Zambia climbs 7 places on FIFA rankings
A RUN of three consecutive victories in the Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON) qualifiers has earned Chipolopolo a giant leap on the FIFA Rankings, moving seven places up from 94th to 87th place. For the last few months, Chipolopolo have been on a downward trend as regards the FIFA Rankings, but their fortunes have changed…...
Magic suffers heavy defeat in Elite 16 opener
Matero Magic’s Elite 16 campaign has gotten off to a dismal start as they were outclassed by Burundi based Urunani BBC with an emphatic 87-34 loss in their opening game. The Zambian champions, who were billed as contenders, suffered from a combination of unforced errors, defensive lapses, and offensive struggles that left them in the…...
NCZ to set up 144,000MT fertiliser plant
NITROGEN Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) has disclosed that it has embarked on a programme to establish a blending plant which will be producing 144,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer and a granulating plant which will also be producing the same quantity. NCZ Chief Executive Officer Chanda Mongo says the company has also ventured into battery acid…...
Case proceedings irregular, illegal as state did not file charge, Lusambo tells court
LAWYERS representing Bowman Lusambo have told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that continuing proceedings in his corruption case will be irregular, illegal and a nullity as no charge was filed around March 1, 2024. This was after the state failed to file a charge against Lusambo in the Economic and Financial Crimes Court as required by…...
Forest’s poor run continues
FOREST Rangers’ winless run has extended to six games following a 1 – 0 defeat to Green Eagles at Dola Hill Stadium in Ndola yesterday. The loss has dropped Forest to the relegation zone, piling pressure on the current technical bench. “I don’t know how I can describe it, we are doing everything [well] but…...
A dead, talkative opposition with no plan: Part 2
Continued… As we observed in yesterday’s opinion, not a single opposition leader has demonstrated their ability to provide solutions to our country’s many woes. People can talk, and talk they do, but talk is cheap. If someone is vying for the highest office of the land, it is not enough for them to simply be…...
Yamba asks court to acquit him
FORMER Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba has urged the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to find him with a no case to answer in the matter where he is charged with wilful failure to comply with the law. He argues that prosecution witnesses exonerated him. Yamba is jointly charged with Joseph Malanji with 10 counts of…...
PAC hears how MoE paid M-SAT K3.6m without a procurement process
THE Public Accounts Committee has heard that M-SAT Limited was engaged by the Ministry of Education to provide an E-Census Tool and paid K3,621,000 without using any procurement process. And the Committee has heard that the Attorney General did not approve the contract agreement. Meanwhile, Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary Technical Services Joel Kamoko says…...
We’ve sealed loopholes in corruption fight, that’s why you’re seeing convictions – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his government has sealed some loopholes they found in the fight against corruption, hence the convictions being witnessed. And Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa says one of the biggest challenges in the country is that people only want to complain but don’t want to intervene. Meanwhile, the Reformed Church of…...
MoF releases K70m for redundancy packages as concessionaire takes over 3 toll gates
THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning has released K70 million to the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) for payment of redundancy packages to all toll collectors who have opted to separate from the Agency ahead of the takeover of three toll gates on the Lusaka Ndola Road. In a statement, Thursday, NRFA Public Relations…...
