Lsk residents cheer HH, as others boo him at Heroes stadium
SCORES of Lusaka residents and soccer fans yesterday cheered President Hakainde Hichilema as he made a public appearance at the near capacity Heroes Stadium where he went to grace the ABSA cup final. Some pockets of fans, however, booed the Head of State and showed gestures of disapproval towards him as he made way towards…...
My dream is to see other Players succeed – Sakala
CHIPOLOPOLO striker Fashion Sakala says his dream is to see a lot of players in Eastern Province don the national team jersey and realise their dreams of playing professional football. And Sakala urged administrators in the province to work together to achieve the dream of having a team play in the MTN Super League. Last…...
Zambia thrashes Uganda
UNDER 17 women’s national team Carol Kanyemba expressed concern with the numerous scoring opportunities missed despite thrashing Uganda 2-0 in the first leg of the 2024 Dominican Republic FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier played at the Heroes Stadium. Goals apiece from Namute Chileshe and Ruth Musonda were enough to put Zambia at an advantage heading…...
A customer told me he saw the 2 male students fondling each other, barman tells court
A BARMAN has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that a customer told him that he saw the two students accused of engaging in unnatural offences fondling each other’s penises in the bathroom. This is in a matter in which two male students, Brighton Banda, 25, of Avondale and Darius Musukwa, 20, of Kamwala South, are…...
C/belt cops delayed MPs’ motorcade because they were searching for Lungu – Munir
LUMEZI independent member of parliament Munir Zulu says police at Kafulafuta check point yesterday delayed a parliamentary committee motorcade because they were suspicious that former president Edgar Lungu was in one of the vehicles. But Copperbelt police commissioner Peacewell Mweemba says he has not received any report to that effect. In an interview, Sunday, Zulu…...
Disgruntled Lungu will never praise us despite everything we’ve done – Nkandu
MINISTER of Youth, Sport and Arts Elvis Nkandu says former president Edgar Lungu will never praise the new dawn government despite everything they’ve done which attracts praise. And Nkandu says UPND will never interfere with independent government agencies the way Lungu did. On Saturday, Lungu said President Hakainde Hichilema was using a clenched fist to…...
HH fulfilling his campaign promise on fertiliser – Hamasaka
STATE House Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka says President Hakainde Hichilema is fulfilling his campaign promise by ensuring local fertiliser production and stabilising prices of the commodity in the country. And Hamasaka says when the UPND government came into power in 2021, there was no fertiliser manufacturing company in the country but Zambia is now even…...
UPND govt incompetent, head to toe – Kafwaya
LUNTE PF member of parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya says Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane’s order that the controller of internal audits must conduct countrywide audits on the utilisation of CDF funds is an indication that the country has incompetent internal auditors. And Kafwaya says the UPND government is incompetent, head to toe. On Saturday, Dr Musokotwane…...
Vi Zesco, even if we’re poor in Kalikiliki, cut power for the same number of hours as baku mayadi – Fr Mashilipa
A CATHOLIC Parish Priest at St Augustine Parish in Lusaka’s Kalikiliki area Fr Paschal Mashilipa has lamented that Zesco’s load shedding schedule is being implemented unfairly because shanty compounds seem to be getting longer hours of darkness. And Fr Mashilipa says even if people from Kalikiliki are poor, they deserve to be treated with dignity,…...
Our debt restructuring plan was affected by Covid-19 – Nakacinda
PF faction secretary general Raphael Nakacinda says PF had a plan on how they were going to restructure debt but this was disrupted by Covid-19. And Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga says the kwacha is performing poorly because of PF’s poor policies which led to a reduction in copper production. Meanwhile, former PF…...