PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has led scores of soccer fans in comforting the women’s national team following its elimination from the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The Copper Queens have been eliminated from the World Cup after suffering two 5-0 thrashings, first against Japan in their opening game and another...

ZAMBIA’S incredible swimmer Mia Phiri yesterday won her 50m women’s backstroke heat with an impressive 30.17 seconds at the ongoing 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Zambia is represented by swimmers Phiri, Zach Moyo, and Damien Shamambo at the 20th edition of the World Aquatics Championships. Speaking in an interview with Goal Diggers, Wednesday,...

THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) says it has paid out K595,945,280 to farmers that delivered Grade A white maize during the ongoing crop marketing season. And Small Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) Director Boyd Moobwe has encouraged the agency to buy enough maize to mitigate expected shortages in the near future. In a statement, Wednesday,...

THE Ndola Motorsport Club (NMC) has threatened to pull its drivers out of this year’s rally season if the Zambia Motor Sports Association (ZMSA) does not hold its delayed Annual General Meeting by next weekend. NMC Chairperson Zhino Latife said yesterday that ZMSA was in breach of its constitution as it should have called for...

THE Zambia women’s national team's dream of progressing into the round of 16 at the World Cup sunk on the Nile yesterday after suffering another 5-0 defeat, this time at the hands of Spain in New Zealand. A much improved Copper Queens put up a resilient fight against Spain, but it was a bridge too...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has warned that corrupt individuals and entities should expect harder times ahead because it will vigorously pursue them. And Transparency International Zambia programmes manager Raymond Mutale has urged government to expedite the process of developing the National Anti-Corruption Policy. But Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary Thandiwe Oteng has assured stakeholders that...

IN the recent past, there has been an alarming surge in cyberattacks, with at least two major government institutions falling victim to hackers. About a month ago, we heard that the National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA) lost four months’ worth of data after hackers compromised their system. The consequence was visible as their portal was...

LEADER of Opposition, you are in the habit of challenging me on anything that I do, that is unbecoming of you...as far as I'm concerned, I'm the one who's in charge here, Speaker Nelly Mutti told off Brian Mundubile yesterday. The Speaker got incensed when Mundubile attempted to raise a point of order repeatedly despite...

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says government had delegated the Chairmanship of the Central Joint Operations Committee (CJOC) to the Director General of the Zambia Security Intelligence Service Friday Nyambe. In a statement, Wednesday, Lufuma said the Chairmanship, which was under the Army Commander, had in the meantime been delegated to a suitable head of security...

OUTGOING Transparency International Zambia Chapter president Sampa Kalungu says it was difficult for the organisation to operate under the PF government as it was perceived to be working with the opposition. In an interview, Kalungu, whose tenure is coming to an end soon, said during PF's reign, it was not easy for those in the...