Liteta FC makes history with promotion to FAZ Division One
LITETA Football Club has become the first team from Chibombo district to be promoted to the FAZ Division One Central Province League. This monumental achievement follows the team’s triumphant finish in the 2023/2024 season, where it clinched top spot in the Division Two league. The club, established in 1957 with the support of the then…...
Shaft 28 water has been certified for discharge – CNMC mine
CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines Corporate Affairs Manager Sydney Chileya says water from Shaft 28 has been certified for discharge into rivers, hence the commencement of the dewatering process. Chileya told News Diggers that the pumping stations were equipped with stabilisation points for treating water before its discharge. “You can’t commence pumping if the water hasn’t…...
Nyoni orders Arrows to work hard for CAF CL
ZAF Commander Lieutenant General Oscar Nyoni has ordered Red Arrows to adequately prepare for the Champions League following a successful domestic season that saw them win a league and cup double. Arrows, who are sponsored by the Zambia Air Force (ZAF), will hoist the country’s flag in the CAF Champions League while Zesco United will…...
Police are doing to Lungu what he did to the opposition
MR Edgar Lungu is crying. The conduct of police officers over his family and political party has really brought sorrow and anguish upon him. He can’t hold it any more. He wants his successor, President Hakainde Hichilema, to stop “the nonsense”. According to the former president, a Commander In Chief is supposed to take action…...
Switzerland was Zambia’s largest export market in April – ZamStats
THE Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) has disclosed that Switzerland was Zambia’s largest export market in April 2024, accounting for 44.9 percent of export earnings. ZamStats Statistician General Goodson Sinyenga also revealed that South Africa was the country’s major source of imports, accounting for 29.5 percent of the import bill. In a monthly bulletin, Sinyenga revealed…...
I also want to know where the $120m pumped into ZRL went – Prof Chirwa
PROFESSOR Clive Chirwa wants to know the whereabouts of the $120 million Eurobond that was pumped into Zambia Railways (ZRL) when he was at the helm of the institution. The UK-based engineer says he doesn’t identify himself as a former ZRL Chief Executive Officer because he was fired just three months into the job. In…...
Ming’omba project now at development stage – Jito
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Special Assistant for Economic Affairs, Jito Kayumba, says it will take four to five years for Ming’omba Mine to become fully operational. Kayumba has disclosed that KoBold Metals, the developer for Ming’omba project, has completed exploration activities, and the project is now at the development stage. When asked for an update on…...
Accumulating excessive debt a no go area for UPND – Musokotwane
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says accumulating excessive debt is a no go area for the UPND government. Speaking on BBC’s Newsday, Friday, Dr Musokotwane said the world was watching how Zambia would manage its economy, adding that government had to meet certain parameters to borrow funds. When asked whether he was…...
Lsk woman in court for assaulting hubby over side chick
A 31-YEAR-OLD Lusaka businesswoman has been dragged to court for assaulting her husband after finding him with a girlfriend in their matrimonial home. Nadia Vanleeve, is facing one count of assault, occasioning actual bodily harm. Allegations are that on December 30, 2023, in Lusaka, Vanlee assaulted Thomas Songwe, thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm. When…...
Citizens have every right to complain, HH promised a lot of things – Andyford
PAC president Andyford Banda says Zambians have every right to complain because many things are not going the way people expected the UPND to perform. President Hakainde Hichilema recently lamented that Zambians liked complaining rather than bringing issues to the table so that government could resolve them. The President observed that even for the simplest…...