Women beware: Insunko can make you violent
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka CHAINAMA Hills Hospital has warned that the growing trend among women of mixing powdered tobacco, locally known as ‘insunko’, with other drugs to stimulate their bodies for...
View ArticlePay taxes, Christians urged
DARLINGTON MWENDABAI, Chipata LUSAKA-BASED Seventh day Adventist (SDA) radio evangelist Charles Kufa has appealed to Christians to faithfully pay their taxes to enable the government to continue...
View ArticleZambia needs every ngwee
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has made significant progress in collecting taxes. The various taxes the ZRA collects on behalf of Government are critical for the development of the country. Zambia...
View Article‘Walter ineligible’
MATHEWS KABAMBA , Kitwe SUPER Division Lusaka Dynamos have written to the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) alleging that Nkana striker Walter Bwalya is ineligible to feature in the Super Division...
View ArticleClean water for all in K400m pipeline
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka PRESIDENTIAL Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe says the allocation of close to K400 million in the 2017 budget towards improvement of water supply and sanitation infrastructure in...
View ArticleParley in spotlight
STEVEN MVULA, CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka AS PARLIAMENT resumes sitting today, the spotlight is on the turnout and conduct of members in view of what characterised the last sitting. And the Patriotic Front...
View ArticleWarriors’ performance worries minister
CHAMBO NG’UNI, ALEX NJOVU, Kabwe, Lusaka CENTRAL Province Minister Sydney Mushanga has urged Zambia Railways Limited management to find a winning formula for Super Division outfit Kabwe Warriors....
View ArticleMtendere praying for water blues to end
MEMORY MANINGA, Lusaka MARGRET Phiri, a resident of Mtendere in Lusaka cannot wait for the installation of water pipes in her community to be completed. Drawing water from a communal tap has been a...
View ArticleMwaliteta was with Siandenge before attack – witness
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka A witness yesterday told the Lusaka High Court that former Lusaka Province minister Obvious Mwaliteta and his co-accused persons in an aggravated robbery charge were placed at...
View ArticleDepleted Chipolopolo off to South Africa
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka NATIONAL team coach Wedson Nyirenda yesterday travelled to South Africa with a hastily assembled squad for today’s international friendly at Moruleng Stadium in Rustenburg...
View ArticleLuSE records reduced turnover
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka DESPITE an increase in the number of shares transacted last week, the Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) turnover dropped from about K4 million the previous week to about K2.6...
View Article‘Kasumbalesa trading centre plans not discarded’
NKWETO MFULA, Chingola THE Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) says it plans to establish a trading centre at Kasumbalesa one-stop border post with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have not...
View ArticleWe need to commercialise university structures – UNAM vice chancellor
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka LACK of commercialisation structures in most African universities has continued to undermine the growth of commerce and economic development, University professor has observed....
View ArticleNkana court Chambeshi to replace Saileti
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe NKANA are courting Lumwana Radiants coach Beston Chambeshi to replace Zeddy Saileti following a poor run of results. Saileti was appointed in January this year after the club...
View ArticleMob kills escaped prisoner
DARLINGTON MWENDABAI, Chipata A PRISONER’S bid for freedom ended in tragedy in Lundazi, Eastern Province, on Monday when a mob captured him and battered him to death. Police said Zacks Simwandila was...
View ArticleZambia, Belarus in trade discussions
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka ZAMBIA is among 10 African countries in discussion with Belarus on trade opportunities worth US$420 million, which will go a long way in accelerating relations between the...
View ArticleZNS shelter burnt in protest
JIMMY CHIBUYE, Choma MAZABUKA residents yesterday ran amok and burnt a temporary Zambia National Service (ZNS) office and two military firearms after discovering a dead body of a 29-year-old suspected...
View ArticleMaking environmental protection priority
NKOLE NKOLE, Kalumbila ONLY last month, Kabwe town in Central Province was named the world’s most toxic town according to pollution experts. The experts believe that a century of lead mining in Kabwe...
View ArticleSpeaker suspends 48 UPND MPs
CATHERINE MUMBA, Parliament THE 48 United Party for National Development (UPND) members of Parliament (MPs) who boycotted President Lungu’s state of the nation address on March 17 this year, yesterday...
View ArticleLungu assures farmers of support for growth
NANCY SIAME, PRISCILLA MWILA, Mkushi CABINET will soon meet to formulate policies to prop local farmers. This includes restricting the importation of selected food items and increasing surveillance on...
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