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,…...
Gabriel Banda was on campus the day UNZA riot happened – Witness
A WITNESS has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that former UNZASU president Gabriel Banda was at the Great East Road Campus on the day the riot happened last year. Former UNZASU president Chandra Chongo told the court that he sent his henchman to see what Banda, who is Socialist Party national youth secretary, was doing…...
ACC records warn and caution statement from Kakubo for abuse of office
THE Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday recorded a warn and caution statement from former Foreign Affairs Minister Stanley Kakubo in a matter where he is under investigation for abuse of office. The ACC is probing possible abuse of office by Kakubo, relating to his acquisition of mining licences and allowing his Chinese business partners to initiate mining…...
We’re close to reaching HIV epidemic control – Masebo
HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the country is very close to reaching all the numerical goals of HIV epidemic control. And Masebo says challenges persist with 28,000 new HIV infections annually, particularly among adolescents and young people who lack awareness of preventive measures. Meanwhile, US Ambassador to Zambia Michael Gonzales says looking towards the future,…...
