Girl, 13, explains her defilement ordeal
By MWILA NTAMBI A 13-YEAR-OLD grade eight pupil of Ganerton in Kitwe has told the Kitwe Magistrate’s Court how a 26-year-old garden boy abused her sexually in January this year. This is in a case in...
View ArticleGo Chipolopolo go; beat Lesotho
MANY Zambians love football so much that they will spend thousands of Kwacha to travel to Ndola to watch today’s game between Zambia and Lesotho and render support to the national team in this World...
View ArticleLimited air connectivity challenge to Zambia’s tourism development
MINISTER of Tourism and Arts Sylvia Masebo (centre) with Kenya Airways chief executive officer Titus Naikuni (left) and KLM Air France commercial director for Eastern Africa Yoram Franzen (right)...
View ArticleMines mandated by law to pay tax, says Sampa
MINING companies are mandated by law to pay taxes and appreciate that Government has created a conducive environment for them to operate without interference, Deputy Minister of Commerce, Trade and...
View ArticleDirty water baby killer, says Kanene
HUNDREDS of Zambian children under the age of five die every day due to poor sanitation and hygiene, Zamcom Trust director Oliver Kanene said in Lusaka yesterday. Citing UNICEF studies that place the...
View ArticleState cancels tender for fertiliser supply
By JIMMY CHIBUYE GOVERNEMNT has cancelled the tender for the supply and delivery of 67, 765.5 metric tonnes of top dressing fertiliser for the 2013/2014 farming season. Chief Government spokesperson...
View ArticleCivil servants flee wizards in Lukulu
By STEVEN MVULA VILLAGERS in Lukulu have complained that witchcraft is forcing some civil servants who are supposed to provide critical social services to flee the district. The villagers say this is...
View ArticleLungu explains embargo
By LINDA NYONDO MINISTER of Home Affairs Edgar Lungu says former President Rupiah Banda was stopped from travelling to South Africa yesterday because he is under a travel ‘embargo’. Mr Lungu said Mr...
View ArticleRB takes immigration officials to court
ORMER President Rupiah Banda talking to journalists after immigration authorities at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport stopped him from leaving the country. With him is MMD Solwezi Central member of...
View Article‘Don’t betray Sata’s trust’
ONE of the pardoned prisoners James Mabuluku was one of the 113 condemned inmates at Kabwe maximum security prison whose sentences have been reduced from death to life imprisonment. Here, Mabuluku...
View ArticleMutima Walowa member bitter
By CHAMBO NG’UNI and NOMSA NKANA A MEMBER of the Mutima Walowa wa Makumbi church (The Sweet Heart of Nimbi) is bitter with her parents for having misled her to be a member of the church since she was a...
View ArticlePlayer rating: Mukuka, Jacob, Mbesuma lead
COLLINS ‘King David’ Mbesuma celebrates his goal with Fwayo Tembo and James Chamanga in yesterday’s World Cup qualifier, which Zambia won 4-0 at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. – Picture by JEAN...
View ArticleNSCZ, ZABF war of words
OBSERVATION with STEPHEN PHIRI IT IS a pity that six boxers will today leave for Botswana for the Zone Four Championships without proper training. Reason? The National Sports Council of Zambia (NSCZ)...
View Article17 Lusaka bars closed
By SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA THE Lusaka City Council (LCC) has closed 17 bars and revoked their trading licences for poor sanitation. LCC public relations officer Henry Kapata says the bars, which are...
View ArticleKenya Airways celebrate 60yrs in Zambia
By NANCY MWAPE KENYA Airways (KQ) has successfully launched its 60th destination, Livingstone that will provide travellers access to one of the world’s natural wonders, the Victoria Falls and an...
View ArticleNew districts will foster development, says PS
PRESIDENT Sata cuts the ribbon to launch the Luangwa-Fiera Road Project at Manuele Village in Luangwa. Looking on is Road Development Agency (RDA) Chief Executive Officer Bernard Chiwala. – Picture by...
View ArticleState seeks Caesar’s dues
By CLAVER MUTINTA MINING companies must operate within Zambian laws and pay their taxes on time given the conducive environment the government has created for them to operate under, deputy Minister of...
View Article‘Godly’ act lands 2 pastors in trouble
By CHAMBO NG’UNI A ‘GODLY’ act by two Lusaka-based pastors last weekend to ‘cleanse’ Mulungushi River in Kapiri Mposhi of ‘evil forces’ landed them in trouble. The clergymen were apprehended and taken...
View ArticleJudge Musonda resigns
By CHARLES MUSONDA SUSPENDED Supreme Court Judge Phillip Musonda has resigned. Judge Musonda says his departure from the Bench has become inevitable. Last year, President Sata rejected Justice...
View ArticleZambia bang 4-0
JACOB Mulenga volleys Zambia’s first goal against Lesotho in yesterday’s World Cup qualifier at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. Zambia won 4-0. – Picture by JEAN MANDELA. CHISHALA MUSONDA reports:...
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