• 14 Feb 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

UNZA may not reopen this month - Registrar

University of Zambia (UNZA) registrar Sitali Wamundila says the university might not reopen this month end as rehabilitation works have not been concluded. At a media briefing, Tuesday, Wamundila lamented that the institution was wrestling with financial and human resource challenges which had greatly hampered progress of the rehabilitation works. Wamundila, however, disclosed that UNZA...

• 14 Feb 2018
• Mazuba Muleya

U-20 STARS NOT PAID; FAZ also owes team officials

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) is still owing players and officials allowances for the 2017 under-20 Africa Cup and World Cup participation. Zambia hosted and won the 2017 under-20 youth title and was one of the four African representatives at the World Youth Championship in South Korea. A source who was part of the...

• 14 Feb 2018
• Mazuba Muleya

Zesco faces Napsa as Zanaco draws Nkana in Charity Shield fixture

CHAMPIONS Zesco United have been pitted against Napsa while Zanaco will face Nkana in the 2018 Samuel ‘Zoom’ Ndhlovu Charity Shield semi-finals set for Nkoloma Stadium on March 3. Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) communications manager, Desmond Katongo, said the Charity Shield final will be played on March 10 preceding the 2018 League kickoff which...

• 14 Feb 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

ERB too quick to effect fuel price hikes - Musumali

Socialist Party secretary general Cosmas Musumali says Zambians get heavily burdened with fuel increments due to cartels that dominate the petroleum industry. Reacting to the latest upward adjustment of fuel on prices on Radio Phoenix’s Let The People Talk, Tuesday, Musumali observed that Zambians were overburdened with fuel costs because government was too quick to...

• 14 Feb 2018
• Mukosha Funga

Govt to deregister erring societies by April 30

Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has warned that the Registrar of Societies will deregister political parties, churches and other societies which will fail to submit their annual returns by April 30, 2018. At a media briefing, Tuesday, Kampyongo revealed that a number of societies, out of the registered 4,500, had been defaulting for years....

• 14 Feb 2018
• Diggers Editor

Mwalilya kale imbuto kumo na fertilizer

We sympathise with the PF propagandists who earn a living trying to demystify the President’s pronouncements. We can imagine that President Lungu’s public addresses are their worst nightmares because they have to justify their pay by making the Head of State sound intelligent. These people have the toughest job in Zambia. But President Lungu has...

• 14 Feb 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

PF can’t bar losing candidates when they steal votes - HH

UPND leader Hakainde Hichiema says it will be unfair to bar losing candidates from recontesting the elections because PF is fond of stealing votes. Speaking when he featured on Q-TV programme on Sunday, Hichilema also said that his party would bring in better policies for farmers once he forms government. And Hichilema said his party...

• 14 Feb 2018
• Joseph Mwenda

The President will travel abroad in 2 weeks - State House

State House Press Aide Amos Chanda says President Edgar Lungu's statement that he will not travel abroad this year does not mean he has completely withdrawn from making international trips, but that his travels will be carefully selected. And Chanda says as President Lungu is inspecting developmental projects, he is not ashamed to tell people...