Afcon qualication is non-negotiable – Chipyoka
ZAMBIA Under 20 striker Songa Chipyoka says qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations is non-negotiable this time around after the nation missed out on the previous two editions. Speaking in an interview, Tuesday, after the team’s morning training session, Chipyoka said the squad was aware of the huge task that lay ahead. He said…...
PF must just sit in the terraces and watch us do what they failed – Nkombo
PF deputy chairperson for information and publicity Emmanuel Mwamba says the purchase of 156 vehicles which were not budgeted for should be treated as a “corruption alert”. But Local Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says the purchase was approved by Cabinet, as recommended by the parliamentary ad-hoc committee, further urging PF to just watch from the…...
Fertiliser procurement can be scrutinised later, we need to get inputs to farmers – Phiri
AGRICULTURE Minister Mtolo Phiri says questions regarding the fertiliser procurement tender for the 2022/2023 farming season can be addressed later because the important thing right now is that suppliers have been identified to deliver inputs. And Phiri says the Ministry has signed contracts with six suppliers who will deliver farming inputs within this week. In…...
We’ve recorded 18 sodomy cases this year – Mwiimbu
HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says the country has recorded 18 sodomy cases this year. And Mwiimbu says government had reached out to embassies which had mounted rainbow flags. Meanwhile, Mwiimbu says he has heard unconfirmed reports of a clinic which was established during PF’s tenure which renders services to homosexuals. …...
Our youths aren’t benefitting from govt jobs, contracts because PF is still in charge – Imenda
UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says ruling party youths are frustrated because PF members are still the ones running the show in government while they are not benefitting from their struggles. And Imenda says party youths who are calling for the removal of Secretary General Batuke Imenda and demanding that he should be replaced…...
Allegedly sodomised Soweto man died of advanced TB – Police
POLICE have clarified that the man reported to have passed on at Soweto market after allegedly being savagely sodomised actually died as a result of disseminated Tuberculosis and had an outgrowth on his anus. ZNBC recently reported that a man between the ages of 20 to 30 had died at Soweto market after being savagely…...
HH woos Elon Musk’s Starlink
RENOWNED billionaire Elon Musk says he looks forward to providing Starlink service to the people of Zambia. And Technology Minister Felix Mutati says Starlink Business Operations offers high speed world-class broadband internet which can be picked from any part of the world through satellite. President Hakainde Hichilema recently held talks with Starlink Business Operations vice-president…...
It wasn’t only Africans, most Heads of State moved by bus to prevent traffic at Queen’s funeral – Haimbe
ACTING Foreign Affairs Minister Mulambo Haimbe says most Heads of State who were invited to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in London used the VIP coaches to prevent unnecessary congestion. On Monday, Facebook was flooded with images of some African Heads of State and representatives in a coach, contrasted by photos of US President Joe…...
HH considers most, if not all advice from his advisors – Ngoma
SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Politics Levy Ngoma says there’s no handler at State House who is President Hakainde Hichilema’s praise singer, adding that most, if not all advice, is actually taken into consideration by the Head of State. And Ngoma says he is ensuring that he advises President Hichilema correctly on politics for…...
MoF sent over K70m into GBM’s account, Atlas Mara banker tells court
A BANKER at Atlas Mara Limited has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that over K70 million was transferred from the Ministry of Finance into former defence minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba’s bank account which was held at the bank between 2020 and 2021. Idah Kaluba Chilumbu was testifying in a matter in which Mwamba is facing…...
