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Our AFCON opponents had better IQ – Mbewe
UNDER-20 National Team coach Chisi Mbewe has blamed the players Intelligence Quotient (IQ) for Zambia’s poor performance at AFCON. Zambia was on Monday night eliminated from the tournament after suffering a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Tunisia to sink their dreams of qualifying into the quarter-finals. Speaking during the post-match interview, Mbewe said the…...
TM Lubricants pumps K100,000 into Zambia Motor Rally
TM LUBRICANTS has pumped in a whooping K100,000 sponsorship package to become headline sponsor for the first round of the Zambia Motor Rally set for March 11-12. And Planet Spares has pledged to provide technical support for drivers at the competition. Speaking during a media briefing, Tuesday, TM Lubricants Corporate Affairs Manager Sharon Musonda said…...
U23 needs its foreign-based players – Mutapa
UNDER-23 coach Osward Mutapa says his technical bench is hoping to have foreign-based players available for selection when the team tackles Egypt in the final round of the 2023 Morocco U23 AFCON qualifiers in two weeks’ time. And Mutapa has summoned Nkana youngster Fallo Manongo to the provisional squad to replace the injured Dalitso Phiri…....
Verbatim: Mukula smuggling trial – Given Lubinda, others Vs News Diggers (PART 10)
Cross-examination continues… Nchito SC: Are you a signatory to the Highview account? Lubinda: I am, My Lady. Nchito SC: You have access to bank statements? Lubinda: I do, My Lady. Nchito SC: What’s the most recent… do you recall the most recent amount you received from government? Lubinda: I can’t recall, My Lady. Nchito SC:…...
Govt presents National Pension Scheme Amendment Bill to parley
LABOUR and Social Security Minister Brenda Tambatamba has presented the National Pension Scheme (Amendment) Bill to the National Assembly. Speaking in the National Assembly, Tuesday, Tambatamba said the Bill seeks to amend the National Pension Scheme Act, 1996, so as to allow members to access a pre-retirement benefit, among others. “Madam Speaker, I beg to…...
We’ve reduced Ndola-Lusaka road project from PF’s $1.2bn to US$649m – Govt
GOVERNMENT has signed a 25-year concession agreement with Macro-Oceans Investment Limited for the upgrading of the 327 kilometres Ndola-Lusaka dual carriageway and rehabilitation of the Luanshya-Fisenge-Masangano road. Minister of Infrastructure and Urban Development Charles Milupi discloses that the Ndola-Lusaka road project will cost US$649, 976,167, saying, the project, which was initially quoted at US$1.2 billion…...
Some companies deliberately selling mealie meal at exorbitant prices – govt
HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says some companies have deliberately been selling mealie meal at exorbitant prices despite government offloading huge quantities of maize to millers, through FRA. And Zambia Correctional Service Commissioner General Fredrick Chilukutu says the Service has noted the escalating prices of mealie meal and will intensify production to…...
Judge us in 2026, doing it now would be unfair – Kabuswe
MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says the new dawn government’s performance can only be judged in August 2026, and not now. In an interview, recently, Kabuswe said it would be unfair for people to judge the UPND government now before its five-year mandate elapses. “Let the Zambian people judge us in August 2026,…...
Army, ZNS must not be involved in Mukula trade – TPAZ
FOLLOWING government’s decision to dispose off illegally harvested Mukula in Luapula Province, Timber Producers Association of Zambia president Charles Masange says the military should not be involved in the process. And Action-Aid Zambia has called on government to ensure transparency and accountability in disposing off the confiscated illegally harvested Mukula. In an interview, Masange said…...
