Grant should leave blueprint for local coaches to follow – Mulonga
VETERAN football administrator Teddy Mulonga hopes Chipolopolo coach Avram Grant will leave a blueprint for local coaches to follow and record success after he is gone. In an interview with the media, Mulonga expressed happiness with Chipolopolo’s return to the AFCON, adding that the country was expecting a successful outing next year. The former FAZ…...
How will Muchima stop cadres from grabbing land if he wants UPND favoured?
HONOURABLE Elijah Muchima, the Minister of Lands, says his government will prioritise UPND members when it comes to land allocation in the country because they were sidelined and marginalised during the PF regime. Mr Muchima says as minister in-charge of this natural resource, he will ensure that in the next 10 years UPND members have…...
ECZ rejects nominations for PF candidates in Mwansabombwe, Mpika
THE Electoral Commission Zambia (ECZ) has rejected the nominations for PF candidates in Kayo ward, Mwansabombwe district and Kapamba ward in Mpika on grounds that the nomination papers were not appropriately signed. The two candidates are Kabanda Aaron for Kapamba ward and Ngosa Steven for Kayo ward. In the same vein, ECZ has rejected the…...
State awards police commissioner who was nabbed over sugilite
THE Attorney General has entered into a consent judgement with Northern Province Police Commissioner Gloria Mulele, who was among those arrested over Sugilite in July this year. The Attorney General has agreed to restore Mulele’s salary to full pay and will further pay her withheld salary arrears, together with interest at the rate of 6…...
Lungu’s argument that his eligibility has been pronounced on lacks merit – Youth activist
A YOUTH activist has submitted to the Constitutional Court that former president Edgar Lungu’s argument that the court has already pronounced itself on his eligibility several times, lacks merit. Michelo Chizombe has since urged the court to dismiss Lungu’s application to raise preliminary issues in the matter. This is in a matter in which Chizombe…...
PF candidates can demand for their K200,000, it’s their money – Mukanga
PF senior member Yamfwa Mukanga says the party’s presidential aspiring candidates are free to demand for their K200,000s because they are the ones who paid that money. And Mukanga says he has not been happy with the happenings in the PF for a long time. Impeccable sources have revealed that PF aspiring presidential candidates have…...
Govt will give UPND members priority when giving land – Minister
LANDS Minister Dr Elijah Muchima says government will give priority to poor UPND members when giving land because they were marginalised under the Patriotic Front regime. But Socialist Party president Dr Fred M’membe has described Dr Muchima’s remarks as highly reckless and unnecessary, saying the minister should be above “divisive and cheap partisan rhetoric”. Addressing…...
ZESCO owes ERB over K477m in licence fees – AG
THE Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the Republic for the financial year ended December 31, 2022 has revealed that ZESCO is owing the Energy Regulation Board over K477 million in licence fees. The report has also revealed that the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone bought motor vehicles worth over K3 million for five…...
Health recruits expected to report for work by Dec 28 – Masebo
HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the 3,000 health workers who have been successfully shortlisted during this year’s recruitment process are expected to report for work between December 26 and 28. And Masebo says the Zambia National Blood Transfusion Service has faced some challenges over the years like lack of adequate outreach vehicles for blood collection…...
Zambia would be a much better place if HH was elected earlier – Mweetwa
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says Zambia would be a better place than it is now if President Hakainde Hichilema was elected into office much earlier. And Mweetwa says government is concerned about the Umodzi Kum’mawa group because its genesis was tribal in nature. Meanwhile, Zambia’s former deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (UN)…...
