Very few people are able to remember what they learned or did in primary school. We tend to remember only moments that had an emotional impact on our lives. One such moment for me was a school play. I cannot recall anything else of substance about this play except what was the summary or the...

THE TM Lubricants National Rally revs off tomorrow afternoon at the Lusaka Motor Club with only 10 drivers confirming participation. The main event at Zambezi Ranching will cover a total distance of 130.56 kilometres on Sunday while the qualifying stage will take place on Saturday. The spectator stage is expected to attract a number of...

ZAMBIA Coach Avram Grant has named a provisional 27-man local squad, which includes striker Lazarous Kambole and midfielder Augustine Mulenga ahead of this month-end’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier fixtures against Lesotho. Kambole's return ends a four-year exile from the Chipolopolo setup. The striker has been brilliant since his return to Zesco United last...

THE Zambia Ladies Open Chess Tournament swings into action this morning with over 100 jostling for the top prizes at the Fairview Hotel. A three-day prestigious event with a budget of K70,000 prize money will see the winner pocket K10,000 and has attracted 12 foreign entries. Chess Federation of Zambia (CFZ) president Leslie Chikuse said...

BOWMAN Lusambo says being a founding member of PF doesn't give one free passage to be party president, arguing that he can even govern better than such people. And Lusambo says if elections were to be held today, PF would win by a landslide, especially with former president Edgar Lungu as its candidate. Meanwhile, PF...

THE business of the Chinese cotton company which lent Given Lubinda money fell within the parameters of the ministry of agriculture, an investigations officer at ACC has testified. The arresting officer, Friday Tembo, has further told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that despite Lubinda, a former agriculture minister, contracting the loan using his company,...

ZESCO Limited Head of Business Development Patrick Kapepe says the utility company will have difficulties fighting load shedding if electricity tariffs are not increased. But several individuals and companies have urged ERB to dismiss Zesco's application, with some companies lamenting that the proposed increment will increase their production costs. Speaking during a public hearing on...

AN assistant inspector at PACRA has testified that Bowman Lusambo is a shareholder in three companies, among them Chichele FM Limited, in which he is a director and majority shareholder. Stanley Sitenda told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that Lusambo is also a director and shareholder in two other companies, Mpongwe General Dealers Limited...

INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says government will recoup over US$1 billion from the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway project during the 25-year concession period. And Milupi says the reduced cost of the project will not affect the quality of the road, arguing that what guarantees that is the insistence of the contracting authority...

GREEN Economy and Environment Minister Collins Nzovu says he can finally see light at the end of the tunnel because his government has managed to seal most leakages in the economy. Commenting on the increase in the cost of living for a family of five in Lusaka by K230.75, according to JCTR’s Basic Needs and...