Nkana dips into transfer market
NKANA has re-signed striker Idris Ilunga Mbombo to boost its attacking options heading into the second half of the season. The 13-time league champions have endured a miserable campaign so far, winning only four games from their 18 fixtures. As a result, the Kitwe giants have found themselves as early contenders for the three relegation…...
FAZ unveils team to face U17 Copper Queens
FAZ has unveiled a 24-member U17 girls team to face the All-Stars Zambia U17 Girls National Team after a countrywide selection exercise held in Lusaka. Ten provincial teams converged in the capital where they battled against each other while the under-17 national team coaches’ scouted the athletes to pick 24 players who will face the…...
Winning on the field and in class
TO be a professional footballer is a dream nurtured in every child’s heart. But for many, that dream collides with another, equally vital pursuit – education. Parents, burdened by the realities of life, often urge their children to prioritise books over boots; this is so because education whispers promises of stability over the alluring, yet…...
Diamond TV secures rights to broadcast AFCON
DIAMOND TV has secured the rights to broadcast the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) that swings into action on January 13. Ivory Coast will be hosting the tournament for the second time since 1988 and Zambia is returning to the event after an eight-year absence. Diamond TV Chief Visionary Officer Costa Mwansa revealed that…...
Immigration nabs 79, removes 27 illegal immigrants
THE Immigration Department has apprehended 79 foreign nationals for various immigration offences. The department has also removed 27 illegal immigrants from the country and refused three foreigners, entry into the country for failing to meet entry requirements. According to a statement issued by Department of Immigration public relations officer Namati Nshinka, Friday, the suspects were…...
Lsk man in court for defiling, murdering 5-year-old girl
A 25-YEAR-OLD man of Kafue District in Lusaka Province has appeared before the Kafue Magistrates’ Court for defiling and murdering a five-year-old girl. Moses Mupeta of Kasaka Area in Kafue appeared before Magistrate Webster Chanda on charges of Defilement of a Child and Murder. Particulars of the offence are that on November 10, 2023 Mupeta,…...
Shortage of maize seed hits Chinsali District
A SERIOUS shortage of maize seed has hit Chinsali District as the planting season gets underway amid increased rainfall. The shortage has been attributed to high demand for the commodity by farmers within and outside the district. A check in the central business district yesterday by the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) found that…...
22 more die of cholera, as LCC bans sale of foodstuffs in streets
THE country has recorded 336 new Cholera cases and 22 deaths in the last 24 hours. And the Lusaka City Council (LCC) has halted the sale of merchandise and food stuffs in undesignated places. According to the Ministry of Health national Cholera updates, the cumulative number of cholera deaths now stands at 172 while the…...
PACRA takes interest in PK Chishala’s music copyright, as ZAMCOPS awakens
THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has taken interest in the Copyright infringement concerns around late Kalindula legend PK Chishala’s music, urging artistes who feel exploited to file complaints with the agency for possible action. And the Zambia Music Copyright Protection Society (ZAMCOPS) which has otherwise been silent on the mushrooming of bands that…...
Kasanda sues state over seizure of his properties
LUSAKA businessman Sedrick Kasanda has sued the State in the Lusaka High Court challenging the seizure of his properties last year by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC). Kasanda has submitted that DEC’s actions of seizing his house known as Plot No. 19 Main Street, Ibex Hill, Lusaka and all the properties situated there was illegal…....