It’s time to enact the Tobacco Control Bill
2023 marks exactly 15 years since Zambia became party to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) and made an undertaking to come up with a domestic comprehensive tobacco control law. In the absence of a tobacco control legislation, Zambia will continue losing around 8,000 lives annually due to tobacco consumption, according […]
Govt discussing how ZNS can produce affordable mealie meal – Lufuma
DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says government is discussing how ZNS milling plants can produce more mealie meal to put on the market in light of increased commodity prices. The price of mealie meal has in the last few weeks escalated in the country with the commodity selling at more than K200 for a 25-kilogram bag…....
Travelling
Public Transport in Lusaka: A commentary
The passenger transportation situation in Lusaka is moving from bad to worse. Traffic congestions have now spread to almost all the roads, untarred ones included. The difference between peak and off-peak hours is slowly fading if not already extinct. The roads are congested from sunrise to sunset. Causes of congestion in Lusaka include among other […]
The power of the tongue
For so many of us, Things Fall Apart is one of the few fiction books that we have read. This is likely because it was part of the high school reading list – it had to be read! I was also introduced to the writings of Chinua Achebe this way. One thing that, 17 years […]
Pay affiliation fees to receive grants, Nkandu tells sports associations
GOVERNMENT has called on sports associations to expedite the process of affiliating themselves to the Sports Council of Zambia (SCZ) to allow his ministry to release grant money in good time. Speaking in an interview Thursday, Sports Minister Elvis Nkandu said the delayed payment of affiliation fees by sports associations is what has delayed the…...
Mabika’s naturalisation process complete – Nkandu
SPORTS Minister Elvis Nkandu says the Ministry of Home Affairs has concluded the clearance of United States of America-based defender Aime Mabika. Speaking to the media, Nkandu said the naturalisation process of Mabika was completed and urged the FAZ to visit the Ministry of Home Affairs for clarity. The USA-based defender who plays for Inter-Miami…...
Badminton Zambia seeks K300,000 for All Africa tourney
BADMINTON Zambia (BZ) is scouting for a sum of K300,000 to successfully send a contingent of 10 players to compete at the All Africa Senior Championship next month in South Africa. The championship which is categorised into mixed men, women and individual events is the most prestigious contest on the continent and will run from February…...
U20 to play Nigeria in February
THE Zambia Under-20 men’s national team’s proposed international friendly matches against Nigeria have been pushed to February. Meanwhile, the Zambia Women’s national team will take part in a four-team tournament to be hosted by Turkey next month. FAZ General Secretary Adrian Kashala confirmed the development in a statement issued to the media yesterday, stating that…...
ConCourt throws out Milingo’s application to subpoena witnesses
THE Constitutional Court has dismissed former Konkola Copper Mines provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu’s application to subpoena witnesses in his case. The court has noted that the documents which were to be produced by some of the proposed witnesses were immunity agreements that they allegedly entered into at some point in their lives, which the court…...