Copper Queens will surprise giants at World Cup – Munshya
ZAMBIA’S High Commissioner t Australia and New Zealand Elias Munshya has expressed confidence that the women’s national team will pull up a surprise at its maiden World Cup appearance next month. During an interview with the FAZ media on Tuesday, Munshya said the current crop of Copper Queens players had inspired many young girls to…...
AS Roma eyes Daka
ITALIAN giants AS Roma have joined several top European clubs interested in the services of Zambian international and Leicester City forward Patson Daka. Meanwhile, Chipolopolo striker Lameck Banda has described his debut season with Lecce in the Serie A as a success. Daka has continued to attract interest from various European clubs with Jose Mourinho’s…...
PF using Lungu to play politics, they can’t stand on their own – Miles
MATERO PF member of parliament Miles Sampa has accused his party of using his court cases as a scapegoat to delay the holding of a convention. And Sampa says PF members are only using former president Edgar Lungu to play politics because they cannot stand on their own. The PF Central Committee at its meeting…...
ZHA names provisional squad for Paris qualifiers
THE Zambia Hockey Association (ZHA) has unveiled provisional squads for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers set for August in South Africa. Zambia is scheduled to send the men’s and women’s teams for the qualifiers with preparations already underway. ZHA unveiled a budget of K2.1 million to cater for the logistics and team preparations in…...
We’re eager to put debt restructuring details in place, HH tells World Bank
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government is eager to put the country’s debt restructuring details in place. Speaking when he hosted World Bank Country Director for Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe Nathan Belete, Tuesday, President Hichilema said nothing should stand in the way of the country’s progress given the goodwill from partners. “Yes, we have achieved…...
Zambians joking a lot on social media, let’s be productive – Muyunda
MAZABUKA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president Mukela Muyunda has called on Zambians to be productive and stay away from sharing jokes on social media. Speaking during a live special radio programme on Byta FM Zambia, Monday, Muyunda said some professionals woke up as early as 05:30 hours only to share jokes on various…...
PF paid $5 million to a private firm to help restructure debt, but failed
NATIONAL Chairperson for the opposition Patriotic Front, Mr Davies Chama, says it is foolish for the UPND government to celebrate the debt restructuring deal because the country will still be required to repay the debt at a later stage. Last week, Zambia reached an agreement in principle to restructure US$6.3 billion of debt with bilateral…...
International Court on Corruption coming – Ndulo
AMERICA-BASED Zambian law Professor Muna Ndulo says the process of setting up an International Court on Corruption is on-going in the United States. And Lawyer Dumisani Tembo has called for the devolution of some functions of the office of the Attorney General regarding Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) so that unnecessary delays can be avoided. Meanwhile, Siobhan…...
PPDF has only met once since its establishment, laments Saasa
ECONOMIST Oliver Saasa has challenged government to learn how to dialogue with the private sector, lamenting that since the establishment of the Public Private Dialogue Forum (PPDF) last year, they have only met once. Prof Saasa said the same single meeting, which was held seven months after the forum was constituted by President Hakainde Hichilema,…...
Debt restructuring has freed up $5.8bn for development – Musokotwane
FINANCE Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane yesterday updated the House that debt restructuring had freed up $5.8 billion which could now be used for development projects. And Dr Musokotwane says prior to the debt restructuring agreement, the Kwacha had been taking a hit because the country lost about $800 million when non residents who were skeptical…...