Ndola squash club scouts for K120,000
THE Ndola Squash Club is scouting for a K120,000 shortfall needed to renovate the clubhouse before next month. Ndola Squash Club last received serious rehabilitation in the mid-1980s. Club Committee Chairperson Model Kanyimbo, said the committee had raised about K80,000 out of a budget of K200,000. “The Committee has raised about K80,000, but what is…...
Janny proud to bow out with Heroes standing ovation
RETIRED FIFA referee Janny Sikazwe says receiving a standing ovation and guard of honour from players and fellow officials as he came out of the Heroes dugout to officiate his last MTN Super League match is a moment he will forever cherish. Sikazwe who announced his retirement last month after officiating at the 2022 FIFA…...
Sundowns seeks to sign Katongo
SOUTH African giants Mamelodi Sundowns are seeking to sign Copper Queens midfielder Evarine Katongo. Sundowns has invited Katongo for a two weeks trial which will commence on January 16. The 20-year-old enterprising midfielder has continued to receive offers from abroad following her exploits at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. Meanwhile,…...
Levy has 93% essential drugs, UTH 60-70 – reports
VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango on Friday visited various hospitals in Lusaka where she was told that available essential medicines at the facilities ranged between 60 and 93 per cent. Meanwhile, some patients talked to at Levy, Matero and Chipata hospitals maintained that hospitals do not have drugs as they are usually given prescriptions to buy drugs…...
You can’t overuse water in Kariba Dam, it’s regulated by ZRA – Mabumba
FORMER Energy Minister David Mabumba says it’s not possible to overuse water in the Kariba Dam because the Zambezi River Authority regulates it in terms of utilisation. Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya recently claimed that PF overused all the water in the dam to generate income after allegedly running dry public coffers. But in an interview,…...
Those already charged with defamation of President will be prosecuted – Haimbe
JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says individuals who were earlier charged with the now-abolished criminal defamation of the President law will still go through the criminal justice process. Haimbe says such individuals will still be prosecuted unless the Director of Public Prosecutions takes a view that there’s no need for the prosecutions to continue. And Haimbe…...
We’re looking at having 1.3m tourists this year despite Covid – PS
MINISTRY of Tourism Permanent Secretary Evans Muhanga says the recent surge in COVID-19 cases won’t affect the country’s projected 1.3 million tourism visitations for 2023. In an interview, Muhanga said the world had now learnt how to live with the virus. “We are coming from [a period] where we dropped [in the number of tourist…...
3 dragged to court for stealing pressing iron from Judge’s chamber
A BUS conductor and two others have been dragged to court for allegedly breaking into former Court of Appeal president Fulgency Chisanga’s chambers and stealing a pressing iron worth K1,100. The three are alleged to have also broken into the Department of National Registration, Passport and Citizenship, Madison Life Insurance, Micro Finance Limited and Zambezi…...
Let’s sing same hymn, HH tells govt officials
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says although load shedding is a painful issue, he sees this as a rare opportunity to find a lasting solution to the problem. And President Hichilema has urged his officials not to issue “scattered” statements about load shedding but to communicate to the people effectively. Speaking during a meeting with energy stakeholders,…...
Load shedding shouldn’t be an annual ceremony – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his government doesn’t want load shedding to become an annual event in the country. And President Hichilema says his government is working towards fulfilling its pledge of investing over $4 billion in the energy sector, announcing that he will soon be travelling to Abu Dhabi to mobilise funds towards that pledge…....