SPORTS Minister Elvis Nkandu has appealed to soccer fans countrywide to fill up the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium and subdue Lesotho in the AFCON qualifiers next week. And Nkandu challenged players to put smiles back on Zambians by sacrificing their all for maximum points in the back-to-back games against Lesotho. Speaking in an interview, Sunday, Nkandu...

DAVID FC MUZA slayed 'Goliath' Red Arrows at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka yesterday in a convincing performance to reach their debut Absa Cup semi-finals. MUZA's victory could not just be put in a biblical context but also in a circular perspective by calling it a giant-killing act after knocking out the current MTN/FAZ Super League...

ANTI-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General Tom Shamakamba says it is challenging for ACC officers to monitor procurement proceedings under CDF committees due to lack of manpower. In August last year, the Commission said it resumed sitting on various committees ranging from procurement, recruitment, monitoring of examinations, among others, in a bid to reduce corruption. In...

A 5-YEAR-OLD boy of Masaiti District has died after his father administered to him illicit locally brewed beer commonly known as Kachasu. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba says officers have launched a manhunt for the suspect, Peter Chisenga, 50, who is on the run. Mweemba disclosed in a statement that the deceased's mother left home...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says public servants must keep learning from what their predecessors did, despite their political affiliation. The President says fear of leaving office lives in many sitting Heads of State. Meanwhile, Brigadier General Nebbert Phiri who spoke on behalf of fourth republican president Rupiah Banda’s brother, James, says it will be beneficial for...

PATRIOTIC Front youths on the Copperbelt Province withdrew their participation and attendance in the Youth Day celebrations officiated by President Hakainde Hichilema after a violent altercation with their UPND counterparts. The violence erupted, Sunday morning, when youths from the two political parties gathered at Wusakile traffic cycle in readiness for the march to Arthur Davies...

PF Chairperson for Legal Affairs George Chisanga says the court proceedings commenced by PF aspiring president Miles Sampa have paralysed convention activities. In an interview, Chisanga said if the injunction was vacated, the party could make prompt arrangements for the convention. “I am sure if the injunction is vacated we can promptly make arrangements. In...

FORMER Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo has expressed shock that the Anti-Corruption Commission suspects his house is from proceeds of crime, arguing that he built it before he actually became minister. And Lusambo says he is scared that he will be killed because the desperation of wanting to grab all his properties is...

ACTION Aid Zambia Interim Country Director Musonda Kabinga says Auditor General Dr Dick Sichembe should relinquish his position until investigations into charges leveled against him are done. And Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, Human Rights and Governance Chairperson Clement Andeleki has called for the suspension of Dr Sichembe until court proceedings are concluded. In a...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala has disclosed that the conversion of the TAZAMA pipeline will be completed in about a week's time. In an interview, Thursday, Kapala said in eight days or so the transportation of diesel through the pipeline will be at full capacity. “The pipeline in eight days’ time diesel will be in Ndola....