If Egypt can score 2, so can we – Mutapa
UNDER-23 Coach Osward Mutapa is adamant that his team can still qualify for the 2023 U23 AFCON despite a damaging 2-0 loss to Egypt in Cairo on Wednesday. Mutapa says if Egypt can score two goals at home, there is nothing stopping Zambia from recording a similar score line or better when the two teams…...
We need increased space for people to enjoy their liberties in full – LAZ
LAZ president Lungisani Zulu says as the country co-hosts the Democracy Summit, it needs to reflect on how it can increase the space for people to fully enjoy their liberties. And the Law Association of Zambia leader says there is nothing unusual about ZIALE’s low pass rate, arguing that what people should be more concerned…...
High Court judge denies writing judgements in advance, countersues ex-research advocate
LUSAKA High Court Judge Kenneth Mulife has denied defamation allegations levelled against him by former Judiciary research advocate Bright Kaluba in the High Court. Judge Mulife has further denied Kaluba’s claims that he prepares judgements even before parties appear before him or make submissions. The High Court judge has submitted that judges’ case management and…...
HH receives prestigious VIP Global Water Changemaker Award
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has been awarded the prestigious VIP Global Water ChangeMaker Award at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. According to a statement issued by First Secretary for Press and Public Relations at the Permanent Mission of Zambia to the United Nations, Namatama Njekwa, Thursday, the inaugural award was received by Zambia’s Permanent…...
I suspect an invisible hand in my arrest for corruption – Mpepo
FORMER National Association of Small and Medium Scale Contractors president Mutale Mpepo says he suspects that an invisible hand is involved in his recent arrest for corrupt practices. On Tuesday, the Anti-Corruption Commission arrested Mpepo and former Secretary General of the association Danny Simumba for corrupt practices involving K79,000. In a statement, ACC head of…...
The value of democracy is felt by those who don’t have it
AHEAD of the Summit for Democracy coming up in a week’s time, Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Lungisani Zulu says the country should look into increasing space for people to enjoy their freedoms and liberties. Mr Zulu says the country has scored some progress in upholding democratic tenets, but observed that there are still…...
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Munir is mischievous, I’ve told my ministers to sue him – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he has encouraged his Finance and Infrastructure Ministers to sue Munir Zulu because he is a “mischievous individual who tries to destroy innocent people”. The President further says he has fired three Permanent Secretaries, while about 20 sitting civil servants have been indicted under his regime as a way of fighting…...
3 nabbed for illegally selling hips, butt enhancement products
THE Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested three people for the offences of illegal advertisement and sale of unauthorised medical products. The authority says the three include a Levy Mwanawasa Medical University student Tisa Chikunyu known to her customers as Elizabeth, a student nurse at Cavendish…...
Cop, 3 others behind bars for K3,400 robbery
THE Zambia Police Service says it has arrested four suspected criminals, among them a man believed to be a police officer in connection with a robbery that occurred in Lusaka involving K3,400. In a statement, Thursday, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale said the robbery occurred on March 14, 2023, around 12:00 hours where…...