Remain focused, Kamanga tells Copper Queens
FAZ president Andrew Kamanga has urged the women’s national team to remain focused and determined after concluding their Europe camp on a high note. The Copper Queens arrived in New Zealand on Sunday night ahead of the kick-off of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup on July 20. In his latest President’s Corner, Kamanga said…...
Mazabuka Golf Club receives sweet facelift
The Mazabuka Golf Club says it has been motivated to continue developing the sport following the rehabilitation of the club house by Zambia Sugar with an injection of K240,000 raised through the recently held Zambia Sugar Golf Day. The company’s golf tournament realised K240,000 which was earmarked towards the junior golf promotion and the refurbishment…...
Chinzewe wins gold at Africa Draught-64 Championship
ZAMBIA’S budding star William Chinzewe says he is on track to represent the country well after winning a gold medal at the ongoing African Draught-64 Championship and World Stage in Lusaka. Chinzewe won the medal in the Blitz category with a perfect record in nine games where he accumulated 18 points. “It makes me feel…...
WAFCON bye will give Copper Queens time to rest – Mwape
WOMEN’S national team coach Bruce Mwape says the first-round bye his team has received in the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers will give his charges more time to prepare for their games. Zambia will be joining the fray in the second round and will be waiting for the winner of the first-round…...
We’ll soon remove street vendors to sanitise the city – Govt
MINISTRY of Local Government Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says the ministry has concluded its consultation process with relevant stakeholders on street vending and they have all agreed on the need to sanitise the city. In January this year, Local Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo directed the Lusaka City Council and…...
PF cadres are the ones mounting roadblocks in our name – UPND
UPND Lusaka Province Chairman Obvious Mwaliteta has urged party youths and traders to effect citizen arrests on anyone found mounting illegal roadblocks and soliciting money in markets. Addressing the media, Monday, Mwaliteta said PF cadres were the ones mounting illegal roadblocks around Lusaka in the name of the UPND. “We have received complaints from all…...
UPND lacks policy direction in agriculture, mining sectors – SP
SOCIALIST Party Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says government lacks policy direction in the agriculture and mining sectors. Bwalya says government’s decision to abstain from buying soya beans, a decision which was later overturned, and its failure to resolve issues at KCM and Mopani were signs that the current administration was poor at planning. In an interview,…...
Court fails to rule on Munir’s bail application due to power outage
LUSAKA Chief Resident Magistrate Davies Chibwili yesterday failed to deliver a ruling on the bail application of Lumezi Independent Member of Parliament Munir Zulu citing lack of power and water at the court complex. Magistrate Chibwili adjourned the matter to today saying all accused persons under police custody could not be taken to court yesterday…...
Arrest of UPND officials shows that govt isn’t persecuting PF – Mweetwa
UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the arrest of senior party members involved in the Sugilite scandal is a clear testimony that the rule of law applies to everyone. Police in Mansa recently arrested former Luapula Province Minister Derricky Chilundika, Northern Province Police Commissioner Gloria Mulele, and 17 others, including UPND members, for allegedly illegally mining…...
Chilundika is a sacrificial lamb, his dismissal nothing to celebrate – Mundubile
PF presidential aspirant Brian Mundubile says the dismissal of former Luapula Province Minister Derricky Chilundika and other top government officials is nothing to celebrate because they are just sacrificial lambs. Recently, President Hakainde Hichilema said past, present and future corruption must all be fought, noting that he has fired a minister and permanent secretary whom…...