Archive: 25 July 2018

25 Jul 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Lusaka mayoral candidates woo voters, as Miles shuns debate

Eight Lusaka mayoral candidates on Tuesday turned up to wrap up their various manifestos ahead of the city’s by-election today, but ruling PF candidate Miles Sampa chose to shun the event. The debate, which was […]

25 Jul 2018 | Alex Chilumbwe

Fewdays hopes for more days in super league

New Monze Swallows coach Fewdays Musonda says he is still hopeful that his side will survive relegation this season. Mr Musonda says he is focusing on making his players understand that surviving relegation is the […]

25 Jul 2018 | Diggers Reporter

Misisi family suffocates from night fire

A 35-year-old man and two of his children have suffocated to death in Lusaka’s Misisi Compound. According to a statement issued by police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, Gezani Zulu, his daughter Naomi and his son […]

25 Jul 2018 | Tenson Mkhala

Rise in killings due to bad leadership – Chihana

The rise in the number of killings being experienced in Lusaka and other cities is a result of bad and poor leadership, says International Fellowship of Christian Churches (IFCC) president Bishop Simon Chihana. Delivering a […]

25 Jul 2018 | Daniel Chansa

9,177 apply for 350 police jobs on C/Belt

Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga has revealed that the province received 9,177 applications when her division has only been mandated to take up 350 recruits. Addressing Journalists at her officer, Wednesday, Katanga said of the […]

25 Jul 2018 | Joseph Mwenda

Lungu is a success story, no wonder fake relatives are claiming him – Mumbi

Success has many fathers but failure is an orphan, that is why some unknown families are coming up claiming that they raised President Edgar Lungu from childhood, PF Secretary General Mumbi Phiri has said. Last […]

25 Jul 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Zambian, Ugandan in court for supplying abortion pills

The Lusaka Magistrate Court has set August 30, 2018, for ruling on a case to answer in a matter in which a 25 year-old Lusaka woman and a Ugandan national, 30, are charged with one […]

25 Jul 2018 | Mazuba Muleya

ZAAA picks 12 for continental championship

Zambia Amateur Athletics Association (ZAAA) has selected a 12-member team to represent Zambia at the African Athletics Championship in Nigeria. The competition is scheduled to start on August 1 to 5 in Delta State. The […]

25 Jul 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Major General Muma takes charge of Zambia Air Force

The Zambia Air Force says its Commander Lieutenant General Eric Chimese has taken leave whilst President Edgar Lungu has appointed his deputy, Major General D.M Muma, to act in his place. According to a statement […]

25 Jul 2018 | Mazuba Muleya

Red Arrows dissolves executive committee

Barely a day after making changes to the technical bench, the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) has dissolved Red Arrows Football Club executive committee. A new executive committee led by Innocent Jere has been constituted. Jere […]