Uncle Sam on ‘Let Lela Go’
SAM KASANKHA, Lusaka I WATCHED Joemwa Mtsinje Mwale’s play “Aliele, Let Lela Go” at Lusaka Playhouse on Saturday. I had my fair share of laughter and enjoyed the endless antagonism towards virtually...
View Article‘She calls landlord’s name in sleep’
CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Mansa A MAN of Mansa’s Chinanda village has narrated in the Mansa local Court how his wife of 16 years who is allegedly promiscuous, calls out their landlord’s name in her sleep....
View ArticleMaking the hood understand 7th NDP
TORN APART with BOYD PHIRI IT has become obvious that following any pronouncement or launch of a programme, people in the hood are always not sure what it really means to them. For example, most...
View ArticleYour role in the community – Part 2
youthful living with pastor Moyo M IN LAST week’s column I ended with a critical question; “where do we draw the boundaries between individuality and communality?” It is important to balance...
View ArticleCoins aren’t money at toll gates
DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka SOME users of the Mumbwa, Kafue and Shimabala toll gates have alleged that cashiers refuse to accept coins as payment. Getrude Kasangala said a cashier at the Mumbwa Toll gate...
View ArticleWoman caught in the act
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka THE Matero local court heard how a twenty-seven- year-old woman of Lusaka West was caught committing adultery in an unfinished house in the neighbourhood. And in court, Alice Phiri...
View ArticleEveryday an opportunity to make our love stronger
HOW WE MET with MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka FROM what seemed to be a relationship based on casual greetings in 2005 at Evelyn Hone College, Kevin Luvila never thought Flavia Mutale would be his life partner in...
View ArticleSugar mummies on the loose
CHALI MULENGA, Livingstone THE Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) in Livingstone has claimed that there is an increase in the number of women in their fifties engaging in intergenerational sex...
View ArticleKanyama hospital receives kit
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka MISSION Pharma Zambia has donated an anaesthetic machine worth K280,000 to Kanyama First Level Hospital. Speaking when he handed over the donation on Friday, Mission Pharma Zambia...
View ArticleBeggar moms using babies as bait
JACK ZIMBA, Lusaka ON A cold June morning, Namukale Chella stands on the pavement at a busy junction in Lusaka, her 19-months-old son strapped to her back. She waits until the traffic light turns red,...
View ArticleDeputies causing conflict, hears Parley
ARTHUR MWANSA, Lusaka LUNDAZI Central member of Parliament (MP) Lawrence Nyirenda says the creation of two deputy positions at the Zambia Correctional Service (ZCS) and Zambia Police Service (ZPS) has...
View ArticleGermany assigns €31m for renewable energy
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka THE German government has allocated €31 million to its development bank, KfW, to help Zambia implement the Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (REFiT) Strategy, which will accelerate...
View ArticleVenture into agriculture to boost income, civil servants told
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Kabwe CENTRAL Province permanent secretary Chanda Kabwe has urged civil servants in the region to venture into agriculture to boost their incomes and contribute to national food...
View ArticleLocal airline given green light into aviation market
NANCY MWAPE, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has introduced policies that are creating an enabling environment for domestic airline operators’ entry into the local aviation market to retain over US$1 billion being...
View ArticleTurning point
NANCY SIAME, NKOLE MULAMBIA, Ndola NKOMBO KACHEMBA, MWILA NTAMBI, Chingola PRESIDENT Lungu yesterday launched construction works of the US$397 million new Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in...
View ArticleWina puts widows in focus
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has directed the Ministry of Gender to spearhead the commemoration of the Widows Day, whose objective resonates with the goals of the International...
View ArticleLungu condemns graveyard clash
CATHERINE MUMBA, ALVIN CHIINGA, Lusaka PRESIDENT Lungu has condemned the fracas that left several people injured when alleged United Party for National Development (UPND) and Patriotic Front (PF)...
View ArticleZanaco warm up for Al Ahly with victory
MULWANDA LUPIYA, Shinde Stadium, Mufulira WANDERERS 1 NAPSA 2 NAPSA Stars yesterday edged Mufulira Wanderers in a Super Division Week 14 match to close the gap with leaders Lusaka Dynamos to one point....
View ArticleNkwazi win morale booster – Zesco coach
MULWANDA LUPIYA, MATHEWS KABAMBA, Ndola, Kitwe ZESCO United coach Zlatko Krmpotic is delighted with Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Nkwazi, saying it is a morale booster ahead of Friday’s CAF Confederation...
View ArticleZambia will be major timber exporter – Mulusa
HONE SIAME, Lusaka GOVERNMENT through the Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO) will secure 50,000 hectares of land in each of the 10 provinces for the establishment of...
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