ZAMBIA Boxing Federation (ZBF) president Dan Chiteule says 2022 was a success story for boxing after minting 42 medals at international engagements. And Chiteule says the federation has set a target of qualifying at least four boxers for the 2024 Paris Games and All African Games. Speaking in an interview, Thursday, Chiteule described the just-ended...

COMMONWEALTH Games gold medalist Muzala Samukonga says he targets winning the World Championships and Diamond League in the 2023 athletics season. Speaking in an interview, Tuesday, Samukonga said he is hungry for more wins in 2023. Samukonga said top of his objectives is winning the World Championships which he has already qualified for after winning...

ZESCO Limited spokesperson Henry Kapata says as per tradition, sensitive institutions and vital installations will be spared from the current rotational load shedding. In an interview, Tuesday, Kapata, however, clarified that not all hospitals were exempted from load shedding, but only major ones like the University Teaching Hospital. “Traditionally, whenever there is load management, we...

PF presidential hopeful Mutotwe Kafwaya says the former ruling party has learnt its lessons, adding that sometimes it's important to stay out of power in order to see things. And Kafwaya says he has no problem supporting whoever will emerge victorious as PF president. Speaking when he featured on Radio Phoenix's "Let the people talk"...

NEW Heritage Party president Chishala Kateka says government should avoid too much self-praise and allow other people to instead praise it. In an interview, Kateka said the UPND government needed to put measures in place to stabilise the depreciating kwacha. “So [there is] a scripture that says ‘let not him who straps on his armor...

A PwC Zambia's 2021 Listed Companies Analysis Report has revealed that market capitalisation of companies listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) increased by K9.8 billion to K67.3 billion in kwacha terms, and by US$1.3 billion to US$4 billion in US dollar terms in 2021. The report reveals that Zambia Sugar, Copperbelt Energy Corporation, Chilanga...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says nothing prevents private citizens from lobbying for a Lifestyle Audits Bill to be introduced on the floor of the National Assembly. Commenting on calls by Transparency International Zambia for government to introduce a Lifestyle Audits Bill in the new year, Haimbe said the organisation was well within its rights to...

LANDS and Natural Resources Minister Elijah Muchima says the ruling party is not scared of losing any elections but only wants to leave a legacy of doing things correctly. Muchima, however, says the UPND will be re-elected into power in 2026, although its focus now is stabilising the economy. Speaking when he featured on Lwansanse...

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma has disclosed that over 200,000 applications were received for the 5,000 military personnel jobs. Lufuma has urged members of the public to remain patient saying names of successful candidates will be released by March or before that. Last year, Lufuma said the Zambia Army would take up a big chunk of...

PF presidential aspiring candidate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says the re-introduction of load shedding and resurfacing of cadres is an indication that the UPND has failed to run a government. In an interview, Mwamba said Zambians were missing the PF because the economy was better then. “People are now missing the PF, they are missing us....