Taking stock of Chilanga by-election
JACK ZIMBA, Lusaka IN EVERY election, there is a winner and a loser, and in the recently held Chilanga by-election, there are many winners and many losers.Although there was a lot of hype about the...
View ArticleZimbabwe coach dares Chipolopolo
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka ZIMBABWE coach Sunday Chidzambwa believes his charges have another chance to teach Zambia a football lesson when they clash in the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations...
View ArticlePneumonia grounds twin Bupe
CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Kawambwa ONE of the separated Siamese twins, Bupe, has been admitted to Kawambwa District Hospital after suffering from pneumonia and diarrhoea.Hospital acting medical...
View ArticleJapan injects K400 million in health centres
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka THE Japanese government has given Zambia a K400 million grant for phase two of the upgrading of Lusaka health centres into first-level hospitals.Phase two of the project covers...
View ArticlePay farmers well
CHISHALA MUSONDA and MWILA NTAMBI, Kitwe PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has said farmers should be properly remunerated if they are to increase production, improve incomes and help to grow Zambia’s economy.He...
View ArticleWarriors, Power in top weekend clash
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe WITH 11 league titles between them, Kabwe Warriors and Power Dynamos will today renew their rivalry as the Super Division enters Week 16.This match, billed for Godfrey Chitalu...
View ArticleSound the drum of ‘Nkosaadi’
MATONGO MAUMBI, Lusaka THE moment the first home-made string vibrates through the sound system, one cannot manage suppressing a joyous smile from the face, forgetting the tens of kilometres walked to...
View ArticleCops get promotions benchmarks
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka GOVERNMENT says promotion of officers in the Zambia Police Service will now be based on one’s demonstration of high levels of discipline and acquisition of new superior...
View ArticleLusaka mayoral by-election set for July 26
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka THE Electoral Commission of Zambia has set July 26 as date for the mayoral by-election in Lusaka.ECZ public relations manager Margaret Chimanse said in a statement yesterday that...
View ArticleK’Millian feeling truly ‘Alive’
THELMA BWALYA, Lusaka FOR his 14th album which he has titled Alive, K’Millian has gone back to the label that initially catapulted him to fame, Sling Beats.Sling Beats under producer Chali “Bravo”...
View ArticleOnly a few days to live
ZIO MWALE, Lusaka SOMETIME last year, Simon Msiska, 67, a virologist at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, experienced some pain in his body.But the pain was not that much, and so, he...
View ArticleChance to even titles
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka AFTER losing 3-1 to Zimbabwe in last year’s Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Senior Challenge Cup final, Zambia have a perfect opportunity to make up for...
View ArticleZRA donates seized cooking oil to the needy
CHIMWEMWE MWALE, Livingstone THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in Livingstone has seized 5,232 containers of cooking oil worth K152,600 from an importer who allegedly attempted to smuggle the...
View Article12 suspects escape from police cells
NKOLE MULAMBIA, Ndola TWELVE suspects, including two women, have escaped from police detention in Mpika, allegedly with the help of a police officer who has been detained.The suspects were being held...
View ArticleHH must go, says Mukata
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka INCARCERATED former Chilanga Member of Parliament Keith Mukata says United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema should be replaced if the party is to...
View ArticleMan in divorce for urinating in pot
MELODY MUPETA, Kitwe A 27-YEAR-OLD woman of Kitwe has narrated before the Kitwe Local Court how her husband urinated in a cooking pot and threatened to defecate in it in his effort to send her packing...
View ArticleKabwe Warriors, Zanaco climb ladder
CHAMBO NG’UNI, SILUMESI MALUMO, Godfrey Chitalu Stadium Kabwe WARRIORS 1 POWER 0 KABWE Warriors and Zanaco yesterday summoned their energies to get victories over Power Dynamos and Kitwe United,...
View ArticleZambia needs selfless workers
MINISTER of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has made it clear that the promotion of police officers to higher ranks will now be based on one’s demonstration of high levels of discipline and acquisition...
View ArticleLeonard Mpundu: Born to dance
JACK ZIMBA, CHANDA MWENYA, Lusaka AN OLD black-and-white photograph shows a man dangling precariously from a tall pole, flashing a V sign. Watching below is President Kenneth Kaunda and four other...
View ArticleLaw dropout but not out
SUNDAY PROFILE with MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka CHRISTINE Nkole dropped out of law school and decided to venture into gospel music as a way of ministering the word of God. Popularly known as Kristin in music...
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