Green Buffaloes wins netball Independence Cup
THE Zambia Army-sponsored outfit Green Buffaloes netball club was yesterday crowned champions of the Netball Zambia Independence Tournament held at Mukuba Mall in Kitwe. Buffaloes beat service rivals Prison Leopards 12-11 in a tightly contested fixture that attracted huge crowds at the Mukuba mall in Kitwe. To progress to the finals the Beaty Nakazwe captained…...
I’ve not seen Otieno since Royal game – Lupiya
ZESCO United and Kenyan international goalkeeper Ian Otieno has reportedly not trained with the team since his error in a 1-1 draw against Royal AM of South Africa in the CAF Confederation Cup first-round second leg at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. Otieno made a schoolboy error after catching a back pass inside his area which led…...
Mwale pledges to take Zambian golf to next level
ZAMBIA Golf Union presidential hopeful Philemon Mwale says he will take the sport to the next level once elected to office. Mwale who is the current ZGU vice president north will battle it out with Junior Golf national coordinator Greg Lubesha for the presidency. In an interview, Mwale said having been in golf in various…...
U23 should finish strongly at home – Kamanga
FAZ president Andrew Kamanga has implored the Under-23 men’s national team to finish off the job this Saturday when they clash with Sierra Leone in the return leg of the 2023 U-23 AFCON qualifiers at the Heroes stadium. Meanwhile, Kamanga said the association has laid out a coherent preparatory programme that will see the Copper…...
Take your work seriously, you’re our eyes, Musokotwane tells parastatal boards
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says he is hopeful that there will be harmony at the National Road Fund Agency following the dissolution of the board. And Dr Musokotwane has urged parastatal boards to take their work seriously, saying they are government’s eyes. Earlier this month, Dr Musokotwane dissolved the board of…...
I would have still grabbed Kabushi even if Bowman participated- Kanengo
KABUSHI UPND member of parliament Bernard Kanengo says he would have still won the seat even if Bowman Lusambo had participated in the race. But former PF secretary general Davies Mwila says his party will petition the recently held Kabushi and Kwacha by-elections today. Kanengo won the Kabushi seat with 6,553 votes in the recently…...
Defence Ministry signed $4.3m contract to procure 75 vehicles using irregular direct bidding – AG
THE latest Auditor General’s Report on accounts of the republic has revealed that the Ministry of Defence entered into a contract with Exoline Investments Limited of Lusaka to supply 50 Toyota Corolla and 25 Lexus brand new vehicles for the Zambia Army at a contract sum of $4,375,000 using irregular direct bidding. And the report…...
We’ve achieved peace, stability, we now need economic independence – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says it’s now time to focus on developing the country because political independence, peace and stability have been achieved. And President Hichilema yesterday took some time to recognise former president Edgar Lungu, who did not physically attend the Independence Day celebrations at State House, saying this was also his day. Meanwhile, Namibian…...
We overrated HH, we thought he will lead elegantly – PF
LEADER of the Opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile says Zambians overrated President Hakainde Hichilema going by the way he is governing the country. And Mundubile has wondered whether there is a shortage of human resource under UPND that the President can appoint Gilbert Phiri as DPP, barely a few months after he was taken to…...
Airtel says it welcomes feedback, reveals 5,000 data related complaints monthly
AIRTEL Zambia has disclosed that it has been receiving approximately 5,000 complaints from customers about the internet and data depletion on a monthly basis. And Airtel says although its business has not been affected, the company is not happy when its customers are complaining. Commenting on the recent social media backlash about the quick depletion…...