Lsk woman gets K5,000 fine for insulting, threatening to sleep with neighbour’s hubby
A LUSAKA woman has been ordered to pay K5, 000 as compensation for showering insults on her neighbours and threatening to sleep with one of their husbands. Yorum Mwale of Mtendere East Maplot dragged 35-year-old Nosiku Muibela to court seeking compensation for the insults she had continued to pour on him and other neighbours, and…...
Zesco connects Chama, Lundazi to national grid
ZESCO Managing Director Victor Mapani says Chama and Lundazi districts have now been connected to the National Grid, for the first time since Zambia’s independence. And Mapani says Zesco’s total debt now stands at $583 million. Addressing the Media, Friday, Mapani said the decision to have the Chama and Lundazi project done in-house reduced the…...
Kambwili’s plot to dupe govt into releasing his passport revealed
A ZIMBABWEAN national named Allen Mupambo has been identified as an accomplice in the Chishimba Kambwili escape from Zambia. A voice note has revealed how Kambwili used his illness to dupe the government into releasing his passport, leading to his escape. And in another voice note shared on social media soon after his escape, Kambwili…...
I’m a nerd who likes fashion – Pollen
Even when he’s donning some basic black jeans, a t-shirt and a pair of gumboots in some flooded area, DMMU national coordinator Dr Gabriel Pollen always looks as if he belongs on the cover of a magazine. And those moments when he is spotted in a fitted suit, I know for sure that he leaves…...
Colleague slices Chingola man’s abdomen over beer
AN 18-year-old man of Chingola has been left in an unstable condition after he was stabbed in the abdomen by his colleague who used a broken bottle during a drinking spree. Joe Kanyembo of Chingola’s Mikiloni Compound was on Friday around 16:00 hours left holding on to his intestines after being stabbed by Nonde Simfukwe…...
DIZMO unveils “Umuntu Muntwe” cover
THE wait is almost over for the highly anticipated “Umuntu Mutwe” album by Dizmo, the maker of hit song, “Judgment Day”. Last Thursday, Dizmo took a major step ahead of the official release of his second album slated for February 8, 2024. Flanked by some of Zambia’s major top celebrated hip-hop artists like Macky 2,…...
Women used to wake up at 5 AM to clean, but now life is all about lipstick, alcohol – Masebo
HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says when the government tells citizens to go back to the villages, people perceive that as an insult but the lives some people are leading in towns are problematic. And Masebo says all the shops that are near drainages will be removed because you can’t have a shop on top of…...
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Police arrest Lsk man for planning anti-HH protest
POLICE in Lusaka have arrested and charged a 27-year-old man for allegedly making a false document and proposing violence. In a statement, Saturday, Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga stated that Moses Kampasa allegedly presented a false document titled “Notification on the Protest by Youths Demanding President Hakainde Hichilema to Step Down on Moral Grounds” to the…...
RSTA hikes bus fares
THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has announced an upward adjustment in bus fares following the recent increase in fuel pump prices. In a statement, Friday, RTSA Acting Head Public Relations manager Mukela Mangolwa said the adjustment in bus fares comes in the wake of an increase in fuel pump prices announced by the…...