Banker testifies in Stardy, Mpoha’s corruption case
A BANKER has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that Eagle Trading International Limited’s Standard Chartered bank account was credited with more than $800,000 on November 8, 2017. Julius Banda was testifying in a matter in which former Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary Stardy Mwale is jointly charged with Lusaka businessman Clever Mpoha and…...
HH salutes Chipolopolo
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has saluted the Chipolopolo following their qualification to the 2023 Ivory Coast Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) over the weekend. Zambia sealed its AFCON qualification on home soil after thumping their visitors 3-0 at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. An own goal from Serge Aurier, a Patson Daka strike and a…...
Muzala pushes me to work hard – Nyambe
SPRINTER Patrick Nyambe says Muzala Samukonga’s recent performances have made him realise he can achieve his dreams with hard work and determination. Speaking during an interview Sunday, Nyambe said Samukonga had made young athletes realise their potential. Nyambe on Friday won silver at the 2023 Heino Lipp Memorial championships after finishing second in the men’s…...
Trade Kings becomes official ZGU tournaments’ sponsors
THE Zambia Golf Union (ZGU) has clinched a sponsorship deal with Trade Kings Group which will see the company fund the union’s major club order of merit tournaments across the country for the next three years. Announcing the partnership during a press briefing at Lusaka Golf Club, ZGU president Greg Lubesha said by supporting golf…...
COMESA, EU hands over rapid food testing kits to govt
MINISTRY of Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Lillian Bwalya says the European Union and COMESA have procured Rapid Testing Kits valued at 227,526 Euros to be deployed at Chirundu, Mwami and Nakonde border posts. And Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, Technical Services Dr George Sinyangwe says the equipment will promote safe food, protect human…...
Zambians are eager to hear the gassing trial, take Zumani to court or release him
POLICE in Zambia have been trying to get to the bottom of the gassing incidents that terrorised citizens between 2019 and 2020, leading to several deaths and civil unrest across the country. In relation to this, at least four people have been arrested, among them, former president Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Zumani Zimba. Since the…...
FRA’s K6 per kg soya beans price disappointing – SAFADA
SMALL Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) director Boyd Moobwe says the Food Reserve Agency’s (FRA) decision to buy soya beans at K6 per Kilogram is disappointing. Recently, FRA Board Chairperson Kelvin Hambwezya announced that the agency would be buying soya beans, this marketing season, at K6 per kilogram once it put resources in order. But…...
New dawn govt has liberated me – Chimese
FORMER Zambia Air Force commander Eric Chimese says the new dawn government has liberated him. And Chimese says he cannot delve into the details of why he was persecuted because the country is not in the right mood for “politically sensitive” matters at the moment. In May, the Lusaka Magistrates’ court acquitted Chimese and Chita…...
African leaders intervening because Russia-Ukraine war affects the continent – Kalaba
CITIZENS First president Harry Kalaba says African leaders have realised that the Russia-Ukraine war is an issue affecting their individual countries, and Africa as a whole, hence the intervention in a bid to bring peace. Speaking when he featured on BBC’s Focus of Africa, Kalaba said supplies that the African countries used to get from…...
The past cannot justify the ill treatment of one another – Lubinda
PF vice-president Given Lubinda says UPND should not ill-treat the opposition based on what they experienced in the past because “Christ wouldn’t have died for all of us” if things worked that way. And Lubinda has advised President Hakainde Hichilema to unify Zambians before he dares contribute to global peace efforts. Meanwhile, Citizens First leader…...
