Zambia wants to have go at COVID vaccine trials
PRISCILLA MWILA Lusaka ZAMBIA has engaged the African Centre for Disease Control (ACDC) and other global health organisations for the country to participate in coronavirus vaccine trials. Minister of...
View ArticleCBU bottlenecks named
MWILA NTAMBI Kitwe COPPERBELT University Academics Union president Derrick Ntalasha says provision of electronic lessons at the institution is a challenge because most students cannot afford internet...
View ArticleMufulira’s Butondo: Stars’ base
MWILA NTAMBI Mufulira BUTONDO Township, situated in Mufulira’s Kankoyo Constituency, has a rich history. Its establishment dates back to the beginning of mining in Mufulira district and particularly...
View ArticleSate Sate savours 2nd league title with Nkana
MATHEWS KABAMBA Kitwe DESPITE being unsettled for most part of the just ended league campaign, Nkana poster boy Ronald Kampamba has described winning a second league title for the Kitwe side as...
View ArticleZB invests $2m in recycling business
TRYNESS TEMBO Lusaka ZAMBIAN Breweries has invested about US$2 million in the Manja Pamodzi initiative since 2016 in promoting the recycling business and creating employment for locals. Currently, over...
View ArticleForest Rangers look to avoid Buildcon pitfall
MULWANDA LUPIYA Ndola WITH only a handful of players in their team boasting of continental experience, Forest Rangers are looking to bolster their ranks with the addition of some more quality players...
View ArticleSaudis ponder opening bank in Zambia
DARLINGTON MWENDABAI Lusaka SAUDI Arabia is considering opening a bank in the country to facilitate investment inflows in sectors like agriculture and mining, the Kingdom’s Ambassador to Zambia, Osamah...
View ArticleNot at their best
DIANA CHIPEPO Lusaka NATIONAL team coach Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic says players were not at their best during the few games played after the league resumed because of the trauma they suffered during...
View ArticleMiles says minister, LCC admin abrogating his rights
STEVEN MVULA Lusaka LUSAKA Mayor Miles Sampa says the withdrawal of his official vehicles is an abrogation of his rights as an employee of Lusaka City Council (LCC). The outspoken mayor deems the...
View ArticleOver 8,000 antibody tests conducted
PRISCILLA MWILA Lusaka GOVERNMENT has so far conducted 8,000 antibody tests in six provinces as part of efforts to establish the depth and spread of COVID-19, whose social and economic ramifications...
View ArticlePastor leads woman into ‘temptation’
MUGALA Lusaka A PASTOR has failed to keep his promise of marrying his fiancée after allegedly forcing her to stop work, a Kanyama Local Court has heard. Alick Tembo, 39, appeared in court following a...
View ArticleDebt interest suspended
DOREEN NAWA Lusaka THE Paris Club has suspended Zambia’s debt interest repayment. In application of the term sheet of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI), also endorsed by the G20, the Paris...
View Article‘Chief mourner’ backs out of marriage
MIKE MUGALA Lusaka A MAN was left to swallow his words when his wife told a local court that he has been spending nights out with another woman under the pretext of attending his friends’ funerals....
View ArticleNg’andu assures retirees payment
JACK ZIMBA Kasama MINISTER of Finance Bwalya Ng’andu says he takes the payment of pensioners and retirees as a moral obligation, and has assured that Government will dismantle the arrears owed to them....
View ArticleIllicit spirits back on the market
DOREEN NAWA Lusaka THE illicit highly potent spirits commonly known as tujilijili have resurfaced on the market with many outlets in Lusaka stocking the alcoholic beverage. The sale and manufacturing...
View ArticleGirls resort to leaves at Mwekera school
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Kitwe MAINTAINING menstrual hygiene is proving to be difficult for girls at Mwekera Secondary School in Kitwe, who resort to using leaves and paper when on their menstrual cycle. This...
View ArticleMother killer jailed 18 months
MAYENGO NYIRENDA Chipata A 53-YEAR-OLD woman of Mwaula Zumba Village in Chief Mumbi’s area in Petauke has been sentenced to 18-months imprisonment for killing her 86-year-old mother. Rosemary Phiri...
View ArticleBE CREATIVE
CHIMWEMWE MWALE, PRISCILLA CHIPULU Ndola PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu yesterday launched the Multi- Sectoral Youth Empowerment Programme with a call on youths to be creative and work towards making the...
View ArticleGet rid of tujilijili again
THE illicit spirits known in local parlance as tujilijili are back on the streets. This calls to mind concerns in the past about moral decay among young people. One does not need to look far from...
View ArticleJames Chamanga younger brother for Chipolopolo call-up
MULWANDA LUPIYA Ndola AT 40, James Chamanga has hit headlines this season due to his goal-scoring prowess in front of goal for Red Arrows. The veteran striker netted 16 goals in the just-ended season...
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