Retirees need proper care
THE plight of retirees has continued to haunt former workers for a very long time and many have continued living in poverty despite having worked for many years. In some cases, some retirees have died...
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Red, romance and valentine
By TIONE NDHLOVU WITH just a day before Valentine’s, I could not resist but say this. Of course it was after my observation of the frenzy. Everybody seems to be getting ready for the day, anyone...
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Chief Chitambo: An enemy of hunger, filth
By CHAMBO NG’UNI “MOTTO: Adults three meals, children six meals a day,” reads a decree at Chief Chitambo’s palace in Central Province. Chief Chitambo IV did not inherit this motto with other...
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State seeks community radio grants policy
MINISTER of Information and Broadcasting Services Mwansa Kapeya. By JIMMY CHIBUYE GOVERNMENT says it is working towards a media policy that will provide for grants to community radio stations...
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Tribunal cheers Harrington
By ALVIN CHIINGA Former Minister of Transport and Communications William Harrington who applied for a judicial review in the case alleging misconduct on the part of Tourism Minister Sylvia Masebo has...
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ACC sensitises stakeholders against electoral graft
By GANIZANI TEMBO and CHAMBO NG’UNI THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a sensitisation campaign for voters and politicians in the forthcoming by-election in Katuba Constituency on the...
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Avoid debate on constitution, Govt officials cautioned
President Michael Sata receives the Affidavit of Oath from State House Commissioner of Police Godwin Phiri during the swearing -in-ceremony at State House on February 12,2014 -Picture by THOMAS NSAMA...
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3 Lusaka bandits gunned down
By CAROLINE KALOMBE THREE armed criminals have been killed while six others were left with injuries after they attempted to steal from Chinese nationals in two different incidences. Police public...
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Solwezi, Kasenengwa seats case halted
By CAROLINE KALOMBE THE Supreme Court has temporarily stopped hearing the case of former MPs for Solwezi, Kasenengwa and Mkushi South namely Lucky Mulusa, Victoria Kalima and Sidney Chisenga...
View ArticleRoad carnage bleeding nation dry
THE continued loss of life and property in fatal road traffic accidents, especially on the Great North road, is a drain on the country’s economy. Zambia has continued to lose productive citizens whose...
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Sata shelters army
THE Patriotic Front government has up-scaled living standards of Defence forces by constructing 4,336 medium and low cost units in Lusaka, Kabwe and the Copperbelt; for the Zambia Army, Zambia Air...
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Kampala dare Kalampa
NKANA midfielder Shadreck Musonda (right) tries to beat Mbabane Swallows defender Sifiso Mabila during the 2014 CAF Champions League preliminary round return leg match at Kitwe’s Nkana Stadium last...
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Remembering radical African-American poet Amiri Baraka
By AUSTIN KALUBA THE late Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe once said a serious writer should strive to change society than write for the sake of writing ;what is called ‘art for art’s sake’. One writer...
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K1m council money looted
By CLAVER MUTINTA FIVE Lusaka City Council (LCC) workers have allegedly made away with more than K1 million from the Intercity Bus Terminus revenues and have gone into hiding, Lusaka Mayor Daniel...
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Luapula in need of power
By ESTHER MSETEKA LUAPULA Province permanent secretary Chanda Kasolo has bemoaned the inadequate electricity generation capacity in the area needed to support the construction of a manganese plant. Mr...
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Sata, PF deserve praise over home empowerment
By ACKIM HAMABULO MWEEMBA WE WOULD like to take this opportunity to commend President Sata and the Patriotic Front (PF) government for recapitalising the Zambia National Building Society (ZNBS). We...
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Andrew Banda still in prison
By CAROLINE KALOMBE FORMER diplomat Andrew Banda has spent another night in prison because the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court yesterday could not to grant him bail pending appeal to the High Court on...
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PF bans GBM
By CLAVER MUTINTA THE Patriotic Front (PF) Northern Province executive committee has expelled suspended Kasama Central member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba pending approval by the national disciplinary...
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Zambia has reason celebrate jubilee – Kapeya
By TEDDY KUYELA ZAMBIA has every reason to celebrate the country’s 50 years of independence as there is need to appreciate the sacrifices freedom fighters took for the freedoms that the citizens have...
View ArticleGive ZNS tools for job creation
CONSTITUTING over 50 percent of Zambia’s population, the youth have the potential to turn the country’s economy around if their collective energy is harnessed and channelled towards productive...
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