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Grant blames Benin ref for Chipolopolo’s AFCON elimination
ZAMBIA Coach Avram Grant has put the blame for Chipolopolo’s elimination from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Benin referee Djindo Louis. Louis officiated Zambia’s game with Tanzania and gave a red card to Rodrick Kabwe in the first half while the Chipolopolo boys were trailing the Taifer Stars 1-0. Despite the setback, Zambia…...
Bizwell Mutale, the latest candidate for politics of the belly
THE UPND leadership is excited with the return of its member Mr Bizwell Mutale who had defected to the Patriotic Front. The ruling party National Chairman Collins Maoma has since urged members to welcome everyone willing to join because “politics is about numbers”. Mr Maoma says Mr Mutale has decided to defect back to UPND…...
HH returns home after “fruitful” discussions with Botswana counterpart
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has returned to the country following a two-day working visit to Botswana at the invitation of his Botswana counterpart, Mokgweetsi Masisi. And the Ministries of Foreign Affairs for both countries have disclosed that during the visit, the two Presidents had fruitful discussions on issues of mutual interest. During his two-day visit, President…...
Inflation increases by 0.1%
THE annual inflation for January 2024 has increased by 0.1 percent from the 13.1 percent recorded in December 2023 to 13.2 percent. And the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) has disclosed that the national average price of a 25kg bag of breakfast mealie meal increased by 60.97 percent between January 2023 and January 2024 from K181.46…...
Masebo clamps down on kachasu brewing
MINISTER of Health Sylvia Masebo says government has declared a war against kachasu in Lusaka, and will arrest anyone brewing or selling the beverage. And Masebo says schools that are not clean will not be allowed to open. Meanwhile, Masebo has revealed that in the last 24 hours, the country recorded 16 cholera deaths with…...
Bweengwa headmen testify against Munir in hate speech case
THREE village headmen have testified against Lumezi Independent member of parliament Munir Zulu in a matter in which he is charged with expressing or showing hatred, ridicule or contempt for persons because of race. Debby Chimpati, a 63-year-old headman from Bweengwa, testified that Zulu’s statement was oppressive and an expression of hatred against the people…...
Govt puts off unveiling of TAZAMA fuel tender winners, invites more bids
THE Ministry of Energy says it has extended to February 9, 2024, the closing date for submission of applications by Oil Marketing Companies interested in using the TAZAMA Pipeline . And Energy Minister Peter Kapala has justified the selection of Standard Petroleum to use the pipeline, saying it offered the best conditions. Meanwhile, Ministry of…...
Bizwell represents the scam of politics – Mwamba
EMMANUEL Mwamba says people like former PF national mobilisation committee member Bizwell Mutale make politics look dirty because of their utterances when joining or leaving political parties. Mwamba, who is PF faction Chairperson for Information and Publicity, has wondered why UPND has welcomed back Mutale when he said very hurtful things against President Hakainde Hichilema…....
We didn’t bribe anyone in Mayembe ward by-elections – UPND
SMALL and Medium Enterprises Minister Elias Mubanga has refuted claims that UPND bribed voters in the Mayembe ward by-elections in Shiwang’andu . On Wednesday, Shiwang’andu PF MP Stephen Kampyongo alleged that the ruling party won the recent by-elections in his constituency by giving out K1,000 handouts to ordinary villagers and bribing village headmen with K5,000…...