Pastor asked me to start using charms
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka A TWENTY-ONE-YEAR old woman of Chazanga township in Lusaka narrated before the Matero local court how she was given charms by a pastor to prevent her husband from being snatched...
View ArticleEmbracing technology for more health workers
DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka AT THE beginning of 2014, the Ministry of Health, together with Child Fund International and Amref Health Africa went tech savvy and introduced e-learning for aspiring health...
View ArticleKrmpotic blames fans
CHISHALA MUSONDA and MULWANDA LUPIYA, Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola ZESCO United coach Zlatko Krmpotic yesterday blamed fans for the team’s exit from the Confederation Cup. South African side...
View Article‘Kambwili’s claims absurd’
YANDE SYAMPEYO, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has described as absurd claims by Roan member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili that yesterday’s cabinet meeting was called to discuss claims of corruption against the...
View ArticleFirst Lady clinches deal for children’s hospital
FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has clinched a deal for a memorandum of understanding between Zambia and the Colorado Children’s Hospital for some possible areas of collaboration with the University Teaching...
View ArticleUTH in complex operation
DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka THE University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has successfully conducted a 10 -hour operation to remove a brain tumour from a 38-year-old female patient. The operation, which was conducted...
View ArticleWhat you need to know on embolism and pregnancy
FRANCIS MUPETA, Lusaka WHEN I was young, I always wondered why elders would greet a new mother “mwapusukeni” literally meaning “you have survived”. This did not make sense then until my early days in...
View ArticleStakeholders welcome probe in fire tenders purchase
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka VARIOUS stakeholders have welcomed President Lungu’s directive to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to thoroughly investigate allegations of graft in the purchase of 42 fire...
View ArticleZesco skipper defends coach
MULWANDA LUPIYA, Ndola ZESCO United skipper Jacob Banda says players should shoulder the blame for putting coach Zlatko Krmpotic in the firing range from fans. Last Tuesday, Zesco lost 3-0 to Lumwana...
View ArticleMixed views on corporal punishment
MEMORY MANINGA, Lusaka BEFORE corporal punishment was banned in Zambia, schoolchildren were chastised by the stroke of the cane and sometimes dehumanised with slaps and fists at the hand of teachers....
View ArticleMan survives croc attack
BUTTYSON KANDIMBA, Solwezi A 33-YEAR-OLD man of Kanyachi village in Chavuma is nursing wounds in Chavuma Mission Hospital after being attacked by a crocodile as he was swimming in the Zambezi River....
View ArticleDynamos, Napsa storm semi-finals
DIANA CHIPEPO, Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka REJUVENATED Napsa Stars and Lusaka Dynamos advanced to the Barclays Cup semi-finals after overcoming Green Buffaloes and Kabwe Youth Academy, respectively. Napsa...
View ArticleKafue River expedition
JACK ZIMBA, Kipushi FOR a river that flows for 1,600km and supports about 60 percent of Zambia’s population in many ways, its source could not be more obscure. To get to the heart of the Kafue River,...
View ArticleDRC refugee arrivals near 3000
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka THE number of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) citizens seeking asylum in Zambia has risen to almost 3,000, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said....
View ArticleRapist cop jailed
HENRY SINYANGWE, Kasama THE Ndola High Court has sentenced a 26-year-old police officer of Mbala to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a woman at the police station. This is a case in...
View ArticlePublic workers in pay bonanza
STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka PUBLIC service workers have won salary increments of between 7.4 percent and 9.62 percent after several months of negotiations with Government. This came to light during a signing...
View ArticleMuna revs to victory at Monze rally
SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA, Lusaka LEGENDARY driver Muna Singh over the weekend put up a vintage performance that made him popular during his heyday to win the Meanwood Monze National Motor Rally...
View ArticleCEEC invests K120m in industrial yards
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka THE Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) has so far invested about K120 million in the construction of industrial yards in nine districts to promote participation of...
View Article‘We’ll keep supporting farmers’
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka MUSIKA Development Initiative director of operations Joshua Munkombwe says the organisation will continue supporting farmers through the creation of output market opportunities...
View ArticleZambia Railways needs $1.2bn
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) needs about US$1.2 billion to completely rehabilitate its infrastructure to ensure full operational capacity. In 2012, Government released US$120...
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