Kampamba joins Libyan side Al-Nasr
ZAMBIAN midfielder Kelvin Mubanga Kampamba has joined Libyan topflight side Al-Nasr Benghazi, the club has confirmed. Al-Nasr Benghazi took to its social media platforms to confirm the acquisition of the 29-year-old highly rated Zesco United star player, who has so far netted seven goals in the Zambian Super League this season. Kampamba, who is currently…...
Kopa brand sales are overwhelming – FAZ
FAZ says it has received an overwhelming response on the Kopa merchandise sales ahead of the ongoing 2023 Ivory Coast AFCON. In an interview with Goal Diggers on Monday, FAZ General Secretary Reuben Kamanga said Kopa merchandise sales have been excellent. Kamanga said the number of institutions that have come on board to purchase Kopa…...
Guns don’t solve problems, unless your solution is to kill
LUSAKA has recorded about three key incidences of gun violence within a space of one month. Two of these incidences happened at drinking places or night clubs. Police have recorded reports of one patron shooting another in full view of onlookers, much to the terror of innocent civilians. This alarming surge in gun-related incidents within…...
It’s painful that Mwepu isn’t at AFCON – Chipolopolo stars
CHIPOLOPOLO striker Fashion Sakala says it is painful that Enock Mwepu is not with the national team at the 2023 Ivory Coast AFCON. And Patson Daka says the team will fight with everything to make Mwepu proud and fulfill his AFCON dream. Mwepu was forced to retire from football at the age of 24 after…...
Let Hanke demonstrate how he arrived at 47% as Zambia’s inflation rate – Kalyalya
BANK of Zambia Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya has challenged US economist Steve Hanke to demonstrate how he arrived at 47 percent as the official annual inflation rate for Zambia. Dr Hanke, a professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University recently wrote on X that Zambia’s inflation was nearly four times higher than the official rate of 13.1%…...
Zambia’s water coverage sits at 72%, sanitation at 54% – Mposha
MINISTER of Water Development and Sanitation Mike Mposha has disclosed that the water coverage countrywide is currently sitting at 72 percent with the sanitation coverage sitting at 54 percent. And Mposha says the outbreak of cholera has been building up over the last three years. Meanwhile, Mposha says people use shallow wells because they don’t…...
Kaizer has been changing abodes, immigration officer tells court
AN IMMIGRATION officer has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that officers are having challenges executing the bench warrant against former president Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Kaizer Zulu as he has been changing abodes. In June last year, Magistrate Sylvia Munyinya issued a bench warrant against Zulu for missing court sessions in a matter in which…...
MoH should handle cholera donations with high levels of transparency – TIZ
TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) Executive Director Maurice Nyambe has urged the Ministry of Health to adhere to highest standards of accountability and transparency in managing donations made towards the cholera response. In an interview, Nyambe said the misappropriation of funds donated towards the COVID response in 2021, as reported by the Auditor General, did not…...
2024 budget will need to be adjusted to accommodate Cholera measures – Govt
GOVERNMENT says it will make adjustments to the 2024 budget, through supplementary, to accommodate immediate measures aimed at containing the cholera outbreak in risk areas. Last week, President Hakainde Hichilema directed that shallow wells in the country must be buried as a measure to combat the cholera outbreak. In an interview, Monday, Finance and National…...
MUZ urges Zesco, CEC to up power production as mining is expected to boom
AS the country’s mining sector is rebounding following the unlocking of Konkola and Mopani Copper Mines, the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) is urging the country’s energy firms, in particular ZESCO and Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC), to produce more electricity so that they can meet the pending demand. Zambia has set a target of reaching…...