Mwali defends national title
INTERNATIONAL Master (IM) Chitumbo Mwali has successfully defended his National Senior Men’s Chess Championship title after edging six-time national champion IM Andrew Kayonde in an eye-catching encounter played at the Fairview Hotel. Mwali solidified his dominance to clinch the national championship title with back-to-back victories. The Chess gala initially began with all national team players…...
Current Chipolopolo can erase World Cup heartbreak – Kamanga
FAZ president Andrew Kamanga says Zambia’s near-miss for the 1994 USA World Cup qualification should inspire this Chipolopolo generation to erase that heartbreak as the tournament returns to America in 2026. In his latest, Monday Column dubbed the ‘President Corner’, Kamanga believes the country has a crop of players who possess hunger to achieve something…...
Happy Independence Day! Special tribute to Magande, Mwanamwambwa
TODAY, Zambia proudly celebrates 59 years of independence, a significant occasion marking our country’s enduring journey towards self-determination and sovereignty. Unfortunately, this year’s Independence Day comes at a time when the country has just lost at least two of its highly respected and patriotic sons of the soil. The passing of former Speaker of the…...
My suspension by illegal officeholders is null and void – Miles
MATERO PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says his suspension from the party is null and void because it was effected by illegal officeholders. And PF presidential aspirant Greyford Monde says he supports the party’s decision to postpone the general conference as they have to put certain things in order. Meanwhile, Acting Chief Government Spokesperson…...
Nakacinda reports PF retreat convenor to police
PF Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda has reported the convener of an alleged PF retreat slated for this Saturday to the police for forgery and impersonation. And Nakacinda has accused the UPND of sponsoring the purported retreat in a bid to create a faction within the PF. According to a letter dated October 12, 2023, written…...
ZAMMSA appeals to health facilities to order chlorine
THE Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) has called on health facilities in cholera prone areas to urgently make orders for chlorine and intravenous (IV) fluids from the Agency. On Wednesday last week, Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo announced to the nation that a confirmed case of cholera was recorded in Lusaka’s Kanyama area…....
Kitwe teen kills self
AN 18-year-old male of Wusakile Township in Kitwe has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope inside his mother’s bedroom. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba who confirmed the incident in a statement said the deceased, a grade nine pupil, killed himself on Saturday after his family members left home for church. “Suicide OB…...
Court finds former intercity PF cadre with case to answer
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has found former intercity PF cadre Francis Muchemwa with a case to answer in seven counts of being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime and obtaining pecuniary advantage by false pretences. This is a matter in which Muchemwa is jointly charged with two of his companies namely;…...
Mines PS summons conflict license holders for dialogue
MINISTRY of Mines and Minerals Development Permanent Secretary Hapenga Kabeta has appealed to mine license holders in conflicted situations to approach his office in order to address the issues. In an interview, Dr Kabeta said almost the whole country was licensed but nothing of significant value had been coming from licensed areas. “Almost the whole…...
Munir is stuck in his constituency due to floods, surety tells court
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has warned that action will be taken against Lumezi Independent MP Munir Zulu and his surety Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda if it is established that the surety’s report that the accused missed a court hearing due to floods in his constituency was incorrect. Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Davies Chibwili issued the…...