Archive: 12 February 2024

12 Feb 2024 | Diggers Editor

Young-go driver

12 Feb 2024 | Godfrey Dube

Nkandu hails futsal team for AFCON qualification

SPORTS Minister Elvis Nkandu has implored the Zambia Futsal National Team not to relent but to stay fully focused after qualifying for the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations set for Morocco. Zambia beat Mozambique 2-0... […]

12 Feb 2024 | Godfrey Dube

Copper Princesses march on despite loss

THE Under 17 women’s national team has advanced to the third round of the 2024 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers despite losing 1-0 away to Tanzania in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Tanzania needed to... […]

12 Feb 2024 | Diggers Editor

Changes at NRFA are welcome after the unexplained overpayment to contractors

ONE of the scandals coming out of the recent Auditor General’s report on parastatals and government institutions points to the abuse of public resources at the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA). The Auditor General’s Report... […]

12 Feb 2024 | Philip Chisalu

Hamukale slams officers facilitating mealie meal smuggling

AGRICULTURE economist Edify Hamukale says it’s an insult to the country for any Zambian charged with responsibility of transacting at the border to facilitate mealie meal smuggling at a time like now. On Tuesday, Home... […]

12 Feb 2024 | Godfrey Dube

When my time was needed, I stepped up – Patson

CHIPOLOPOLO striker Patson Daka says he helped Leicester City by not playing when everyone else was in top form, and when it was time for him to play, he stepped up. Daka, who set Leicester... […]

12 Feb 2024 | Taonga Tembo

Huge strides have been made in corruption fight – Nkulukusa

SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says government has made huge strides in fighting corruption as evidenced by the various efforts and the enactment of legislation aimed at promoting transparency. According to a statement issued... […]

12 Feb 2024 | Philip Chisalu

Injectable PrEP not a passport to engage in reckless sexual behaviour – ZMA

THE Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) has cautioned that the injectable PrEP should not be taken as a passport to engage in reckless sexual behaviour. Last week, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo launched the injectable PrEP called... […]

12 Feb 2024 | Mwenya Mofya

We’ll register our group as United Kwacha Alliance – Saki

UNITED Liberal Party (ULP) president Sakwiba Sikota has announced that the Edgar Lungu-led opposition alliance will be called United Kwacha Alliance (UKA). Meanwhile, Golden Progressive Party leader Jackson Silavwe has urged government to have a... […]

12 Feb 2024 | Mwenya Mofya

Govt evacuates Kambwili to SA

PF member Chishimba Kambwili’s lawyer Kennedy Mambwe has confirmed that government has evacuated his client to South Africa for medical treatment. On Saturday, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo said Kambwili would be evacuated to South Africa... […]