MICHAEL Kaoma has continued with his prolific form, scoring six points in seven rounds to emerge victorious at the 2023 Luanshya Open Tournament. Besides qualifying for the national chess team for the 2023 season, the Luanshya event became Kaoma's third major tournament to win this year, after bagging the 2023 Kansanshi Mine North-Western Province Open...

UNDER-23 coach Osward Mutapa says his team will need to be conscious to get a victory against Egypt in the AFCON qualifiers in Cairo. The U23 squad is set to leave the country this evening for an international friendly against Niger on Friday before facing Egypt in the final round of the AFCON qualifiers. Speaking...

LABOUR Commissioner Givens Muntengwa says the country has not gotten rid of all thieves hence some "crooked" people are extorting funds from employers in the name of labour officers. Muntengwa has, however, warned that those holding themselves out as labour officers and obtaining funds through corrupt practices will soon be caught up with the law....

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has sued Luapula Energy Limited in the Lusaka High Court, demanding payment of K244,258, being the outstanding licence fees and charges owed to the Board. Meanwhile, former National HIV/AIDS /STI/TB/Council (NAC) Director General Dr Connie Osborne has sued the council, challenging its decision to terminate her employment. In the first...

GOLDEN Party Leader Jackson Silavwe has called for a serious vetting process on political affiliations among those serving as police reservists. In an interview, Sunday, Silavwe who was arrested for staging a protest against the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway road said as protestors, they identified two or three active UPND members serving as police reserves that...

COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga says it is unfair to argue that President Hakainde Hichilema's guidance that the 2023/2024 fertiliser supply tender must be redone amounts to interference. A fortnight ago, President Hakainde Hichilema disclosed that he had called for the 2023/2024 fertiliser supply tender to be redone because there was no positive...

OFFICE of the Vice-President Permanent Secretary Lillian Kapusana says ministry of national guidance and religious affairs in dissolution acting Permanent Secretary has been charged for failure to provide supporting documents for 67 employees who were introduced on the payroll. The latest Auditor General’s report indicated that the ministry of national guidance and religious affairs in...

THE ZNBC Board has appointed Berry Lwando as the Director General of the national broadcaster, effective March 15, 2023. Announcing the decision, Tuesday, ZNBC Board Chairperson Jack Kalala said Lwando had a wealth of broadcasting experience spanning over 32 years. “It is with great pleasure that today I am introducing the new Director General and...

ZAMBIA Must Prosper leader Kelvin Fube Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema and his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, are toxic for Zambia. And former national guidance and religious affairs minister Godfridah Sumaili says it is disappointing that President Hichilema is insulting his predecessor when he regularly speaks about values and principles in Parliament. Meanwhile, PF Deputy Secretary...

COPPERBELT Police have detained Dickson Sankalimba for theft by servant in Mpongwe involving a stitching machine and 21 empty sacks all valued at K22,563. In a statement, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba said it was alleged that on 12th March, 2023 at around 00:20 hours at Novateke company in Chambatata area in Mpongwe, the suspect...