Cyber-crime threat on business worries accountants
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka CHARTERED Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) global president David Stanford is concerned escalating levels of cyber-crime and how it is affecting global business. And Mr...
View ArticleHubby lies about trips
CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Mansa A MANSA housewife is seeking divorce from her husband who lies that he is going on a trip when he is co-habiting with another woman in the same town. Mary Kalumba, 30 who sued...
View ArticleKipushi residents ‘import’ water from DRC
JACK ZIMBA, Mushindamo RESIDENTS of Kipushi in the newly-created Mushindamo district are forced to draw water from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) because the water pumps on the...
View ArticleFAZ hailed for terminating Mafro contract
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe and STEPHEN PHIRI, Lusaka FOOTBALL stakeholders have commended the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) for terminating the contract with Singaporean kit suppliers Mafro. On...
View ArticleLazarous Chewe: Zambia can go biogas way
KELVIN MBEWE, Lusaka ANIMAL, human and any other waste is simply unwanted and it is fit only for disposal. At the most in Zambia, people use the substance as manure to enhance the growth of plants. But...
View Article‘Women land empowerment on’
KELVIN MBEWE, Lusaka VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says lack of land has remained one of the major obstacles to women empowerment in Zambia. Mrs Wina, however, said that Government is working on...
View ArticleInter-mine railway upgrade on
MELODY MUPETA, Kitwe GOVERNMENT will spend over US$50 million on upgrading and connecting the inter-mine railway line to all copper smelters on the Copperbelt. Minister of Transport and Communication...
View ArticleVerify foreign qualifications, too
Dear editor, THE revelations by the Teaching Council of Zambia have drawn a lot of reactions from the public. We all need to start asking ourselves as to where the courage comes from for the worker to...
View ArticleGomes ARC title ambitions dashed
MULWANDA LUPIYA, Ndola ZAMBIA’S Leroy Gomes chances of winning a maiden Africa Rally Championship (ARC) title were on Saturday dashed after Kenyan Manvir Baryan triumphed at the Mountain Gorilla Rally...
View ArticleDaily Mail staffer dies
ISAAC PHIRI, Lusaka ZAMBIA Daily Mail staffer Sithembile Siwawa-Zulu (below) has died, a day after giving birth to a baby girl. Her husband, Victor Zulu, yesterday announced the death of Mrs Zulu, who...
View ArticleBigwigs confer on human rights
BENEDICT TEMBO, Johannesburg THE plight of key populations in Africa was the focus of the three-day workshop for representatives of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) and civil society...
View ArticlePF, UPND told to keep campaigns clean
CHISHALA MUSONDA, Ndola PATRIOTIC Front (PF) secretary general Davies Mwila has urged political parties contesting Thursday’s local government by-elections in various parts of the country to conduct...
View ArticlePolice nab baby snatcher
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka A 26-YEAR-OLD woman of Kanyama township in Lusaka has been arrested for allegedly stealing a five-month-old baby. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo named the suspect as Monica...
View ArticleMTN ready for football sponsorship competition
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka and MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe SUPER Division sponsors MTN Zambia chief executive officer Charles Molapisi says the company welcomes competition from other corporate entities in...
View ArticleTotal elimination of electricity subsidies on
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka GOVERNMENT will fully phase out electricity subsidies with the migration to cost-reflective tariffs, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba has said. Mr Yamba said the subsidies...
View ArticleOverturning fish deficit in Zambia
MONICA KAYOMBO, Ndola EARLY this year, Government acquired a US$50 million loan from the African Development Bank to boost the fish industry in Zambia. As a result of this, the aquaculture development...
View ArticleZDA records $12bn in investment pledges
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has recorded about US$12 billion in investment pledges and projects creating about 29,000 jobs in the first half of 2017. In the first half of...
View ArticleLet’s sanitise public bus sector
WE commend Government over its decision to phase out smaller buses known as Hiaces. The Hiace buses were designed to be vans used to carry merchandise not people. This explains their lack of comfort....
View Article$480,000 set to establish fish farm, reduce deficit
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka LUANGWA Bridge Fish Farm Limited has set aside US$480,000 to establish a fish farm that will contribute to overall national production and reduce the deficit. Currently, Zambia’s...
View ArticleBuilding citizens’ capacities
MELODY MUPETA, Mwinilunga THERE was jubilation in Mwinilunga recently when World Vision Zambia (WVZ) handed over to the local people various projects it has been implementing in the district in the...
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