• 30 Jul 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Chingangu gets 18 months for theft, assault

Lusaka resident Magistrate Felix Kaoma has expressed displeasure that a once-proclaimed heavy weight boxing champion, Joseph Chingangu, has turned out to be a 'common petty thief'. And Magistrate Kaoma sentenced Chingangu to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for theft from a motor vehicle and assault charges. In this matter, it was alleged in count...

• 30 Jul 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Citizens are tired of voting without seeing any benefits - AVAP

Anti-Voter Apathy (AVAP) Executive Director Richwell Mulwani says the drastic reduction in voter turnout in the just ended Lusaka mayoral by-election shows that Zambians are not inspired to vote because leaders do not fulfill their promises. And Mulwani says the voter turnout that was recorded in the Mayoral by-elections is the worst and lowest ever...

• 30 Jul 2018
• Alex Chilumbwe

Green Buffaloes women fire 14 past Queens

Green Buffaloes women football club has claimed total dominance in the FAZ 2018 women football league after winning all games in the first half of the season. The army ladies cemented the unusual achievement in Zambian football last year when they carried the league title with an unbeaten record and scoring more than 221 goals...

• 30 Jul 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Citizens need birth certificates to avoid questions when one becomes President - Kabwe

Central Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kabwe says every child should have a birth certificate so that their nationality is not questioned when they want to stand as MP or president. And Media Network on Child Rights and Development executive director Henry Kabwe says it is every child’s right to own a birth certificate as proof...

• 30 Jul 2018
• Alex Chilumbwe

Nkana toasts Nsabata to beat ZANACO 4-2

Zanaco yesterday banked two goals but without gaining any points over Nkana, as ba Kalampa responded with a 4-2 overdraft. Zanaco Football coach Numba Mumamba attributed the loss to a few mistakes by goal keeper Toaster Nsabata that he described as perpectual. The game saw the bankers lose 4-2 to Nkana at Sunset stadium yesterday,...

• 30 Jul 2018
• Stuart Lisulo

K70 still too low for maize price - ZNFU

The Food Reserve Agency’s (FRA) revised maize purchase price of K70 per 50Kg bag for this year’s crop marketing season equates to nothing for farmers, says development expert Dr Frank Kayula. And the Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) has expressed dismay at the FRA’s incremental maize purchase price, saying it is still a low price....

• 30 Jul 2018
• Stuart Lisulo

CEC signs contact to supply 78MW to DRC

The Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc has signed a long-term contract to supply up to 78 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Metalkol SA, a major cobalt and copper tailings reprocessing operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to market announcement released through the Stock Exchange News Service (SENS), CEC will commence supply of the...

• 30 Jul 2018
• Diggers Editor

Education was the key, before PF changed locks

Copperbelt Province Police Commissioner Charity Katanga says her division has received 9,177 applications for recruitment in the police service from which only 350 job seekers will be picked. This is a very very dangerous economic indicator, and considering that Zambia is being presided over by a leadership that got into power on the promise of...

• 30 Jul 2018
• Stuart Lisulo

Zambia in K1.6 billion trade deficit

Zambia has recorded the third trade deficit of the year at K1.6 billion, according to Central Statistical Office data. According to provisional CSO data, Zambia has sustained a massive trade deficit in June this year, reversing gains having posted a trade surplus of K245.4 million recorded in May. This follows a turnaround from having recorded...

• 30 Jul 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique must use cultural linkages to unlock economic potential - Chitotela

Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela says government will explore ways of making Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to work together and unlock economic potentials. Speaking when he officiated at the Kulamba fundraising dinner of the Chewa people of the three named countries organized by the Chewa Heritage Foundation Zambia Chapter in Lusaka Friday, Chitotela...