Archive: 11 March 2019

11 Mar 2019 | Alex Chilumbwe

Desmond Mngawa appointed Chipolopolo manager

The Football Association of Zambia has appointed Desmond Mngawa as senior national team manager. The former Zanaco defender who is currently a soccer analyst takes over from Hastings Ndovi. In a statement availed to the […]

11 Mar 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Lungu calls on economic sector players to partner with IDC, create jobs

President Edgar Lungu has called on stakeholders from the economic sectors to collaborate with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and help the government investment portfolio in stirring transformation, diversification and jobs creation for citizens. And […]

11 Mar 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

Violence against women must be condemned irrespective of political affiliation – Habasonda

University of Zambia political science lecturer Lee Habasonda says women need solidarity beyond partisan politics, if political violence against them is to come to an end. And UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango says violence negatively […]

11 Mar 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

Kasolo tells off US Embassy; talk to Trump about media freedom

Information and Broadcasting Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo is breathing fire on foreign diplomats calling for the lifting of the 30-day suspension slapped on Prime TV. And Kasolo says ZNBC journalists fear ruling party officials, hence […]

11 Mar 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Kambwili clinging on to Roan to claim gratuities – Sunday Chanda

Patriotic Front (PF) media director Sunday Chanda says NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has continued fighting for the Roan parliamentary seat so that he can keep drawing his gratuity from Parliament and not to work for […]

11 Mar 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Wynter questions govt’s ability to securely print ballots locally

Rainbow Party leader Wynter Kabimba says stakeholders should demand government’s clear explanation on its capacity to securely print ballot papers locally. Recently, Works and Supply Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya said he would have to do all […]

11 Mar 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Mweemba warns cocaine accused State witness of humiliating cross-examination

Defence lawyer Keith Mweemba has warned that he will humiliate a cocaine-trafficking accused court interpreter who has been turned into a State witness. This is a case where some court officials and businessmen are facing […]

11 Mar 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Women must demand to know their husbands’ source of money – Kanyama

Economist Chibamba Kanyama says women have power to request for the source of money and properties from their husbands, adding that when corruption eats up a society, it means their calling has been abandoned. In […]

11 Mar 2019 | Geoffrey Zulu

ZAAB disagrees with Chitalu over GMO imports

The Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity (ZAAB) has maintained that Zambia’s non-GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) position has not changed and no legislative changes have taken place, contrary to Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilfuya’s pronouncement […]

11 Mar 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mumbi hails Sichilima for resigning from CCZ

Patriotic Front (PF) deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says Bishop Sydney Sichilima’s resignation from his position as Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) president is an indication that there are still men of integrity in […]