Britain to spend K6 million on Zambians studies
ARTHUR MWANSA, Lusaka THE British government will spent about £500,000 (approximately K6 million) to train Zambians awarded scholarships to undertake post-graduate studies in the United Kingdom (UK)....
View Article‘The Vagabonds Lash’ premieres
SHIKANDA KAWANGA, Livingstone COPPERBELT, through what has been dubbed as the Kopala Magic, seems to be dominating in the production of movies with most of the productions airing on DStv’s Zambezi...
View ArticleOpen letter to RDA on KK airport road
Dear editor, LUSAKA’S airport road remains one of the most important roads in our nation’s capital city. Unfortunately, this is one of the most obsolete and ill-maintained roads in the entire city of...
View ArticleUniversal health coverage critical – Chilufya
ALVIN CHIINGA, Lusaka MINISTER of Health Chitalu Chilufya says the World Health Organisation (WHO) framework for strengthening health systems for universal health coverage in the African region is...
View ArticleChoma gets K200,000 empowerment
NDANGWA MWITTAH, Choma THE Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund (PEIF) has disbursed K200,000 to empower an initial target of 1,000 traders in Choma district. And Chief Cooma of the Tonga people...
View ArticleProcurement planning: A boost to economic recovery
Analysis: JOSHUA BANDA FAILING to plan is planning to fail, goes an old adage. When activities are being conducted haphazardly without a predetermined plan to go by, the risk of plunging into the...
View ArticleBembas, Ngonis ‘renew’ cousinship
LIFE: What A Journey with CHARLES CHISALA I HAVE warned these Ngoni people to stop challenging the Bemba to golf contests, but they don’t seem to listen. Once again, as the Zambia Daily Mail reported...
View ArticleTime to talk about social media things
TORN APART with BOYD PHIRI IT is clear that Facebook has a way of adding vim and vigour to people’s lives, especially when it comes to expressing themselves in selfies and telling us all about their...
View ArticleCastrate defilers, demands mayor
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka NDOLA mayor Amon Chisenga has suggested that men who defile girls or who marry them early should be castrated as a solution to curbing the scourge as opposed to revising the...
View Article‘Spare the rod on pupils’
MELODY MUPETA, Kitwe THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) has opposed calls to re-introduce corporal punishment in schools because it is an infringement of children’s rights. HRC spokesperson Mwelwa...
View Article70 ‘empty teens’ in sex party
KAPALA CHISUNKA, Lusaka POLICE on Friday raided a house in Lusaka’s Woodlands area and stopped an alleged sex party involving 70 teenagers aged between 13 and 18. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo...
View Article‘I need more women’
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe ONE woman is not enough for a Kitwe man who has asked the local court to grant him permission to marry a second wife. Before senior local court magistrate Frederick Ndhlovu was...
View ArticleZRU bans 2 Chibuluma players
MULWANDA LUPIYA, Ndola THE Zambia Rugby Union (ZRU) has banned two Chibuluma players from all activities for allegedly attacking a referee during a National Rugby League match. The players are Kelvin...
View ArticleFountain of Hope, giving more than just a dream
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka THOUGH the number of street kids, orphans and vulnerable children roaming the streets of Lusaka has increased rapidly, efforts being made to address such challenges by orphanages...
View ArticleCouple nearly splits over money
MELODY MUPETA, Kitwe A THIRTY-TWO -YEAR-OLD woman of Kitwe narrated before the Kitwe local court how her husband refuses to shave her private parts unless she ties a black cloth outside their house....
View ArticleBRACE HERO ON CLOUD 9
ROBINSON KUNDA, SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA, National Heroes Stadium Lusaka ZAMBIA striker Brian Mwila is delighted to score goals that ended Algeria’s 35-year dominance over the Chipolopolo. Mwila scored a...
View ArticleCEC diversifies energy mix
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) will actively contribute and support Government’s goals by diversifying the country’s energy mix through investment in alternative sources...
View ArticleItezhi Tezhi mayoral election should be about development
PAUL MOONGA THE Itezhi Tezhi mayoral elections taking place on September 14, 2017 cannot be ignored. For many, including contenders, the poll is about political superiority and giggling opponents with...
View ArticleCopper holds firm
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka COPPER, which is Zambia’s major source of foreign exchange firmed in early Asian trading on Friday, gaining momentum from a positive outlook for Chinese industrial activity....
View ArticleBEIT Cure conducts 35 free surgeries a week on kids
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka BEIT Cure Hospital conducts about 35 free surgeries a week on children, executive director Steve Hitt has said. Mr Hitt said in an interview recently that the hospital only...
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