Two Oktoberfests in town
KELVIN KACHINGWE, Lusaka THE City of Lusaka and its surrounding areas will in September and October play host to two if not three Oktoberfests, borrowed from the Munich funfair which is close to two...
View ArticlePastor incites pupils to riot
MELODY MUPETA, Kitwe and HENRY SINYANGWE, Kasama PUPILS at the newly-built Katuta Boarding School in Luwingu district in Northern Province have damaged property in a riot sparked by suspicion that some...
View ArticlePower, Buffaloes seek keeping Napsa in sight
VICTOR KUMWENDA, Lusaka POWER Dynamos and Green Buffaloes will today reduce the gap with leaders Napsa Stars to one point if they beat their opponents in Super Division Week 20 matches. Second-placed...
View ArticleAward for cleaning up the environment
BENEDICT TEMBO, Lusaka AFTER picking up another award in environmental management, Billy Lombe wants to continue working hard in protecting the planet from degradation and climate change. Lombe, who is...
View ArticleU-17 storm final
ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka ZAMBIA 2 MALAWI 0 STRIKER Martin Njobvu yesterday netted a double as Zambia edged Malawi to cruise to the final of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)...
View ArticleGovt, Luapula Water seal $40 million deal
MWILA NTAMBI, Mansa GOVERNMENT has signed a US$40 million on-lending and grant agreement with Luapula Water and Sewerage Company for implementing water and sanitation programmes in four districts of...
View Article‘Access to reproductive health still a challenge’
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka DESPITE Government, the private sector and non-governmental organisations scoring positive strides in the provision of health care services, achieving full access to Sexual...
View ArticleShatel coming back
THELMA BWALYA, Lusaka THE feel of Naitopela, Gentelemani and Chilumendo may not be experienced ever again, but there may be just something close to that with Shatel (Saboi Imboela and Barbara Njovu)...
View ArticleEmmanuel Chikoya born priest
Sunday Profile: YANDE SYAMPEYO, Lusaka AS A young and seemingly spoiled boy growing up in Kafue with his grandmother, Father Emmanuel Chikoya had no clue he would turn out to be a reputable man of God....
View ArticleHubby laments wife sleeps with younger men
CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Mansa A FIFTY-YEAR-OLD man of Chimense village has narrated before the Mansa local court how his wife humiliates him by sleeping with younger men because he is ‘powerless’ in bed....
View Article‘Brave man humiliated’
Life: What a journey – CHARLES CHISALA I WAS in Kazembe village in Mwansabombwe district in Luapula Province on Friday when I witnessed a spectacle that reminded me of what my instructors at Mindolo...
View ArticleMildah Nambeye resurrects from the dead
DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka WHEN 72-year-old Mildah Nambeye, of Yenga yenga village in Chieftainess Mungule’s area fell into a coma after convulsing, her family and the neighbours gave her a goodbye kiss. But...
View ArticleHe claims to be on family planning
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka THE Matero Local Court heard how a 45-year-old man of Chazanga impregnated four women while he denied his wife conjugal rights for 18 months under the pretext that he was on family...
View ArticleTill I shoot you do us part
Torn Apart: BOYD PHIRI LONG are the days when couples in the hood used cooking sticks and pots as weapons of ‘mass destruction’ during domestic fights. No wonder you don’t see people selling cooking...
View ArticleLife as usual for party-lovers
JACK ZIMBA and MICHAEL KUMWENDA, Lusaka IT IS late Friday evening and the road leading to a cluster of pubs in Kabwata is clogged with traffic. The end of the week brings many pleasure-seeking...
View ArticleAirtel gets on the Boyz II Men act
MEMORY MANINGA, Lusaka AIRTEL Zambia has become the latest corporate entity to partner with Stanbic Bank Zambia for the September 22 – 22 Music Festival to be headlined by Boyz II Men. This is the...
View ArticleIncrease maize floor price
Dear editor, THE hardship memories farmers went through (not to remember the infamous armyworms) recede in the distance when they have to sell their maize and enjoy their money. Is it true that good...
View ArticleNapsa fire blanks at Rangers
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Nchanga Stadium, Chingola RANGERS 0 NAPSA 0 TEN-MAN Napsa Stars yesterday failed to capitalise on their rivals’ dropping points on Saturday when they battled to a goalless draw with...
View ArticleWina donates for new church
MONICA KAYOMBO, Ndola VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has pledged K20,000 and 200 pockets of cement for the construction of the Ndeke United Church of Zambia in Ndola. Copperbelt Minister Bowman Lusambo...
View ArticleChishimba Kambwili in quotes
THE Patriotic Front (PF) Central Committee last Saturday expelled its Roan member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili for allegedly bringing confusion in the ruling party. As was probably expected, Mr...
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