My Addis tour: Pressures, hurdles and glee
Travelogue: DORIS KASOTE, Addis Ababa DUTY called, this time in the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa to cover the 29th African Union (AU) of heads of State and government. Though I was uncertain on the...
View ArticleMarkets Fund gets K12.5 million
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka GOVERNMENT yesterday raised about K12.5 million in pledges and cash after launching a fund for the reconstruction of the gutted Lusaka City Market and rehabilitation of other...
View ArticleChipalo drags ZAAA to court
CAROLINE KALOMBE, Lusaka FORMER national athletics team coach Jonathan Chipalo has dragged the Zambia Amateur Athletics Association (ZAAA) to court demanding US$32,321 in unpaid overseas allowances....
View ArticleUPND MPs appeal suspension
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka THE suspended 46 United Party for National Development (UPND) parliamentarians have taken their application to the Court of Appeal challenging Speaker of the National Assembly...
View ArticleSusan Chimuka picks up pieces
NKOLE NKOLE, Lusaka A DOORMAT made from what was once her prison uniform now welcomes you upon entry into her home. Susan Chimuka has good reason to smile now that her movements are no longer...
View ArticleOpposition MPs speak out
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka MEMBERS of Parliament (MP) have been urged to take advantage of the parliamentary business recess to visit their constituencies and explain to the people why Government decided to...
View ArticleFashion leads Moscow to victory
SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA, Lusaka STRIKER Fashion Sakala on Saturday scored as Spartak 2 Moscow overcame FK Orenburg 1-0 in a Russian First Division league match. Fashion powered in a header from Alexander...
View ArticleShifting show disappoints minister
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Kabwe CENTRAL Province Minister Sydney Mushanga is disappointed that the provincial show grounds in Kabwe have been neglected resulting in the event being held at different venues each...
View ArticleDynamos beat Real, reduce gap with Napsa
SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA, National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka DYNAMOS 2 REAL 1 LUSAKA Dynamos yesterday edged tailenders Real Nakonde in a Super Division Week 17 match to reduce the gap with leaders Napsa Stars...
View ArticleCurb illicit financial flows in extractive industry, State told
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka VARIOUS stakeholders have called on Government to put in place policies that will curb the growing scale of illicit financial flows from the extractive industry. Recently,...
View ArticleZambia win big
ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka SWAZILAND 0 ZAMBIA 4 MIDFIELDER Cletus Chama yesterday scored a brace as Zambia demolished Swaziland in the 2018 Kenya African Nations Championship (CHAN) first round first leg at...
View ArticleMan takes own life
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Kitwe A 35-YEAR-OLD man of Wusakile township in Kitwe has committed suicide by drinking a pesticide. Nashi Chabalenge, of house number B5-176, is suspected to have committed suicide...
View ArticleSouth chiefs applaud Lungu’s green light to HH
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka THE Southern Royal Foundation of Chiefs has commended President Lungu for granting Catholic bishops access to incarcerated opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema to discuss the need...
View ArticleSame tariff rates must apply to mining companies – KCM
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) says there is need to implement the same tariff rate for all mining companies as opposed to the current situation where entities pay different...
View ArticleArchitectural work designed abroad worrying
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka ZAMBIA Institute of Architects (ZIA) is concerned that a number of internationally-funded projects are being designed abroad despite being executed in Zambia, without the...
View ArticlePolice dismiss Kambwili fears
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka POLICE have warned former Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Chishimba Kambwili against allegedly dragging the name of the service into disrepute through the media....
View ArticleWoman gang-raped, another beheaded
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Kitwe A THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD woman of Kitwe was on Sunday abducted by eight men who gang-raped her, police have confirmed. And police in Kitwe discovered a body of a 33-year-old woman...
View ArticleRebuilding after the fire
NKOLE NKOLE, Lusaka WHEN the city market fire broke out a fortnight ago, Ruth Nawakwi, who is a tailor, was asleep at home and had left both her phones back in her shop at the market. Saturday, July 1,...
View Article‘Non-tax compliance costing country huge revenue’
NANCY MWAPE, Lusaka ACTIONAID Zambia says it is unfortunate that the country is losing huge revenue through illicit financial flows that could fund public services as a result of non-tax compliance....
View ArticleEast African grain buyers court Zambia
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka WELL-organised cross-border food trade is a foundation for food security as it transfers the produce from surplus zones to areas of deficit. This allows for the creation of...
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