Copper Queens face Angola in WAFCON qualifiers
ZAMBIA faces Angola in the final round of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers in Luanda today. Bruce Mwape’s side enters the race at the final qualifying stage after enjoying a second-round bye. A win over two legs will see the Copper Queens make a third successive WAFCON appearance after gracing the 2018…...
African Legends will give Zambians a memorable game – Kalusha
CELEBRATED football icon Kalusha Bwalya says African Legends are set to give Zambians a memorable game when they face off with Chipolopolo Legends this Saturday at the National Heroes Stadium. The 1988 African Footballer of the Year, who coached the 2012 AFCON winning squad against Barcelona Legends earlier this year, joins iconic figures from across…...
REIZ buys Woodlands Stadium’s naming rights
WOODLANDS Stadium has been rebranded to REIZ Arena after National Division One side City of Lusaka sold the stadium’s naming rights to Real Estate Investment Zambia (REIZ) Limited for an undisclosed sum. REIZ will own the naming rights to the stadium for the next five years. Speaking during the signing ceremony on Monday evening, REIZ…...
NHIMA will collapse if the abuse by private hospitals goes unchecked
WE have observed a serious challenge in the implementation of NHIMA. The funding mechanism falls far below the mandate of the institution. The same can be said about its administration. There is a concern that this health insurance scheme will collapse if its management is not reviewed. First of all, we feel the cost of…...
High Court grants Kasanda, 4 others bail
THE Lusaka High Court has granted Lusaka businessman Sedrick Kasanda, Mahogany Airlines chief executive officer Jim Belemu and three others bail in the sum of K500,000, but in their own recognisance. This is in a matter in which Kasanda, Belemu, state security officer Francis Mateyo, commercial pilot Patrick Kawanu and police officer Robison Moonga are…...
Employers entitled to K2,000 allowance if they hire a person with disability – ZRA
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has disclosed that under the Income Tax Act, an employer who employs a person with a disability on full-time basis is entitled to an allowance of K2,000. ZRA further says a disabled person registered with the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD) is entitled to a tax credit of…...
Tayali’s K450,000 compensation leaves Jay Jay in tears: This is bullsh*t
THIS is bullsh*t, we work day and night but people are getting free money for just being pointed at with a gun, charged Petauke Independent MP Emmanuel Jay Banda as he broke down yesterday. And Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) has questioned the motive behind the consent judgments which are resulting in the state awarding parties…...
Mapenzi Chibulo’s family to receive K3.5m compensation from state
THE State has agreed to compensate the family of late Mapenzi Chibulo, a UPND supporter who died on July 8, 2016, K3.5 million as damages for loss of life. The parties have further agreed that the state would pay K500, 000 as legal costs. This is the matter in which the deceased’s father, Douglas Chibulo, sued…...
Matter before you urgent, Sampa might expel me, Mundubile tells court
FORMER leader of opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile has told the Lusaka High Court that the matter in which PF faction Secretary General Rapheal Nakacinda has sued Miles Sampa over the October 24 convention is of extreme urgency. He says this is because Sampa might proceed to expel him from the party for failing to…...
I was disappointed with UPND when Munir said HH would dissolve Parley – Witness
A WITNESS has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that he was disappointed with the UPND leadership when he heard Munir Zulu say President Hakainde Hichilema would dissolve Parliament and call for early elections. Network for Young People against Violence executive director Moses Kalonde told the court that he also started panicking when he heard the…...