CELEBRATED football icon Kalusha Bwalya is set to coach the 2012 AFCON winning squad during the exhibition match against Barcelona Legends on May 25 at the National Heroes stadium. Brazilian legend and World Cup winner Ronaldinho is expected to lead the Barcelona All-stars when the two teams clash in an exhibition match aimed at marketing...

THE Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ) has disclosed that more female candidates have registered for the 2023 examinations compared to male candidates. And Chilala says 24 names of teachers who were suspected to have been involved in examination malpractice during the 2022 GCE and Grade 9 External examinations have been submitted to the Ministry of...

MINISTRY of Information and Media Director and Spokesperson Thabo Kawana yesterday stormed a live radio programme to justify his position after PF’s Emmanuel Mwamba argued that he was illegally appointed. And Kawana says anyone who feels aggrieved by his appearances is free to report him to the police but should state what law he has...

THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) has urged the government to keep pushing for debt restructuring but also start crafting a plan B should that process take longer than planned. And ZICA has urged government to consider arranging a one on one meeting with China since that country has been singled out for delaying...

ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha has asked the Lusaka High Court to cancel the certificate of title issued to the University of Lusaka regarding late former president Patrick Mwanawasa's retirement house. Kabesha submitted that the property cannot be dealt with in any manner whatsoever until after the state has completed the house and has officially handed...

CONFUSION erupted at Kitwe main bus station yesterday after authorities attempted to implement a fare reduction. Among the routes where fares were earmarked for reduction are Kitwe-Ndola route with a reduction of K6, from K36 to K30, Luanshya-Kitwe from K34 to K23, while Chingola-Kitwe, whose current fare is K34 was supposed to reduce to K23,...

SEVERAL eminent Zambians have called on the former first lady, madam Esther Lungu, to disclose the source of her US$400,000 which she allegedly gave her relative to keep, resulting in a dispute and subsequently a police investigation. Madam Esther is however adamant to talk about the money, despite the public interest that it has generated,...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he never imagined the country would fall into another debt crisis, a few years after the balance sheet was cleaned up. Addressing delegates at the Zambia Investor Forum in London, Wednesday, President Hichilema said the country was grappling with the current debt because of the consumption levels during the previous administration....

LUSAKA Lawyer Jonas Zimba says African leaders will start refusing to leave office because of how they're treated when they lose power. In an interview, Zimba said it was sad that President Hakainde Hichilema was constantly talking negatively about his predecessor Edgar Lungu. “I think the President has been very consistently talking about the former...

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says one of the Shoprite managers told her that more people are shopping since NAPSA withdrawals were implemented. Meanwhile, Youth, Sport and Arts Minister Elvis Nkandu says NAPSA partial withdrawals have exposed a lot of companies, including government institutions, for non-remittance. Speaking during a joint media briefing, Wednesday, Kasanda said...