Rescind decision over appeal, FAZ told
SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA and ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka THE Zambia Sports Fans Association (ZSFA) and a former Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) executive committee member have urged the national governing...
View ArticleDMMU should expedite annual contingency plan on disasters
Dear editor, THE announcement that the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) will soon develop an annual contingency plan to among other things spell out measures to respond to possible...
View ArticleGovernment urged to revamp agriculture in Sinazongwe
CHALI MULENGA, Sinazongwe SINAZONGWE member of Parliament Gift Sialubalo has called on the Ministry of Agriculture to revamp irrigation schemes in his constituency to enhance food security. Mr...
View Article$165 million power project elates Lukulu
CHIMWEMWE MWALE, Livingstone THE US$165 million electricity power project recently commissioned by Vice President Inonge Wina in Lukulu district in Western Province is a transformative milestone which...
View Article‘Eyes on 2019 Africa Cup of Nations’
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka CHIPOLOPOLO vice-captain Ziyo Tembo has urged his team-mates to put behind the failure to qualify for the 2018 Russia World Cup and concentrate on the 2019 Cameroon Africa Cup of...
View ArticleControlling fall army worms
Analysis: FELIX TEMBO "THERE is an outbreak of army worms”! “No, they are stalk borers, the army will fight them!” These were some of the few statements common with the farming community last season....
View ArticleChipolopolo fans should bake their manners
Dear editor, NEWS that unknown people on Saturday damaged roofing sheets at the house of national team striker Alex Ng’onga’s mother is disheartening. It is unfortunate that people could express their...
View ArticleU-17 coach speaks World Cup qualification
SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA, Lusaka COACH Kaluba Kangwa is targeting leading the under-17 women’s national team to the 2018 Uruguay World Cup finals. Kangwa said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that he has...
View ArticleWhat defines our national identity?
Analysis: MUBANGA LUMPA ON OCTOBER 24, 2017, Zambia will be commemorating her 53rd independence. During such an important national event, it is expected that a number of national identity themes will...
View ArticleZambian golfers drop to eighth
DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka ZAMBIA yesterday managed a 13 over par 229 overall second round score to drop to eighth position at the ongoing All-Africa Amateur Golf Championship at Elephant Hills Resort in...
View ArticleOver 13,000 to benefit from e-voucher in Masaiti
NKOLE MULAMBIA, Ndola OVER 13,000 farmers are expected to benefit from the electronic voucher (e-voucher) system in Masaiti district on the Copperbelt during for the 2017/2018 farming season, district...
View ArticleEx-permsec, Mataka acquitted
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka THE Lusaka Magistrate’s Court has acquitted former Information and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary Samson Phiri and three journalists in a case in which they were...
View ArticleEmploy expatriate coach for national team
Dear editor, HAVING failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, Zambia should now focus on the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar. FAZ should set the ball rolling by re-organising the national team and the...
View ArticleCorruption red flags
Analysis: KELVIN SIWALE IN THE anti-corruption field the assumption of one size fits all is not encouraged. Nevertheless, as we look at the red flags of corruption we will try to bring out a number of...
View Article3 plead guilty in Ng’onga house case
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe THREE people have pleaded guilty to damaging roofing sheets at the house belonging to Power Dynamos and Zambia striker Alex Ng’onga’s mother Charity Sakanya in Kitwe’s Chimwemwe...
View ArticleUnity of purpose key – First Lady
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Kapiri Mposhi FIRST Lady Esther Lungu says unity of purpose is key to fighting vices that affect the progression of the girl-child in different spheres. Mrs Lungu said while it is...
View ArticleThomro invests $1.2 million in ethanol production
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka THOMRO Investment Limited has invested about US$1.2 million in the production of ethanol from cassava, which will be sourced from smallholder farmers across the country. Ethanol...
View ArticleECZ should have limited invitation to aptitude tests
Dear editor, I RECENTLY attended aptitude tests for the position of research officer at the Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ). ECZ invited 166 candidates. I feel this number of candidates was too...
View ArticleLuwingu DC warns parents
LUBONA MWIMBE, Kitwe LUWINGU district commissioner Patrick Chanda has warned that parents involved in marrying off their teenage girls will be made to cultivate huge portions of land belonging to...
View ArticleU-17 coach selects 23 for Botswana tie
CECILIA ZULU, Lusaka UNDER-17 women’s national team coach Kaluba Kangwa has selected 23 players for Sunday’s Uruguay World Cup preliminary round first leg against Botswana. And defender Rhoda Nakanyika...
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