NATIONAL Division side Shamuel Academy has signed a kit sponsorship deal worth $8,300 with Yango to help the club in its quest to nurture talent. Shamuel is a club owned by Zambian international striker Evans Kangwa and has been in existence since 2018 with a total of 70 players in their three age group teams; Under...

SPORTS Minister Elvis Nkandu has counselled youths across the country not to neglect their talents at the expense of education. Speaking during the book launch of 'JUDO the sport that leveraged my life' authored by President Hakainde Hichilema's Aide-de-Camp (ADC) Shapa Wakunguma, Nkandu said it was important for sports personalities to combine education with sports....

STRIKER Evans Kangwa says Chipolopolo goalkeepers and defenders need to improve for the team to record a positive result against Lesotho next month. Kangwa says Zambia has no problem in its striking force, but concedes many silly goals. Speaking in an interview in Lusaka yesterday, Kangwa said Lesotho would be tough and the team should...

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says Mulungushi textiles is a big industry which will employ a lot of people once it is recapitalised. And Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Chipoka Mulenga says there are plans to revamp the textile industry in the country, not only the Mulungushi textiles. In an interview, Lufuma said government had...

MEDIA Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chairperson Father Barnabas Simatende says the Access to Information bill (ATI) is key to improving service delivery in the country. Speaking during a media briefing, Thursday, Father Simatende commended government for its decision to enact the ATI bill, saying it will allow people to participate in governance. “As...

KANCHIBIYA PF member of parliament Sunday Chanda says the deal between FRA and millers to sell maize at k160 is not sustainable. When addressing the media on the national food security status, FRA Board Chairperson Kelvin Hambwezya disclosed that the agency had struck a deal with millers to sell a 25 kilogramme bag of mealie...

ECONOMIST Bright Chizonde says the Bank of Zambia (BOZ) is likely to maintain the Monetary Policy rate following the recent increase in the Statutory Reserve Ratio. The central bank recently announced an increase in the minimum Statutory Reserve Ratio by 2.5 percentage points to 11.5 percent from the current 9.0 percent. In an interview, Chizonde...

BUSINESS Council Covid-19 Emergency Taskforce (BCCET) member Oliver Saasa says attendance to the recent meeting with President Hakainde Hichilema at State House was on a voluntary basis among paid up members. Recently, there was public uproar after President Hichilema’s special assistant for Finance and Investment Jito Kayumba wrote a letter on a State House headed...

NALILANDA ati ubufi, boza, wenye, mwalenseka, remarked former president Edgar Lungu yesterday in reference to the UPND, before he passed through neighbourhood to check on the price of mealie meal. And former first lady Esther Lungu has lamented over what terms as continued harassment of her children by law enforcement agencies, saying they are too...

PF aspiring presidential candidate Emmanuel Mwamba says corruption in the UPND government is worse than it was in the PF regime. He says the Transparency International Zambia Corruption Perception Index confirms his point of view. In an interview, Mwamba said people were not just paying attention to UPND graft as they were still in the...