Zesco United fires Numba
ZESCO United Football Club has parted ways with head coach Mumamba Numba following the team’s first-round elimination from the CAF Confederation Cup. According to the statement issued to the media, Sunday, Club Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Charles Kalala thanked Numba for the services rendered to the club. Kalala said management was grateful to Numba for…...
President’s putter golf tourney delights Nkoma
CHAINAMA Hills Golf Club President Paul Nkoma has described the 2022 president’s putter and captain golf tournament as a success. Speaking during the prize-giving cocktail party held on Saturday night at Chainama Hills Golf club, Nkoma said the tournament was well attended as over 150 golfers from different golf clubs across the country competed in…...
Dora, Chitalu are no longer PF central committee members, reveals Nakacinda
PF information and publicity chairperson Rapheal Nakacinda says former health ministers Dr Chitalu Chilufya and Dr Jonas Chanda as well as former information minister Dora Siliya automatically ceased to be members of the central committee after they absconded more than three consecutive meetings. And Nakacinda says former local government minister Charles Banda and his former…...
Siyunyi challenges dismissal in ConCourt: “JCC was biased against me”
FORMER Director of Public Prosecutions Lillian Siyunyi has filed a petition in the Constitutional Court challenging the process which led to her removal from office. Siyunyi, who has cited the Attorney General as the Respondent in her petition, is arguing that the Judicial Complaints Commission displayed biases against her and did not form a proper…...
We’re considering engaging experts to evaluate Mwepu’s condition – Nalumango
VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says government is considering engaging experts who can evaluate Zambia National team captain Enock Mwepu’s condition in order to have a definitive diagnosis. And Nalumango says white-collar crimes may be difficult to investigate, adding that it may take time for law enforcement agencies to secure convictions. Meanwhile, Vice-President Nalumango says the Electoral…...
Cancer claims 8,672 people in Zambia annually – MoH
THE Ministry of Health has revealed that about 8,672 people die from cancer in Zambia every year, with over 13,800 new cases being recorded. And Chief Nkambo has urged government to work closely with traditional leaders, saying gone are the years when they were viewed as “mfwiti”. Speaking during the commemoration of international cancer awareness…...
HH fires Siyunyi, appoints Gilbert Phiri as DPP
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has removed Lilian Siyunyi from the office of DPP and appointed ACC director general Gilbert Phiri to head that office, with immediate effect. In a statement, Friday, Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya said President Hichilema was acting on recommendations contained in a report presented to him by the JCC. “President Hakainde Hichilema has…...
Court puts Mumbi Phiri, Lungu’s barber on their defence in murder case
THE Mongu High Court has found former PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri and former president Edgar Lungu’s barber Shebby Chilekwa with a case to answer in the murder case. In this matter, it is alleged that on October 6, 2019, Phiri and Chilekwa in Kaoma, Mongu, jointly and whilst acting together murdered Lawrence Banda…....
Judiciary ponders allowing live broadcasting of court proceedings
CHIEF Justice Mumba Malila says the Judiciary is considering allowing public interest court cases to be broadcast live during deliberations. Speaking to journalists during a Judiciary and media workshop, Friday,Justice Malila said this aspect would be considered during a Policy Committee Meeting for the Judiciary which would be held in the first quarter of next…...
ACC nabs former PS over procurement of Infrastructure House at $5 m
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested former ministry of housing and infrastructure development Permanent Secretary Charles Mushota over irregularities in the procurement of Infrastructure House at over $5 million. In a statement, Friday, ACC chief corporate affairs officer Timothy Moono said the commission had also arrested the ministry’s former Chief Procurement and Supplies Officer, Dorothy…...