UNDER-23 coach Osward Mutapa says his technical bench is hoping to have foreign-based players available for selection when the team tackles Egypt in the final round of the 2023 Morocco U23 AFCON qualifiers in two weeks' time. And Mutapa has summoned Nkana youngster Fallo Manongo to the provisional squad to replace the injured Dalitso Phiri....

Cross-examination continues... Nchito SC: Are you a signatory to the Highview account? Lubinda: I am, My Lady. Nchito SC: You have access to bank statements? Lubinda: I do, My Lady. Nchito SC: What’s the most recent… do you recall the most recent amount you received from government? Lubinda: I can’t recall, My Lady. Nchito SC:...

LABOUR and Social Security Minister Brenda Tambatamba has presented the National Pension Scheme (Amendment) Bill to the National Assembly. Speaking in the National Assembly, Tuesday, Tambatamba said the Bill seeks to amend the National Pension Scheme Act, 1996, so as to allow members to access a pre-retirement benefit, among others. "Madam Speaker, I beg to...

GOVERNMENT has signed a 25-year concession agreement with Macro-Oceans Investment Limited for the upgrading of the 327 kilometres Ndola-Lusaka dual carriageway and rehabilitation of the Luanshya-Fisenge-Masangano road. Minister of Infrastructure and Urban Development Charles Milupi discloses that the Ndola-Lusaka road project will cost US$649, 976,167, saying, the project, which was initially quoted at US$1.2 billion...

HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says some companies have deliberately been selling mealie meal at exorbitant prices despite government offloading huge quantities of maize to millers, through FRA. And Zambia Correctional Service Commissioner General Fredrick Chilukutu says the Service has noted the escalating prices of mealie meal and will intensify production to...

MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says the new dawn government's performance can only be judged in August 2026,  and not now. In an interview, recently, Kabuswe said it would be unfair for people to judge the UPND government now before its five-year mandate elapses. "Let the Zambian people judge us in August 2026,...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it is not conducting investigations against any church in the country. And the United Church of Zambia (UCZ) has dispelled some social media reports that the commission has threatened to seize its Synod offices located in Woodlands area. Meanwhile, Kawambwa PF member of parliament Nickson Chilangwa, in the company of...

FOLLOWING government's decision to dispose off illegally harvested Mukula in Luapula Province, Timber Producers Association of Zambia president Charles Masange says the military should not be involved in the process. And Action-Aid Zambia has called on government to ensure transparency and accountability in disposing off the confiscated illegally harvested Mukula. In an interview, Masange said...

DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Gilbert Phiri has dragged former KCM Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu to court, seeking an order that the over US$24 million seized from accounts belonging to his law firm should be forfeited to the state. The DPP has submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Court, High Court division, that the...

THE Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) says the adjustment of interest rates on loans following the increase in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) will pose a challenge to individuals with fixed incomes as well as businesses. Following the Bank of Zambia's move to increase the Monetary Policy Rate from 9 percent to 9.25 percent a...