THE family of late Mirriam Tembo who was hit by a presidential motorcade sweeper has revealed that it was offered K10,000 as compensation by rider, Alex Mungala’s relatives. The deceased’s family, however, says it has rescinded its earlier decision to agree to the offer after realising that it was a "trap". Earlier this month, a...

WOMEN'S national team striker Rachael Kundananji says hard work and dedication to duty has helped her enjoy her scoring form in the Spanish Women's Liga. The Madrid CFF forward scored her 18th league goal of the season in 21 appearances in the team's 2-1 victory over Sporting Club de Huelva. Speaking in an interview with...

FORMER ministry of information permanent secretary Amos Malupenga has welcomed the launch of a media pure self-regulation mechanism but has urged journalists to reach a "pure" consensus over the matter. Last week, the Media Association for Pure Self-Regulation said it had adopted a code of ethics and a draft constitution to form part of the...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia chapter president Sampa Kalungu says Health Minister Sylvia Masebo should enhance information sharing under her ministry in order to avoid speculations and suspicions over any transactions and deals. On Thursday last week, Masebo said there was neither corruption nor secrecy at her ministry and that all documents on any deal or contract...

MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanga says his ministry has received over K16 billion worth of applications from people who want to access funding since its creation. Mubanga says the applications are against about K1 billion that government has pumped into the ministry from the time it was created to date. In an...

ZAMBIA's enterprising tennis player Owen Mwale says winning the Namibia Senior Tennis Championships is a dream come true after edging the host nation's second seed Daniel Jauss in an enthralling final . The 21-year-old sailed through to the finals with a 100 percent win record before showing his class, defeating Namibia's second best ranked player...

ECONOMIST Oliver Saasa says if for some reason Zambia does not sign an MOU with its official creditors next month, people should realise that this is a very complex debt negotiation. In an interview, Friday, Prof Saasa said the recently held Spring Meetings had given Zambia hope that it might sign the Memorandum of Understanding...

THE netball national team has started its campaign at the PacificAuS netball Series on a good note after edging old foes Kenya 49-45 in a tightly contested fixture at the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure centre in Australia. Coach Lazarus Tembo described the victory as sweet and a step in the right direction towards achieving...

STEPHEN Kampyongo has challenged Secretary to Cabinet Patrick Kangwa to call his senior civil servants to order, saying there is disorder in government because people like Thabo Kawama are allowed to comment on anything. But Kawana, who is Ministry of Information Media Director and Spokesperson says people who have issues with his statements will have...

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo has encouraged Kasoko Level One Hospital workers to think outside the box regarding some of the challenges they are facing rather than continuously accumulating huge bills which can be avoided. Masebo said this when she learnt, during a tour of the hospital last week Thursday, that they spend K4,000 on laundry...