Tembo happy with team’s preparations for PacificAus netball series
NETBALL Women’s national team coach Lazarus Tembo says he is happy with the response of players in training as the team prepares for the PacificAus Sports netball series set for Gold Coast in Queensland State, Australia. And team vice captain Orient Mwanza says the onus is on players to make the country proud. Zambia was…...
Govt isn’t interfering in top management selection – UNZA
UNIVERSITY of Zambia Caretaker Committee has refuted three UNZA trade unions’ claims that government is interfering in the selection process for top management. On Wednesday, the three trade Unions namely; University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers Union (UNZALARU), University of Zambia Professional Staff Union (UNZAPROSU) and the University of Zambia Allied Workers Union (UNZAAWU) held…...
ACC must examine our dossier without interference – Mwenda
EFF president Kasonde Mwenda says he expects Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to examine the dossier which his party submitted to them without interference. Recently, Mwenda presented a dossier to the Commission which allegedly contains details of corrupt practices in the procurement of farming inputs under the new dawn government for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 farming seasons…....
We were just derailed a bit on KCM, Mopani – Kabuswe
MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says a positive announcement will be made soon regarding Konkola and Mopani Copper Mines despite the first quarter of 2023 being over. Kabuswe says the government was just derailed “a little bit” by the Democracy Summit and US Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Lusaka. In an interview,…...
Mealie meal crisis due to incompetence – Telesphore
FORMER Lusaka Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu says the mealie meal crisis being experienced in the country is as a result of incompetence by the current administration. Yesterday, Shoprite country general manager Charles Bota said the chain store was restricting the sale of 25 kilongram bags of mealie meal to one bag per person until the situation…...
Cost of living for March drops by K274.85
THE cost of living for a family of five in Lusaka has decreased by K274.85, according to the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR’s) Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB). The JCTR BNNB for March 2023 in Lusaka stood at K9,003.21 from the K9,278.06 recorded in February, 2023. Meanwhile, JCTR has expressed concern about the…...
I wish we took office in 2016, we wouldn’t have allowed Zambia to degenerate – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he wishes the UPND had taken office in 2016 because they wouldn’t have allowed the country to degenerate the way it did. Speaking when he met Zambians resident in Mozambique, Wednesday, President Hichilema encouraged citizens to interact with leaders because they were elected to work for the people. “We just encourage…...
We must never run short of energy in southern Africa – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Southern Africa should not run short of energy as this will create ripple effects that will in turn cripple factories, small-scale businesses and cause employment issues among its people. And President Hichilema says he has reiterated Zambia’s view to the Republic of Mozambique that a country should be run around constitutional…...
Lungu’s barber appeals against 25-year sentence
THE Mongu High Court has sentenced former president Edgar Lungu’s barber Shebby Chilekwa to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour for the murder of Lawrence Banda. Chilekwa has, however, appealed to the Court of Appeal against both the conviction and sentence, arguing that the trial court erred in law and fact when he convicted him…...
Zambia, IMF reach staff-level agreement towards US$188m deal
GOVERNMENT and the IMF staff have reached a Staff-Level Agreement on economic policies, to conclude the first review of the 38-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) supported programme. According to a statement, Thursday, the IMF said once the review of the agreement was approved, Zambia will have access to about US$188 million in financing. “IMF staff…...
