ZESCO United striker, Vincent Oburu is optimistic about making a return to the game after sustaining a lengthy ankle injury that has kept him out of action for over seven months. Meanwhile Napsa Stars forward Musonda Kapembwa says the team is working on being clinical in front of goal going into the coming matches. The...

GOVERNMENT has asked sports federations to submit their 2023 budgets and activity calendars early for planning purposes. And government says it will reward the hockey men's team for their qualification for the All-African Games set for next year. Speaking when he received silver medallists at the just ended Central and Southern Africa hockey All Africa...

FORMER FAZ president Simataa Simataa says the women's national team is playing a refreshing brand of romantic football that fans have fallen in love with but has been missing from the men's game which is now all about personalities and individualism. And Simataa says administrators must not make football a government baby but show their...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says if the 17 percent electricity tariff hike proposal is approved, the increment will be gradual and spread over a period of five years. In a final Cost of Service of Study (COSS) report dated December 21, 2021, prepared for the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) by Energy Market and Regulatory Consultants...

TEACHING Service Commission chairperson Daphne Chimuka says individuals involved in the introduction of unqualified teachers on the payroll will face the law to serve as a deterrent to others. The Auditor General’s Report on the Audit of Government Payroll for the years ended December 31, 2017 to 2021 revealed that 299 officers were introduced on...

Socialist Party (SP) Member of the Mobilisation Committee Frank Bwalya says his party is the fastest growing political party in the country. And Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema must be seen to be upholding the Constitution if he believes in the speech he read at his inauguration. Speaking when he featured on Millennium Radio's The...

AUDITOR General Dr Dick Sichembe says Zambia currently has enough investigative wings which can act on his findings. In an interview, Dr Sichembe said his office provided enough information to law enforcement agencies to aid their investigations. “Our view on this one is that there has been a call from a lot of quarters that...

FORMER Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore Mpundu says people should not be afraid to speak out against injustice as and when they occur, rather than waiting to speak through the ballot. In an interview, Archbishop Mpundu said it was disappointing to see people who were in the forefront of fighting for human rights starting to abuse...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila has described Zambia Must Prosper leader Kelvin Fube Bwalya as a power-hungry politician who always seeks top positions which he doesn't deserve. Commenting on Bwalya's remarks that he only supported President Hakainde Hichilema in a bid to remove former president Edgar Lungu from office, Mwila said Bwalya only supported...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe has described claims by some PF officials that his presence at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday was targeted at intimidating judges as shallow and backward thinking. And Haimbe says the PF should be kept away from power by all means possible because they will create confusion if they continue to play...