ZAMBIA minted its first medal in Taekwondo through Saviour Muhangu at the ongoing African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Youth Games in Lilongwe, Malawi. And the U-17 3x3 ladies' basketball team yesterday entered the medal brackets after edging South Africa. Speaking in an interview after winning a bronze medal in the 55kg weight category,...

THE Zambia Under-17 team starts the chase for a place at the 2023 Africa Cup with a COSAFA Cup tournament opening fixture against Mozambique. COSAFA is using the Under-17 tournament at Region Five games to pick two teams that will represent the region at the 2023 Africa Cup to be staged in Algeria. Zambia coach...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala has announced that ZESCO will implement a load management regime of up to six hours daily starting on December 15, this year. Kapala says a load shedding schedule will be published soon so that people can get ready. Delivering a ministerial statement on the hydrology situation at the Kariba Dam, Friday,...

IF humility is so important, one wonders why our leaders are so arrogant. There is a purpose for having three arms of government, and the Legislature is very important in providing checks and balances. The Parliamentary Committee system plays a vital role in ensuring that the views of the electorate and the interests of stakeholders...

DEPUTY Secretary to Cabinet in charge of administration Dr Oliver Kalabo has lamented that some government and council officials, with knowledge about the procurement system, are taking advantage by creating companies to benefit from the CDF. Speaking during the Zambia Anti-Corruption Commission Conference, Thursday, Dr Kalabo said the CDF was meant to push resources to...

DEVELOPMENT Bank of Zambia (DBZ) board chairperson Noel Nkoma says the bank is targeting to secure not less than $50 million for lending next year. In an interview, Nkoma, however, said the bank was currently focusing on attaining optimum recapitalisation of about K1.2 billion, which would help strengthen its balance sheet. "As you know, the...

BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley says the UPND government's corruption stance has boosted British investments in the country. And German Ambassador to Zambia Anne Wagner Mitchell has urged government to walk the talk and scale up interventions that curb corruption. Speaking during Zambia Anti-Corruption Conference, Thursday, Woolley said British companies avoid investing in...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says government and citizens are depending on the private sector to create meaningful jobs that will reduce poverty levels. Speaking at a sensitisation workshop on leveraging private sector engagement in implementing the Eighth National Development Plan, Dr Musokotwane said the private sector served as an untapped resource...

THE Public Accounts Committee has heard that Mika Motors Ltd was awarded a contract worth over US$1 million to provide clearing and shipping services for 387 government vehicles despite it not indicating that it had any experience in that field. The committee further heard that Mika Motors' sister company, Mikalile Trading, on the other hand,...