Keeping laptop on your laps for a long time affects spermatogenesis, warns Prof Chanda

AS women jostle to actualise the “imita ufole” promise, Professor Patrick Chanda has a warning for men; keeping their testicles in hot environments for too long can negatively affect spermatogenesis (process of sperm formation). Prof Chanda, who is Dean of Public Health School at Texila American University, says anything which supplies heat to the testicles…...
LEAs must probe Lubinda, Kapata’s involvement in illegal Mukula trade

CENTRE for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo says with the closure of defamation case against News Diggers and EIA, LEAs should investigate the illegal Mukula trade scandal which was uncovered in 2020. On Friday, former justice minister Given Lubinda and his lands counterpart Jean Kapata lost the case in which they…...
Accused told me Shikapwasha refused to eat dinner on the night of his shooting, Witness tells court

A WITNESS has narrated that Jane Lusengo told her that on the day former home affairs minister Lt Ronnie Shikapwasha was shot, he refused to eat dinner “until she confessed”. Prisca Banda Daka, 73, also narrated that Lusengo said she did not know what happened as she just saw Shikapwasha falling to the floor. This…...
I didn’t tell my husband that John General was coming to visit, Matero woman tells court

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has heard how a Matero woman who is alleging that John General raped her, contacted him on 10 occasions without receiving a response. The court has also heard that the woman did not inform her husband that John General was going to their matrimonial home on the material day. The victim…...
Nzovu assures C/Belt residents that water from utilities is safe

Water Development and Sanitation Minister Collins Nzovu has assured Copperbelt residents that the water being provided by various utilities is safe for consumption. Addressing the media after inspecting the Nkana Water Treatment Plant, Saturday, Nzovu encouraged the residents to drink the water without any fear. “I want to assure the people of the Copperbelt that…...
We need your support, your people are difficult to lead, HH tells chiefs

WE ALSO need your support, your people are difficult to lead, you show them the right way, they prefer being lazy and stealing and once you catch them, it’s tribalism, says President Hakainde Hichilema. And President Hichilema says newly installed Senior Village Headwoman Butambo in Hamusonde Chiefdom in Bweengwa, Monze District, Patricia Scotland has an…...
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Statutory regulation of print media could be the way to go to tame alarmists – Mweetwa

INFORMATION and Media Minister Cornelius Mweetwa says the publication of alarming statements by some newspapers is a motivation to steer government towards statutory regulation in order to tame alarmists. Meanwhile, Mweetwa has described the headline which The Mast newspaper carried on Thursday last week as mischievous and alarming. The headline read “Zamstats under siege as…...
If I got famous earlier, I wouldn’t have known how to manage fame – Neo Slayer

Neo Slayer recently took a break from ‘violating bro code’ by releasing a gospel song, Final Say, featuring Tim. Neo, best known for hit songs like At My Worst, Bottle Pali Love, and After God, Fear Men has earned the title “King of Hearts”, because women resonate with his music. In an exclusive interview with…...
Sista D weighs in on Dandy Krazy’s funeral saga: “What happened was uncalled for”

FOR over 29 years, Dapusa Zulu, alias Sista D, has meticulously used her musical artistry to speak out against Gender Based Violence (GBV), giving a voice to women who suffer silently. A fortnight ago, the Vitendeni hit maker dropped another banger entitled Sichikondi (it’s not love) which highlights how some women believe the lie that…...