ABOUT eight PF Members of Parliament have endorsed the appointment of Raphael Nakacinda as party Secretary General and further condemned Miles Sampa's recent actions of storming the secretariat. The lawmakers include Chawama member of parliament Tasila Lungu, Mpika member of parliament Francis Kapyanga, Chilubi member of parliament Mulenga Fube, Mfuwe member of parliament Maureen Mabonga,...

THE Road Development Agency (RDA) has appointed Grace Mutembo as its Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from September 18, 2023. According to a statement issued, Tuesday, the agency stated that Eng. Mutembo’s official appointment came after she had acted in that role for more than a year. The agency stated that Mutembo...

MINISTER of Youth, Sport, and Arts Elvis Nkandu has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to take advantage of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and construct simple sports facilities around their constituencies. Nkandu said this in parliament yesterday during the questions for oral answers after Mandevu MP Christopher Shakafuswa asked if the government had any plans...

FAZ president Andrew Kamanga hopes that media officers will make "the right noises" following a two-day workshop facilitated by Football House. Yesterday, FAZ housed media officers from across the Super League as well as the pressmen from provincial associations for a media training with the blessings of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) media office....

DEFENDING MTN Super League champions Power Dynamos have a chance to join Zanaco at the summit of the league when they face Green Eagles at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe today. Power's neighbours Nkana will also be in action at Lusaka's Woodlands Stadium for a match against FC MUZA as coach Ian Bakala hopes to...

WHEN we write that it might not be a very good idea for Zambians to consider voting back the Patriotic Front into power under the same group of leaders, some people say we are just spiteful of the former ruling party. These are people who have either so quickly forgotten the sights of violence, chaos...

INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says no one in their right mind can believe that things are worse now compared to when PF was in power. And Milupi says former president Edgar Lungu should consider refunding the government all the retirement benefits if he wants to return to active politics. Constitutional Lawyer...

THE Constitutional Court has refused to nullify the appointments of 20 judges by President Hakainde Hichilema. The court has further ruled that the appointment of judges does not require advertisements to be made or interviews to be publicly broadcast. This is the matter in which governance activist Isaac Mwanza and another petitioned the Constitutional Court...

YES, you read that headline correctly. Zambia currently only has eight paediatric surgeons, and this is a great improvement. You see, when the current Zambia Association of Paediatric Surgery (ZAPS) president Dr Bruce Bvulani joined this field some years ago, he only had three seniors; two of whom have now passed and one has retired....

GOVERNMENT has assured that the CT scan machine at the University Teaching Hospital which has been non-operational since August 2020 will be repaired this year. And Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has announced that Mapatizya UPND member of parliament Emelda Munashabantu has been nominated as Commonwealth Women Parliamentarian Steering Committee Central Africa Sub...