A CONTIGENT of three women golfers have left for Tanzania to represent Zambia at the All-Africa Challenge Trophy set to tee-off today and will run through to September 13. The three golfers are 17-year old Annie Nsama from Nkana, Kaela Mulenga and Lorna Mwenda both from Chainama Hills Golf Club. Nsama who is the youngest...

NATIONAL team boxing coach Wisdom Mudenda has named a strong 15 -member squad ahead of the All Africa boxing Championships set for Mozambique later this month. Commonwealth silver and bronze medalists Stephen Zimba and Patrick Chinyemba lead the team comprising of nine males and six females set to represent the country. Among the notable boxers...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says at some point, all subsidies on petroleum products will be removed because at the moment, government is not earning any money from fuel importation. In an interview, Kapala said government needed to fund social sectors like health and education, therefore, the energy sector needed to also help raise revenue. “Government...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says if people are not professional when executing their duties, they shouldn't complain when they are retired in national interest. And Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema did not promise to stop borrowing once UPND formed government, but only promised to stop commercial borrowing. Speaking when he featured on Radio Phoenix's Let...

ACTING PF president Given Lubinda says it's none of the former ruling party's business that some former ministers acquired loans from the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC). Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanga recently lamented that former PF ministers were failing to repay the loans they acquired from CEEC. Mubanga said he would...

PF member of the central committee Mwimba Malama said it's not easy being in the opposition because people pay loyalty to the party in power. In an interview, Wednesday, Malama said everyone wanted to be loyal to the ruling party in order to gain some benefits. "It has not been easy and especially that, first...

ACTING PF president Given Lubinda says he is ready to be arrested for calling President Hakainde Hichilema a hypocrite, asking him to resign if he can’t handle the pressure. And Mporokoso PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile has wondered why the civil society is quiet about “human rights violations” currently taking place when they were...

GOVERNANCE activist Gregory Chifire says President Hakainde Hichilema needs to open his eyes because some people he is working with are snakes who are cutting dirty deals while pretending to be angels. In a statement, Sunday, Chifire said some people in government were too hungry for fast riches and had become corrupted too early. “President...

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango has warned Kwacha UPND aspiring candidate Charles Mulenga and the party leadership that anyone who will choose to become rich too quick will part ways with President Hakainde Hichilema. Drumming up support for Mulenga, Saturday, Vice-President Nalumango said that there would be no sacred cows in the fight against corruption. “I am...

KWACHA independent aspiring candidate Lawrence Kasonde says the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated him over his campaign finances and also asked if anyone had paid him to withdraw from the race. Last week, ACC summoned Kasonde for questioning after UPND provincial youth chairman Warren Hinyama reported him for alleged corruption. In an interview, Kasonde said although...