NANGWESHI Pirates Football club proprietor Likando Mubiana says the lack of serious player management is making the country lose young talent that is going to waste. And Mubiana says the key to football development is the watering process that clubs and academies tend to ignore. Speaking in an interview, Wednesday, Mubiana said the biggest challenge...

INVESTRUST Bank Plc yesterday donated a whooping K500,000 to the Ministry of Sports to be shared among six sporting disciplines. And Sports minister Elvis Nkandu has challenged the corporate world to emulate the bank in supplementing government's efforts in promoting sports development. Speaking when handing over a dummy cheque to the sports minister, Investrust Bank...

FORMER Presidential spokesperson Anthony Bwalya has thanked President Hakainde Hichilema for the opportunity given to him to serve in that capacity. Bwalya, who has been appointed as deputy High Commissioner to Tanzania, says he looks forward to his new assignment. Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa yesterday announced in a statement that Bwalya's appointment into...

NATIONAL Council for Construction (NCC) Acting Executive Director Ernest Nshindano says the recent washing away of bridges, and roads by flash floods calls for routine infrastructure maintenance. In an interview, Nshindano said infrastructure needs to be checked before and after particular seasons that cause a threat to their durability. "The road sector system of course...

ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) acting Commissioner General Joseph Nonde says the authority plans to engage the local government to help it collect Presumptive tax in bus stations. Presumptive taxes are estimates of tax payable that are used in dealing with incomes or activities that are hard to tax, e.g. the informal sector. The tax was...

PF aspiring presidential candidate Brian Mundubile says the UPND government has neglected China in its debt restructuring programme. And Zambia-China Friendship Association (ZCFA) Secretary General Fred Mutesa says the USA government is being sensational by alleging that China is responsible for the delay to reach a conclusion on Zambia’s external debt. On Tuesday, the Chinese...

MINISTRY of Information Media Director and Spokesperson Thabo Kawana says government is aware of a scheme by Oil Marketing Companies to create an artificial fuel shortage in the country. And Kawana says government has put in place measures to stabilise mealie meal prices within the next one or two weeks. Speaking at a media briefing...

NDC leader Saboi Imboela has challenged President Hakainde Hichilema to honour his campaign promise of reducing on international travels once in office. President Hichilema left for Senegal on Tuesday to attend the Dakar two day summit on agriculture and his trip comes barely a week after his return from Abu Dhabi. In a statement, Tuesday,...

MMD president Nevers Mumba says the visit of IMF Managing Director Kristalina Geogieva and the US Secretary for Treasury Professor Janet Yallen is a monumental development to Zambia. And former vice president Enock Kavindele says the UPND is committed to fixing the wrongs done by the PF. Commenting on the visits, Mumba urged government to...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says food security is key for political stability and enhancing democracy. Speaking in Dakar, Senegal, at the Agriculture Summit held under the theme "Feed Africa; Food Resilience And Food Sovereignty", President Hichilema said people think better when they have eaten. "It is shameful for us to be hungry as Africa. We must...