Mubanga returns to Copper Queens after 539 days away
STRIKER Hellen Mubanga has returned to the Women’s national team set up 539 days after her last appearance. Mubanga who recently recovered from a long-term injury joins Bruce Mwape’s 33-member local squad that has been summoned to camp ahead of the Women’s FIFA World Cup. The Zaragoza CFF forward is the only foreign-based player in…...
I feel like Ronaldo at Yanga – Musonda
STRIKER Kennedy Musonda says it feels nice to be treated like ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’ in a foreign league after joining Tanzanian giants Young Africans (YANGA). Musonda who is the current MTN Super League top scorer with 11 goals joined Yanga on Friday, leaving a giant hole in the Power Dynamos striking department. Speaking in an interview…...
We get worried when we see mealie mealie selling at K180, K200 – Govt
GOVERNMENT says it will closely monitor retail mealie meal prices among millers receiving maize from FRA, warning that it will restrain supply of the commodity to those found arbitrarily increasing prices. Agriculture Minister Mtolo Phiri says due to current pressure on limited stocks of maize, government has found it prudent to stop selling maize to…...
Street vendors’ claim that there’s no space in markets is false – Govt
MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri has insisted that there are empty trading spaces in markets, arguing that street vendors saying otherwise, are only issuing excuses. And Phiri says government will, eventually, have to enforce the law on street vending to safeguard the interest of the public…....
Nothing will come out of MoUs HH is signing – Kalaba
CITIZENS First leader Harry Kalaba says the Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) that President Hakainde Hichilema is signing with other governments will not amount to anything. Last week, President Hichilema signed MoUs with the Angolan government pertaining to road connectivity, among others. But in an interview, Monday, Kalaba said nothing comes out of the MoUs which…...
UPND doesn’t care about drug shortages in hospitals – KBF
ZAMBIA Must Prosper leader Kelvin Fube Bwalya says there will be no improvement in the health sector until the UPND is kicked out of government. And Bwalya says Zambians will now see why he disengaged from President Hakainde Hichilema, admitting that he helped put a ‘liar’ in office. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV,…...
Maamba Collieries supply is back – Energy Minister
ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says Maamba Collieries’ 150 megawatts generator which was removed from feeding into the national grid due to maintenance is expected to be back online today. In a statement, Tuesday, Kapala said the development is because government had intervened to have the scheduled maintenance period reduced in order to help reduce load…...
America’s excitement about Zambia’s democratic renaissance palpable – US Envoy
UNITED States ambassador to Zambia Michael Gonzales says America’s excitement about Zambia’s democratic renaissance is palpable. And Vice President Mutale Nalumango says the new dawn government is committed to removing the people of Zambia out of poverty. Speaking when the US special envoy on food security and climate change paid a courtesy call on Vice…...
Zambians should be happy that govt can respond to cries within 24 hrs – UPND
UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says Zambians should be celebrating that they have a government that’s able to respond to their cries within 24 hours. Commenting on Local Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo’s decision to rescind his directive on street vending, Mweetwa said, in an interview, that the U-turn was a necessary decision under…...
We don’t need to perpetuate wrongs committed in the past – PF
PF presidential aspirant Brian Mundubile says the opposition party is witnessing the heavy-handedness of police taking centre stage on the premise of enforcing the Public Order Act. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Mpika Diocese Bishop in charge Eddy Mulandu, Monday, Mundubile said if some wrongs were committed in the past, that can’t…...