Archive: 31 December 2023

31 Dec 2023 | Precious Daka

Cholera claims 11 lives in the last 24 hours

MINISTER of Health Sylvia Masebo says the country has recorded 11 cholera deaths and 203 new cases in the last 24 hours. Speaking at a press briefing, Sunday, Masebo gave a cholera update. “Let me […]

31 Dec 2023 | Taonga Tembo

NHIMA apologizes over system challenges

The National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) has apologized to its members over challenges it is experiencing in processing claims on its system. In a statement, Friday, NHIMA Senior Public Relations Officer King Syacika said... […]

31 Dec 2023 | Nakaonga Nakaonga

I didn’t marry her for money, white chicks are loyal – Chanda ma Camera

CHANDA Ma Camera is pissed! Some netizens shouldn’t have ridiculed his marriage to a beautiful American woman because wow! He had a lot to say about unfaithful, financially draining black “chicks”, the “poverty mentality here... […]

31 Dec 2023 | Muzamba Siandizya

Meet Leslie Mbula, one of Zambia’s longest serving civil servants

DID you know that Leslie Mbula served under three administrations, with three different presidents as Secretary to the Cabinet? Now, before we proceed, I know that for someone younger reading this, they might not know... […]

31 Dec 2023 | Chamuka Shalubala

A trip to the shrine: How poor witchdoctors make magic ‘money’

GOD made man, man made money, money made man mad. So goes the saying. Others say money is not everything and it cannot buy you happiness. But they say this while at work, trying to... […]

31 Dec 2023 | Muzamba Siandizya

Against all odds: Makeup star with one hand and one leg

LES Brown once said “your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” These words resonate with Gift Mulenga’s story as she has refused to let... […]

31 Dec 2023 | Aka Monde Mungela

Resolutions and goal setting in the New-Year

My four-year-old daughter had an accident and wet her bed whilst sleeping on my lap, you should have seen me leap for fear of the urine reaching far. In Kalabo where I come from, we […]

31 Dec 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Nkana continues to linger in relegation zone

NKANA’S topsy turvy campaign shows no signs of getting better, with the latest episode seeing the team lose a high profile game 1-0 away to Red Arrows yesterday. The hosts got their goal early at... […]

31 Dec 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Grant names AFCON squad

CHIPOLOPOLO coach Avram Grant has named the 27 internationals who will fight for Zambia’s jersey at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which commences on January 13, 2024. The gaffer has put his faith... […]

31 Dec 2023 | Philip Chisalu

Zesco connects Lundazi, Chama districts

ZESCO Limited has announced that it has successfully connected Lundazi and Chama Districts of Eastern Province to the national grid, for the first time since Zambia’s independence. The power utility company says the project has... […]