THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has settled for coaches Wedson Nyirenda and Bruce Mwape to undergo a CAF pro licensing course in Morocco this year. And Zambia Football Coaches Association (ZAFCA) president Danny Kabwe has given a one-week grace period for coaches to pay membership and licensing fees or be ineligible to practice in...

HANDBALL Association of Zambia (HAZ) president Victor Banda says winning the International Handball Federation (IHF) continental trophy is the target for the U-17 boy's team. The IHF continental trophy which was initially set for last year December was moved to this January 15-21 to allow participating countries to subject their athletes to MRI scans in...

WE have given up trying to have an audience with the President, when he needs us he will come to us, says the House of Chiefs. In an interview, House of Chiefs chairperson senior Chief Nkula lamented that the traditional leaders had made several appointments to meet the President since June last year, but their...

AN ASSISTANT registration officer at the Department of National Registration, Passport and Citizenship has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that former president Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Kaizer Zulu has still not surrendered his diplomatic passports. The witness said this is despite the fact that Zulu is no longer entitled to holding a diplomatic passport, having...

UPND only condemned load-shedding in 2020 because it was caused by a management problem, this one is beyond our control, says deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda. The ruling party deputy chief executive has insisted that the current power cuts are temporary and a result of an act of God. In an interview, Imenda said load...

PARLIAMENTARY Committee on Legal Affairs, Human Rights and Governance Chairperson Clement Andeleki says former DPP Lilian Siyunyi should be stripped of her State Counsel status because she left her office in disgrace. Andeleki has further urged law enforcement agencies to look into Siyunyi’s activities when she was in office. Commenting on revelations contained in a...

FORMER defence minister George Mpombo says government should hone its communication skills in order to communicate effectively with the public during critical times. Mpombo argues that political consequences for poor communication are too ghastly to contemplate as the country heads towards 2026 in the midst of serious political and economic "diarrheas". In an interview, Mpombo...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says a Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act amendment bill will be tabled before the National Assembly as soon as the court matter is concluded. And Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile has urged the UPND not to abuse the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes law following the abolishment...

FORMER KCM provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu has asked the Constitutional Court to cite Director of Public Prosecutions Gilbert Phiri for contempt of court for revoking his immunity from prosecution. Lungu argues that Phiri's act was calculated to directly interfere with and frustrate the proceedings before the Constitutional Court on the said immunity agreement by rendering...

SOCIALIST Party National Youth Chairperson Kelvin Kaunda says President Hakainde Hichilema is one leader who will be remembered for his lies. In an interview, Wednesday, Kaunda said the Head of State was living in an alternative world where there were no hardships. "It's very unfortunate that the President would go on to make a statement...