Failing to win at home cost us – Lubasi
UNDER-20 women’s national team midfielder Lubasi Pumulo has described the team’s elimination from the Colombia 2024 World Cup qualifying race as painful and disappointing. The Charles Haalubono-coached side was booted out of the qualifying race following a scoreless draw in Kinshasa last Saturday. In an interview with the FAZ media in Congo DR, Lubasi apologised…...
NOC urges athletes to strive, qualify for Paris Olympics
NATIONAL Olympic Committee (NOC) president Alfred Foloko has urged athletes to maintain high discipline levels in pursuit of 2024 Paris Olympic qualification. In an interview with Goal Diggers on Sunday, Foloko said attitude had continued to hinder the progress of several sportsmen and women, especially on the international stage. So far, flyweight boxer Patrick Chinyemba…...
HH must listen to the cries of his loyal supporters, he will need them
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s recent address to members of the ruling UPND party stands as a beacon of reason and responsibility which deserves to be echoed. To those citizens who are wondering what happened and how this development came about, we will explain. Since his election into State House, President Hichilema has not changed his phone…...
UPND distances itself from Lungu’s jogging attack
UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the ruling party is not aware of any attempted attack on former president Edgar Lungu by suspected party cadres over the weekend. Mweetwa, who is also Chief Government Spokesperson says there is a possibility that the PF stage-managed everything to gain public sympathy. On Saturday, PF secretary general Raphael Nakacinda…...
It’s illogical in a liberalised economy to have ZNS distribute mealie meal – Kampyongo
SHIWANG’ANDU PF member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo says it’s illogical for the Zambia National Service (ZNS) to be distributing mealie-meal across the country. On Thursday, Minister of Information and Media Cornelius Mweetwa said ZNS’ mealie-meal would this week begin to be sold in Shoprite outlets countrywide at K230 for a 25kg bag of breakfast mealie-meal…...
Don’t worry about Zambia Airways malfunction, it was cleared – Minister
TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says the aborted flight to Johannesburg by Zambia Airways on Thursday is something that members of the public should not worry about. Zambia Airways aborted its first flight scheduled for Johannesburg on Thursday due to a mechanical fault. But addressing the media on the issue upon disembarking from the…...
Ne-Yo, Macky 2 State House visit sparks UPND outrage, as HH censures members
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema on Saturday took time to respond to angry UPND youths in a WhatsApp group who expressed displeasure at his interaction with musicians who campaigned for former president Edgar Lungu prior to the 2021 elections. Musicians, among them Macky 2, Mampi, Cleo Ice Queen among others, accompanied American singer Ne-Yo on a visit…...
Debt serving won’t cripple citizens’ lives – Musokotwane
FINANCE Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says Zambia’s debt was restructured in such a way that government will be able to service it without crippling the lives of the people. And Dr Musokotwane says the secret to dealing with a debt crisis is to come out in the open and accept that you have a problem…...
MPs should not sleep in Parliament, it’s embarrassing – Kang’ombe
KAMFINSA PF MP Christopher Kang’ombe says parliamentarians are not supposed to doze in Parliament but debate and push forward the agenda of the people they are representing. Members of parliament had a field day making fun of the Deputy Speaker last week when he dozed off during debate in the House, prompting some members of…...
Be Zambia’s Ambassador for music in America, HH tells Ne-Yo
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the government will support each and every artist to the best of its ability within the country’s resource envelope. And President Hichilema has called on visiting American singer, songwriter Ne-Yo to be Zambia’s ambassador in his country, marketing and promoting Zambian music as well as talent. Speaking, Friday, ahead of the…...
