ELEVEN people have died in a fatal road accident which occurred this morning at the junction of the University of Zambia along Great East Road, involving a ZNS low bed truck and a Toyota Hiace carrying 14 passengers. Meanwhile, Transport and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali has expressed shock at the rate at which road traffic...

ZAMBIA'S Fide Master (FM) Prince Daniel Mulenga put up a scintillating performance to hold Grand Master (GM) Kenny Solomon of South Africa in round four at the 2022 Africa Individual Chess championship in Lagos Nigeria. Solomon, ranked sixth, is one of the strongest players in the competition with international Fide ratings of 2356 compared to...

A possible new chapter of the national team starts today as the Chipolopolo face Mali in an international friendly match without head coach Aljosa Asanovic. Asanovic is demanding US$41,000 payment in arrears before he returns to the national team set up together with his assistants, but FAZ are not budging. In his absence, fomrer national...

ZAMBIA Under-23 midfielder Patrick Gondwe says the upcoming AFCON qualifier fixture against Sierra Leone is a huge task that demands every player to give their level best. And coach Oswald Mutapa says fitness levels among players are very low despite league games entering week six. Speaking in an interview after yesterday's morning training session, Gondwe...

FRESH from winning the 2022 Cosafa Women's Championships, the Women’s national team is set to face the Netherlands in an international friendly on October 6 in Breda. FAZ general secretary Adrian Kashala confirmed the development in a statement issued to the media yesterday. Coach Bruce Mwape is expected to name a star-studded squad for the...

GOVERNANCE Activist Brebner Changala says the opposition Patriotic Front party is more organised than UPND, which is in office. And Changala says UPND's communication system is so poor that there is a presidential spokesperson who doesn't move with the President and a "minister of information without information". In an interview, Tuesday, Changala said UPND was...

KENYAN Professor Patrick Lumumba says Africa is currently a weak continent and nobody can seriously consider its political and economic weight to warrant being accommodated, on a permanent basis, in the UN Security Council. And Prof Lumumba says Africa will thrive if we allow free movement of goods and people. Speaking shortly after arriving at...

INSPECTOR General of Police Lemmy Kajoba says Pamela Chisumpa, the mobile money agent who was allegedly abducted by unknown people in April, is still alive and recently contacted her boyfriend. During a media briefing, Thursday, Kajoba said Chisumpa called her boyfriend and indicated that the people who had abducted her still wanted money from him....

POLICE say Mwense PF town council chairperson Humphrey Kapapula's body was found lying half-naked and bleeding from the private parts, with a small cut on the left eye as well as bruises on the forehead. And Police have refuted social media reports that Kapapula's manhood was cut off. Meanwhile, government has urged the police to...

THE Lusaka High Court has dismissed suspended DPP Lilian Siyunyi's application for leave to commence judicial review proceedings against the President’s refusal to grant her a waiver of the oath of office. High Court Judges Pixie Yangailo, Maria Mopani Kawimbe and Ruth Chibbabbuka ruled that Siyunyi sat on her right to be heard by not...