Archive: 6 October 2017

6 Oct 2017 | Nyambe Lubasi

Chipolopolo face Eagles

Zambia brace themselves for their biggest game against Nigeria since the 1994 Africa Cup final, when they meet in a crucial penultimate 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B qualifier in Uyo tomorrow. The match is

6 Oct 2017 | Zondiwe Mbewe

ACC must stop sleeping, MPs tell new DG

Kabwe central member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says ACC must stop sleeping and dozing or risk being labeled a political organ. And Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili says the ACC must clean up

6 Oct 2017 | Linda Jere

Govt must do more to rehabilitate sex workers – ZNWL

Zambia National Women Lobby chairperson Beauty Katebe has urged government to broaden its women empowerment programmes to capture commercial sex workers. And Muvi TV’s Ready for Marriage (R4M) Extraordinary Beyond host Master Chimbala says the

6 Oct 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

Former UPP Secretary General failed to account for party resources – Saviour

UPP president Saviour Chishimba says it is strange that former party secretary general Mbaita Musendeka is bad mouthing him when she had failed to account for resources. Yesterday, Musendeka announced that she had resigned from

6 Oct 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

I’m ‘Jean the baptist’, boasts Kapata

In this video, lands minister Jean Kapata boasts that she is now “Jean the Baptist” after pouring water on Chishimba Kambwili at Parliament on Tuesday. In the video, courtesy of Prime TV’s Kalani Muchima, Works

6 Oct 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Some people are being paid to issue at least 2 statements a day accusing govt of corruption – Amos Chanda

Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says some people are being paid to issue at least two statements a day accusing government of corruption. And Chanda says three companies

6 Oct 2017 | Diggers Reporter

Lusaka man kills girlfriend, injures child after dispute

A 34-year-old Lusaka man has shot dead his 26-year-old girlfriend after a dispute. Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo confirmed this in a statement today, adding that the couple’s baby also sustained a bullet wound in

6 Oct 2017 | Martha Chilosha

UNZA lecturers’ salaries delayed again

The University of Zambia Lecturers and Research’s Union(UNZALARU) has directed its members to relax on processing examinations until salaries are paid. In a letter to the Registrar dated October 5, 2017, UNZALARU president Evans Lampi

6 Oct 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Expect more army worms, floods, water borne diseases – Minister

Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba says the 2017/2018 rain season is expected to cause possible infrastructure damage and the occurrence of army worms across the country. Speaking at a press briefing in Lusaka today,

6 Oct 2017 | Martha Chilosha

My ministers are paralysed because of corruption allegations – Lungu

I cannot take it anymore, some of my ministers and permanent secretaries are now paralyzed on account of corruption allegations, says President Edgar Lungu. Speaking when he swore in some diplomats at State House yesterday,