FORMER women’s national team coach Enala Simbeye believes a radical overhaul of the team is unnecessary because Zambia's experience from the FIFA Women's World Cup is an asset heading into the 2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers. Zambia's maiden World Cup campaign has just ended with a preliminary stage exit where they lost two and won one...

EARLIER this week, the Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu found himself in a precarious situation when he visited a Sugilite mine in Muombe village, Luapula Province. What was supposed to be a simple inspection exercise quickly turned into a fracas as villagers, upon seeing the Minister's motorcade drive to the mine, mobilised...

A CONSORTIUM of civil society organisations has called on government to communicate on the state of the economy and outline measures being undertaken to address the soaring cost of living which is causing "great hardship" for Zambians. The CSOs also say the high cost of living is worsened by the removal of vendors from the...

THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) has urged government to quickly appoint a new Auditor General, following the resignation of Dr Dick Sichembe, in order to ensure the smooth running of that office. And ZiCA has also urged relevant authorities investigating matters relating to the Ministry of Finance to expedite the process, observing that...

THE LUSAKA High Court has ordered United Bank for Africa Zambia Limited to pay damages to M Ndalama Enterprises Limited for breach of contract. In this matter, M Ndalama Enterprise had sued United Bank demanding for an order for specific performance instructing the defendant to pay the plaintiff the sums of K3,126,216.00 and K2,605,180.00. They...

FORMER Home Affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo says Inspector General of Police Graphel Musamba is an ignorant cry adult who should stop behaving like a political cadre. Recently, Musamba said PF members were cry babies who failed to follow the correct procedure when they attempted to visit incarcerated party Deputy Secretary General Nickson Chilangwa in Mansa....

PF vice-president Given Lubinda says Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti will not hold that position beyond 2026 because there will be another government in place. Meanwhile, Lubinda says he is happy that President Hakainde Hichilema visited Jerusalem, adding that he hopes the prayer he made at the Western Wall will transform his thinking....

KEEMBE UPND Member of Parliament Princess Kasune says it has now become fashionable for people to join her party because it is in power. Meanwhile, Kasune, who is also chairperson of the Zambia Women Parliamentarian Caucus, says statistics show that women work more than men. Speaking when she commissioned a one by two staff house...

FORMER president Edgar Lungu’s daughter, Chiyeso, has asked the court to set aside proceedings for irregularities in a matter in which the state applied for a non-conviction-based forfeiture order of the “tainted properties” belonging to members of the former first family. In June, the State seized properties linked to president Lungu, his wife Esther and...

SUB Chief Kunda Mfumu of Muombe area in Luapula Province says Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu disregarded the traditional leadership by not paying a courtesy call, hence the attack from villagers. An angry mob attacked Nzovu on Monday after he conducted an impromptu visit to a Sugilite mining area in Muombe village,...