DRC insecurity must be addressed
IN recent years there has been increasing tension between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) security personnel and truck drivers not just from Zambia but the entire Southern African Development...
View ArticleZambia assures Italian investors
By KAPALA CHISUNKA ZAMBIA’s ambassador to Italy Frank Mutubila has assured Italian firms who invest in Zambia that they are investing in a country where political stability is guaranteed and private...
View ArticleNkana aim at Swallows
HONE SIAME from Mbabane reports: NKANA today make a return to continental football after a 12-year absence when they take on Swazi outfit Mbabane Swallows in the 2014 CAF Champions League preliminary...
View ArticleIDC meant to benefit all – Chikwanda
By KALONDE NYATI GOVERNMENT says citizens should offer advice on how best the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) should operate rather than criticise the formation because the establishment of...
View ArticleLet GBM be probed freely’
By CHARLES MUSONDA CHIEF Government spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya has advised Cornelius Mweetwa, the African Parliamentarian Network Against Corruption (APNAC) chairperson, to let the investigative wings...
View ArticleMulobezi, Kazungula in health boost
DEPUTY Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya (middle) unveiling the foundation for the construction of the first district hosiptal in Kazungula. – Picture by NANCY MWAPE. From NANCY MWAPE in Livingstone The...
View Article‘State values traditional ceremonies for unity’
LUSAKA District Commissioner Ashell Kampengele (middle) with N’cwala national organising committee chairperson Noel Nkoma(white shirt) leads the Ngoni warriors during the fundraising walk on Great East...
View Article5 die at Chibombo black spot
FLASHBACK: Last year’s tragic Chibombo Postbus accident scene . By CHAMBO NG’UNI BARELY 24 hours after Zambia commemorated the first anniversary of the horrific deaths of over 50 people in a bus...
View ArticleTruckers threaten to boycott Kasumbalesa
By KAPALA CHISUNKA, NKWETO MFULA and NELLA MUKALENGE FOUR main truckers trade associations have threatened to stop transporting freight into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) if the security of...
View ArticleInvesting in fish farming
FISH makes up 40 percent of annual protein in the diet of Zambians. The direct benefits of fish as a source of food of high nutritional value cannot be overemphasised. The current estimates for annual...
View ArticleSata is back
PRESIDENT Sata shaking hands with Zambia National Service Commandant Lieutenant -General Nathan Mulenga on arrival at Lusaka’s Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. On the left is Inspector-General of...
View ArticleMPs, councillors get sexual drills
By SITEMBILE SIWAWA THE Southern African HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) in Zambia has started training members of Parliament (MPs) and ward councillors on effective...
View ArticleStabbed Mpulungu man battles for life
From NANCY SIAME in Ndola A 26-YEAR-OLD man of Mpulungu is battling for his life in hospital after he was stabbed in the face by an unknown person during a drinking spree. Northern Province deputy...
View ArticleMwale beats Musukwa for CB top job
NEWLY-ELECTED Patriotic Front Copperbelt Province chairlady Hildah Kawesha (second from right) celebrates her election victory outside Hindu Hall in Ndola yesterday. – Picture by SALIM HENRY/SHENPA. By...
View Article‘God’s favour be upon you’
By STEVEN MVULA PRESIDENT Sata yesterday wished Zambians God’s favour in his first Facebook posting since his return on Saturday. “Happy Sunday to you all and may the favour of the Almighty God be upon...
View ArticleGuard against imported violence – Lungu
By CLAVER MUTINTA PATRIOTIC Front (PF) campaign manager for the Katuba parliamentary by-election Edgar Lungu says he fears that some party cadres from Lusaka might cause violence in Katuba because of...
View ArticleWoman detained over Kasumbalesa driver killing
MINISTER of Home Affairs Ngosa Simbyakula (back to camera) inspects the truck in which a Zimbabwean truck driver was shot dead on the Zambian side last week by a suspected Congolese soldier in...
View ArticleGBM faces police today
By CLAVER MUTINTA KASAMA Central member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba says he is adequately prepared to face the police today following his summoning for interrogation. Both Mr Mwamba and police...
View ArticleConstruction of roads in fast lane
THE wheels of development are turning quite fast across the country following numerous economic and social infrastructure development the Patriotic Front Government has rolled out. Western Province,...
View ArticleNkana ‘Swallowed’
Mbabane Swallows coach Hlope Nyanga … Zambian champions clobbered in Swaziland From HONE SIAME in Mbabane SWALLOWS 2 NKANA 0 MBABANE Swallows yesterday defied football hierarchy when they stunned Nkana...
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