I’m ready for UKA, we’ll meet on the ground – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the UPND is ready for the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA), arguing that Zambians are not fools and can see the difference now. And President Hichilema says on a scale of 10, the new dawn administration has scored seven in two and a half years, and that once it gets its second…...
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Chaiwa joins FC Schaffhausen on loan
CHIPOLOPOLO midfielder Miguel Chaiwa has left BSC Young Boys on loan to join FC Schaffhausen which plays in the second tier of Swiss football The 19-year-old has switched to the Challenge League in search of game time, having just featured three times for Young Boys this season. FC Schaffhausen confirmed the development on their official…...
We’ll find resources to send all 115 athletes for All Africa Games – Govt
SPORTS Minister Elvis Nkandu says his ministry will look for resources so that the country sends a full delegation of 115 athletes for the All Africa games in Ghana. Earlier this week, the Ministry of Sports announced that it will only send 60 athletes for the Games, trimming the list of those who had been…...
I’m ready for Bay FC – Kundananji
WOMEN’s national team striker Racheal Kundananji says she is ready for a new challenge after joining United States of America outfit Bay FC for a record transfer fee of €735,000, with add-ons. The 23-year-old speedy winger has signed a four year contract with the club which will run until 2027, with an option of extension…....
We’ve enough ammunition to beat Ghana – Mwape
WOMEN’s national team Coach Bruce Mwape says the team has enough experience and ammunition to withstand pressure and go past Ghana when the two sides face off in the 2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers. And Sports Minister Elvis Nkandu says the country had a world-class team capable of delivering Olympic qualification. The Copper Queens will travel…...
Desperate measures to save the Kwacha
SPEAKING at a Monetary Policy Committee media briefing, yesterday, Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya said the country’s economic situation is far from normal, stressing that the interventions that the Central Bank is applying to manage the Kwacha volatility, though contradictory, are necessary to control the situation. He warned that things might get…...
Manufactures have faced difficulties absorbing impact of Kwacha depreciation – Sagar
ZAMBIA Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) president Ashu Sagar says the manufacturing sector has faced difficulties in absorbing the impact brought about by the depreciating Kwacha and fuel prices in the last four months. In an interview, Sagar expressed concern over the impact of the exchange rate on the manufacturing sector, saying it was affecting imports…....
Mweetwa tends to say things he shouldn’t when excited – Lubinda
PF faction vice-president Given Lubinda says Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa tends to say things he shouldn’t say when he is excited. And Lubinda says President Hakainde Hichilema has failed to fulfil his promises to the people and should, therefore, resign so that the country can have fresh elections. Meanwhile, Lubinda says former president Edgar…...
We have no immediate plans to relocate capital city to Ngabwe – Veep
VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango has disclosed that government has no immediate plans to relocate the country’s capital city from Lusaka to Ngabwe District of Central Province. The Vice- President was responding to Lufubu UPND member of parliament Wesley Kolala who wanted to find out whether government had any plans to relocate the capital city from Lusaka,…...
