SOCCER fans have expressed excitement over the clearance of the United States-based defender Aime Mabika ahead of Chipolopolo's back-to-back AFCON qualifiers against Lesotho this month. Government through the Minister of Sport Elvis Nkandu announced on Monday night that the towering defender had been cleared and issued with a Zambian passport. “We wish to officially announce...

ANTI-Corruption Commission Head of Corporate Communications Timothy Moono says the commission will continue executing its mandate regardless of who is involved in a matter. On Sunday, Mporokoso PF member of Parliament Brian Mundubile condemned the issuance of restriction notices on properties belonging to Harry Kalaba and Emmanuel Mwamba saying it was in the public domain...

MINISTRY of Local Government Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says over K400 million has been disbursed to the Ministry for the 2023 Constituency Development Funds (CDF). And Phiri says the Ministry is working on a framework to penalise local authorities who fail to implement government policies. In an interview, Tuesday, Phiri however said...

ROAD Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) assistant station manager at Lumumba, Shadreck Chozo, has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that Chrint Sichamba’s wife Eudora Nambela, Ndozo lodge and Mulozi Trading Limited own a total of 40 motor vehicles according to RTSA records. Chozo was testifying in a matter in which Ndozo lodge proprietor...

NGOCC Board Chairperson Grace Sinkamba has called on government to reintroduce the ministry of gender, saying the country needs someone who can decisively deal with increased Gender-Based Violence cases. In an interview, Sinkamba said as the world commemorates International Women's Day, her organisation is calling on government to reintroduce the gender ministry which was dissolved...

INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says NAPSA's returns on the money it will lend to Macro Ocean Investment Consortium will be quite attractive. And Milupi says NAPSA has financed road projects before, and this won't be the first. Delivering a Ministerial Statement in the National Assembly, Tuesday, Milupi said the decision to...

PF Chairperson for Legal Affairs George Chisanga says former president Edgar Lungu is still party president until the convention is held despite him not being active. And Chisanga says with the current happenings in the country, people are thinking that Lungu might be the solution to the problems. But Youth, Sports and Arts Minister Elvis...

SADC Truck Drivers Association president Stanley Muluka says the government should consider revising various fees at Kasumbalesa Border Post following the take over of the border by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA). ZRA has taken over the management of the Vehicle Traffic Management System at Kasumbalesa Border Post following the transfer of the facility to...

GOVERNMENT says the recently held Zambia–European Union Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Forum has seen the signing of an MOU between Pharmanova and a Spanish company to set up a pharmaceutical hub that will cost over US$100 million. Last week, the country held the Zambia–European Union Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Forum under the theme ‘Strengthening Healthcare through Local Manufacturing’. In an...

THE Committee on Local Government Accounts has heard that the Ministry of Lands illegally changed ownership of a property belonging to the Lusaka City Council to Lusaka Municipal Sports Club Trustees, an institution which is not registered with PACRA or Registrar of Societies. And the Committee has heard that the Lusaka City Council is demanding...