ZACA doubts Zesco’s ability to manage load-shedding
ZAMBIA Consumer Association (ZACA) Executive Secretary Juba Sakala has expressed doubt over Zesco’s commitment to managing load-shedding due to the power utility’s failure to stick to its schedule. On Thursday, Zesco Limited Board Chairperson Vickson Ncube said the power utility would only manage load shedding, and not eliminate it. Commenting on this in an interview,…...
We won’t tolerate gayism, same sex marriage, insists HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has reiterated government’s stance against gayism and same sex marriage, saying Zambia will abide by Christian principles and values. Meanwhile, President Hichilema says government will not tolerate youths who are in the habit of issuing insults on social media everyday. President Hichilema, who was represented by Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe during the…...
ZRA intercepts 40,000 litres of smuggled ethanol
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has intercepted an inter-link truck carrying 160 drums of smuggled ethanol. In a statement, Sunday, ZRA Corporate Communications Manager Oliver Nzala said the smuggling led to a revenue loss of K1.6 billion. “The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has intercepted an inter-link truck carrying 160 drums of smuggled Ethanol. The interception…...
Police pick body of Lsk woman who was raped, strangled
POLICE in Lusaka have instituted investigations into a case of murder and rape which was unearthed in Garden House area. In a statement, Sunday, Police Public Relations Officer Rae Hamoonga said a woman believed to be between 20 and 25, was discovered by members of the public, unresponsive and lying face upwards while half-naked. “The…...
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Life’s daily lessons
Like sitting ducks, that’s how we were stuck in Lealui traffic enroute to Limulungu after seeing the Litungu and the President get on the Nalikwanda last weekend and it got me thinking. It was serious traffic that made me wish I were a male. On a bridge with no where to go when one needed…...
You can’t become one body without sex – Magistrate Mumba
MATERO Local Court two has heard how a couple from Lusaka’s Garden House area, married for 15 years, has lived without sex for six years. Blessed with two daughters, the couple also has some financial issues. During trial before magistrate Lewis Mumba on March 28, 2025, Cecilia Mbewe, 33, who had earlier said that she…...
I had my first taste of clubbing, alcohol in uni – Lulu Wood
Growing up in a strict Adventist home where even music CDs had to be vetted for “godliness”, Lulu Haangala Wood says her teenage years were all about conservatism. As a pastor’s child, she lived by the rules, until university life exposed her to a different world and it was in her third year that she…...
A woman can’t propose to a man, nibuhule ubo – Mpali star
Who can forget those swoon-worthy Valentine’s Day snaps of Mpali actor Shazzy Phiri, the man behind the character Hambe Nguzu? Love was definitely in the air as he took his relationship to the next level with a surprise proposal, getting down on one knee and slipping a ring on his girlfriend’s finger in a beautiful…...
