After succumbing to drug abuse, I threw myself from a school building and lost my front teeth – Chishimba
BRIAN Chishimba, who struggled with alcohol and drug abuse for 14 years, recounts that he started taking marijuana when he was in his eleventh grade due to peer pressure. In fact, his first sexual encounter was with a prostitute. Chishimba also recalls his first year at Copperbelt University, where he engaged in drinking, drug abuse…...
It’s impossible to get aroused while examining a patient says male gynecologist
University Teaching Hospital gynecologist, Dr Swebby Macha, says it is impossible for a doctor to get aroused by a client who is under examination. The dynamics of allowing a partner or wife to visit a gynecologist can often be influenced by cultural perceptions and traditional beliefs. For many, the idea of another man seeing their…...
Mohan opens University of Kabwe, says it’ll produce entrepreneurial minds
I KNOW what you would like to hear from a newspaper article when the name Mathew Mohan pops up in a headline. But this story is not about the ugly past, rather, it’s about the bright future of many students who’ll pass through the University of Kabwe (UNIKA), an institution sole founded by the man,…...
Wife flees from stingy husband’s home
A LUSAKA woman has appealed to the Matero Local Court to free her from her husband of nine years, citing his stinginess and violent behaviour. She told the court that due to her husband’s stinginess, whenever rent was due, she was forced to sell property from their home despite him being in employment. This is…...
Sales are good with load shedding; I’m making almost double – Charcoal trader
LAST month, Zesco announced an 8-hour load shedding schedule due to drought-induced low water levels. While many people have not been happy with this development, a fraction of the business sector appears to be benefitting from load shedding – charcoal traders. Since the resumption of load shedding, the government has attempted to advise citizens to…...
ZRA exceeds 2024 Q1 revenue target by K339m
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) says it collected a total revenue of K28,469.1 billion against the K28,129.9 billion target for the first quarter of 2024. ZRA says the collection indicates that the authority exceeded its target by K339.1 million. Making a presentation during the Economics Association of Zambia Annual General Meeting, ZRA Acting Commissioner for…...
We will now participate in by-elections – UKA
THE United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) says its Council of Presidents (COP) has resolved that UKA will participate in all the upcoming by-elections, starting with the ones recently announced by ECZ. On Tuesday, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) announced that by-elections in nine wards would be held on Thursday, May 2, 2024, with nominations scheduled…...
Met Department predicts rains from April 7 to 13
THE Zambia Meteorological Department under the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment has forecasted widespread rain, thunderstorms and strong winds in Western, Southern, North-western, Copperbelt, Lusaka and Central Provinces from April 7 to 13, 2024. In a weather alert, Friday, the Department stated that this is due to the extended area of low-pressure system from…...
I regret investing in my wife, I would’ve been a landlord, Lsk man tells court
A 34-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka’s Garden compound has told the Matero Local Court that he regrets investing in his wife’s education, among other investments, because he would have been a landlord by now. This is a matter in which 32-year-old Esther Banda, a resident of Samfya, sought divorce from her husband, Chewe Nkombe, citing physical…...
Lusambo only greeted the witnesses he’s alleged to have interfered with – Witness
A WITNESS has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that former Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo merely greeted the State witnesses he is accused of attempting to interfere with. Lusambo is facing three counts of attempting to interfere with witnesses. Particulars of the offences allege that Lusambo, between February 1 and April 30, 2022,…...