwe has been convicted of two counts of obtaining over K100,000 by false pretences and has been sentenced to a combined nine months imprisonment with...
View ArticlePF youth murdered
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Siavonga district youth chairman Panodti Chisinze has been stabbed to death by unknown people.According to PF national youth executive committee member...
View ArticleLungu welcomes UPND
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is encouraged that the space of disagreement over the national dialogue process is now narrowing following the United Party for National Development’s (UPND)...
View ArticleToo much pressure for Joseph Chingangu
Dear editor, LOOKING at what has transpired over the past years to date, former world heavyweight champion Joseph ‘No Pressure’ has been in the headlines all over in print and electronic media for...
View ArticleRestoration of African freedom
Analysis: ROBBIE MUSAKUZI REGARDLESS of how flamboyant the Africa Freedom Day celebrations will be across Africa this year, they will be shadowed by the disasters and critical events over the past...
View ArticleChambeshi calls 3 pros for COSAFA
ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka NATIONAL team assistant coach Beston Chambeshi has summoned three foreign-based players, among them striker Fashion Sakala, for the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations...
View ArticleChanda raises dirty hand rule against Kambwili
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka SPECIAL assistant to the President for press and public relations Amos Chanda has filed a counter-claim in which he wants Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili to be...
View ArticleTaking steps in disaster mitigation
ELIZABETH CHATUVELA, Sioma MBETA is a little- known island on the Zambezi River with a population of about 2,998 people who depend on gardening and fishing for a living.Harsh weather, precipitating...
View ArticleHot Bwembya whips Nkana
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Nkana Stadium, Kitwe NKANA 0 ZANACO 1 ZANACO yesterday halted Nkana’s six-year home dominance after they edged the Kitwe giants in a Super Division rescheduled Week Seven match that...
View ArticleCashier jailed for ‘cashing in’ K1 million
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka THE Lusaka Magistrate’s Court has convicted and sentenced a cashier to five years imprisonment for stealing over K1 million from Zambeef, her employer.In this case,...
View Article$74 million needed for refugees
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka HUMANITARIAN and development partners in Zambia will require over US$74 million in 2018 to adequately respond to the needs of Congolese refugees and local communities. Minister of...
View ArticleLungu, UPND speak same language
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka DIFFERENCES over who leads the political dialogue process, which has been pending for months, have drastically narrowed following the Patriotic Front and United Party for National...
View ArticleBeer drinking curtailed
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has approved the National Alcohol Policy to further strengthen regulation of alcohol consumption in the country.The policy will also prevent the intake of alcohol which...
View ArticleNight of Laughter gives signal
CHANDA MWENYA, Lusaka THE Night of Laughter stand-up comedy show at the Alliance Francaise in Lusaka dubbed “Give us a Signal” tried to be current, which is a big ask for local comedians who have been...
View ArticleFashion wants COSAFA success
ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka NATIONAL team striker Fashion Sakala is targeting winning the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Senior Challenge Cup.Zambia start the ball rolling with a...
View ArticleImportance of preserving historical sites
MOSES WALUBITA, Lusaka IN HIS book “Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture”, Mwizenge Tembo writes that scientists in evolutionary anthropology and primatologists have described a complex history of the...
View ArticleMake beer expensive
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka CHAINAMA Hills Hospital, which has been advocating an alcohol policy, says Government should make beer expensive to deter people from excessive drinking.Hospital public relations...
View ArticleTAZAMA declares K9 million dividend
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka TANZANIA and Zambia Mafuta (TAZAMA) Pipeline Limited has declared a dividend valued at K9 million the first time in 50 years as a result of the improved performance of the...
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