Salary difference leads to divorce
DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka A DIFFERENCE in a monthly salary has led to a divorce in a marriage of 25 years. Before Chelstone senior court magistrate Bertha Zulu was Margaret Nyirenda, 45, of Lusaka’s Avondale...
View ArticleShould teen fathers face teenage pregnancy consequences?
DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka THE need to bring boys who impregnate their fellow teenage girls to face up to the consequences of their actions has become more apparent in society. At a meeting recently held by...
View ArticleCatholics thank Gov’t for support
DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka THE Catholic Church in Zambia has thanked Government for supporting hospitals and schools the Church runs countrywide. And Archbishop Alick Banda has pledged the Catholic Church’s...
View ArticleWoman brings lover in matrimonial home
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka A 42-YEAR-OLD woman of Kabanana township has been chased from her matrimonial home by her two stepdaughters after she allegedly sneaked her boyfriend into her late husband’s house....
View ArticleItalian settles for Zambia’s warm hearts
CHIMWEMWE MWALE, Livingstone STEFANO Canton, 52, has found friendly people in Zambia and he has now resolved to live here the rest of his life. Canton, an Italian, first came here as a volunteer in...
View ArticleLusambo warns UNZA students
KAPALA CHISUNKA, Lusaka LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has warned University of Zambia (UNZA) students that they will be identified and flushed out of the institution if they continue with...
View ArticleRe-profile Chinese debt, experts urge State
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has been urged to re-profile the portfolio of Chinese loans that account for 30 percent of the US$9.1 billion total external debt. Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis...
View ArticleKCM, Afgri partner to invest in farming
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has partnered with Afgri and Company Impact Agri to establish a commercial farm on an unused mine land with an initial investment of US$3.5 million. The...
View ArticleLiato’s election appeal dismissed
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka THE Constitutional Court has dismissed Patriotic Front’s (PF) losing Kaoma Central parliamentary candidate Austin Liato’s election appeal in which he was challenging the...
View ArticleMan in court for sodomising son
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka A 38-YEAR-OLD man of George township has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court for allegedly sodomising his seven-year-old son. Victor Mukuka, who appeared in court on...
View Article‘Kitwe fans put players under pressure’
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe KITWE United coach Stephen Mwansa has attributed his team’s poor home form to players’ failure to handle pressure of their vociferous fans. Mwansa said in an interview in Kitwe...
View ArticleArrows batter Ndola 118-0, go top
MULWANDA LUPIYA, Ndola ARROWS 118 NDOLA 0 CHAMPIONS Red Arrows on Saturday supplanted Diggers at the summit of the National Rugby League after battering ‘Killer Bees’ Ndola at Yotam Muleya Ground in...
View ArticleAVIC’s constructive gesture
BENEDICT TEMBO, Lusaka ON MONDAY, May 23, 2018 Avic International Project Engineering looked like Father Christmas as it gave out contracts to 16 local entrepreneurs. AVIC has not generally enjoyed...
View ArticleImmaturity cost Chipolopolo title – Chambeshi
DIANA CHIPEPO, MULWANDA LUPIYA Lusaka, Ndola ZAMBIA coach Beston Chambeshi says players’ immaturity cost them a fifth Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Senior Challenge Cup...
View ArticleBarotse endorses development
CHOMBA MUSIKA, ELIZABETH CHATUVELA , Mongu THE Barotse Royal Established (BRE) is impressed with President Edgar Lungu’s leadership style and has pledged to support him in implementing development...
View ArticleMutapa bounces back as Under-17 coach
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka OSWALD Mutapa has bounced back as Under-17 national team coach, two years after he was suspended by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) for fielding...
View ArticleShiwang’andu council bemoans poor water system
MWILA NTAMBI, Shiwang’andu SHIWANG’ANDU District Council chairperson Mubanga Chisulo says lack of a reliable water reticulation system has been hampering agriculture production and infrastracture...
View ArticleImplement industrial policy
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka ZAMBIA Association Manufacturers (ZAM) has called on Government to urgently implement the national industrial policy to address various factors stiflning the growth of the...
View ArticleTrade experts to address commodity problems
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka SEVERAL experts in trade are expected to gather in Zambia this monthend to address commodity problems and cross-border trade in Africa to strengthen the continent’s trading...
View ArticleResearchers push for massive cassava production
MWILA NTAMBI, Kitwe ZAMBIA Research Institute (ZARI) has embarked on a pilot project to promote cassava mechanisation among local farmers to enhance national food security. ZARI chief agriculture...
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