Rhoda under pressure to deliver at world championships – Kalembo
ATHLETICS national team coach Douglas Kalembo admits that the burden is on Zambia’s sole 2023 World Championship representative, 200 meters female sprinter Rhoda Njovu, to deliver after injury ruled out Muzala Samukonga from the Budapest meet. Njovu is expected to be in action tomorrow in the 200m women’s race. She is Zambia’s sole representative at…...
Speaker Mutti’s inclinations towards UPND is worrying
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti says she has launched Facebook and Twitter (X) accounts in order to supplement the National Assembly’s existing public engagement platforms and channels of communication. Speaker Mutti also says removing the Ministry of Gender and that of the Ministry of Religious Affairs has not brought any harm to the…...
I’m doing a good job, brags Speaker Mutti as she goes on social media
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti says she is doing a good job in terms of how she is presiding over business in the House. And Speaker Mutti says she has launched Facebook and Twitter (X) accounts in order to supplement the National Assembly’s existing public engagement platforms and channels of communication, adding that…...
Lsk mayor laments over “bad” management team at LCC
LUSAKA Mayor Chilando Chitangala has lamented that Lusaka City Council (LCC) lacks a good management team as issues of failure to pay workers are addressed every day yet recommendations are not implemented. And Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says the council’s failure to pay its workers is largely…...
Men more likely to see domestic violence as a private matter – Afrobarometer survey
THE Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan survey has revealed that 51 percent of Zambians consider domestic violence a private matter while 43 percent say it should be treated as a criminal matter. Survey findings further show that men are more likely than women to see domestic violence as a private matter. According to the Afrobarometer dispatch…...
It’s preposterous for PF to claim we barred them from visiting Zumani – Mwiimbu
HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says it is mischievous and preposterous for PF to claim that they had been barred from visiting Zumani Zimba in prison upon his instructions. On Saturday, PF vice-president Given Lubinda, who was accompanied by some party MCCs, alleged that prison authorities at Mwembeshi Correctional facility had denied…...
We’ve restricted maize, mealie meal movements to protect our food security – Govt
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect temporarily restricted the movement of maize grain and mealie mealie between districts. Government, however, says movements of the commodities to border towns will still be permitted on a case by case basis. And Ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary Green Mbozi says the restriction is aimed at protecting national food security…....
Gold scams must have been happening a lot under PF -Tayali
TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says the recent gold scam is just a tip of an iceberg, arguing that things like this could have been happening a lot under the PF government. Commenting on remarks by former home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo that the “miracle dollars” that were discovered at the Kenneth Kaunda International…...
Putting National Interest First as a Measure of Leadership
How do we measure leadership? What qualities constitute good leadership? There are many criteria that can be used to measure leadership, including the following capacities: 1. Listening to and learning from others and the emerging future 2. Identifying, understanding and articulating the key challenges at hand 3. Mobilising and working effectively with others 4. Speaking […]
We’re used to being insulted – DEC
DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Nason Banda says the commission is used to being insulted in the course of executing their duties. On Monday, former Foreign Affairs minister Joseph Malanji described the commission’s undertaking as bullsh*t and abuse of authority. This was after they retrieved his second helicopter which was also allegedly linked to…...
