Arrows flypast Nkana
STRUGGLING Nkana FC head coach Mwenya Chipepo has vowed that the Kitwe giants will not throw in the towel despite their poor start to the 2025 MTN Super League campaign. This comes after the 13-time Zambian champions suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat to Red Arrows in a Week 10 fixture played at Nkoloma Stadium in…...
Battle of the degrees rages on
WHILE we were all out here thinking the streets of Facebook were unusually quiet the last few days, a silent battle of degrees was actually brewing somewhere in the background. I know some people aren’t as active online, but even still, you must have stumbled upon a post about degrees somewhere. Let me fill you…...
Govt’s proposal to remove bail for sex offenders elates NGOCC
NGOCC Executive Director Anne Anamela says Cabinet’s proposal to make sexual offences non-bailable is a win for the organisation. On Friday, Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa announced that Cabinet approved the Criminal Procedure Code Bill, which seeks to expand forensic procedures and make serious offences like sexual crimes, theft of drugs and minerals, as well…...
ERB approves reduction in residential Zesco tariffs
THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has approved Zesco’s application to revise electricity tariffs, marking the end of the emergency tariff structure. Customers will now experience a 46 percent reduction in the highest Emergency Tariff rate, dropping from K6.39/kWh to K3.45/kWh. In a statement, Saturday, ERB Board Chairperson James Banda said this followed an application from…...
Police detain man for raping brother’s wife
POLICE in Namwala have detained a man for allegedly raping his brother’s wife in full view of her 13-year-old son. Southern Province Police Commanding Officer Auxensio Daka confirmed the incident but did not disclose the name of the suspect, indicating that he was originally from Lusaka’s Chelstone area. “On October 31, 2025, at 01:00 hours,…...
DEC nabs 2 in suspected gold scam worth $224,000
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has jointly charged and arrested two Zambians in connection with a fraud case involving suspected gold worth US$224,000. In a statement, Saturday, DEC Public Relations Officer Allan Tamba said Douglas Njobvu and Archie Duncan McTribouy were allegedly involved in a transaction to supply a victim with 30 kilogrammes of gold…....
IK Charitable Trust aids differently abled
IK Charitable Trust has donated assorted items to the Margaret Edmond Foundation, an organisation for the differently abled in Chikupi, Lusaka Province. The donation comprised bicycles for medical deliveries, two wheelchairs, bags of mealie meal, drums, water buckets, mattresses, solar lights and school bags, among other items. IK Charitable Trust representative Professor Mitti Richard Kasopa…...
NCP cuts ties with Tonse
THE New Congress Party (NCP) has completely withdrawn from the Tonse Alliance. In a statement, Saturday, NCP leader Peter Chanda said he had noted how acting PF president Given Lubinda and other alliance members had attempted to hijack his party for their own benefit. Chanda, who had earlier stepped aside from the Alliance’s activities until…...
Chipoka was calling for fair pricing, not price controls – Commerce Ministry
CHIPOKA Mulenga is not calling for price controls; what the minister is advocating for is fair pricing that reflects the current macroeconomic environment, says the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry. On Monday, the Commerce Minister insisted that producers have the moral obligation to pass Kwacha appreciation benefits on to consumers. He added that he…...
Zambian businesswoman killed in Malawi
A ZAMBIAN businesswoman has reportedly been killed in Malawi. Close sources in Malawi indicate that two Zambian businesswomen were attacked by the person who had hosted them, leaving one of them dead and the other hospitalised in a critical condition. Eastern Province Police Commanding Officer Robertson Mweemba confirmed the incident but could not give more…...