Let’s pray for sufficient rains so that farmers can plant – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has invited all Zambians to pray for sufficient rains during this year’s rainy season. The President has also urged farmers to continue planting and encouraged citizens to work hard once God grants the country rain. And acting Local Government Minister Douglas Syakalima says one can imagine that the 2 million children President…...
Kaseba is a disgrace, charges Mumbi Phiri
CHRISTINE Kaseba would laugh at us when we wore PF Chitenges with Sata’s portrait, saying we were wearing another man’s face on our buttocks, says former PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri. Phiri further says the former first lady should not worry about PF not being on the ballot in 2026, as the party is…...
Govt blames poor network for delayed cash for work payments
LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says the lack of mobile network signals in some areas has delayed payments to beneficiaries of the Cash for Work programme. Speaking in the National Assembly, Nkombo said his Ministry had disbursed a total of K419 million to all constituencies under the Cash for Work programme. “Last…...
Stardy goes for Kambwili: My farm, lodge are gone because of your mouth, you should have died
FORMER Ministry of Defence permanent secretary Stardy Mwale has charged that most of the problems that PF politicians such as himself are going through are because of Chishimba Kambwili. Mwale says Kambwili’s mouth has killed a lot of people, including his brothers, who recently passed away in an accident. He says the former minister should…...
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Agriculture Ministry urges farmers to avoid buying seed from unregistered dealers
MINISTRY of Agriculture Department of Seed Control and Certification Institute, Principal Seed Officer Richard Chanda, has urged farmers to avoid buying seed from unregistered dealers. Speaking during an Advocacy for Diverse and Climate-Resilient Food Systems in Zambia workshop, Chanda said unregistered seed dealers were only out there to make money. “The Ministry of Agriculture is…...
UPND MP reports Lusambo to police for swindling him out of K850,000
ZAMBEZI East UPND MP Brian Kambita has reported Bowman Lusambo to the police for allegedly selling him a four-bedroom house in Silverest at K850,000, when he had already sold it to another MP. In a statement, Police Public Relations Officer Rae Hamoonga said Kambita reported that Lusambo allegedly obtained K850,000 under the pretence of selling…...
Meet Sibongile Kanyungu, the Mining Woman of The Year
SIBONGILE Kanyungu, a Senior Hydrogeologist at Konkola Copper Mines in Chililabombwe, was recently honoured as the Mining Woman of the Year 2023 for her significant achievements in a traditionally male-dominated field. As one of the first two female graduates in Physics/Geology from the University of Zambia, Sibongile’s journey is particularly inspiring. She initially wanted to…...
My father never left trucks of money for his children – Mwelwa Sata
WHILE we have heard and read stories about how some presidents’ children were gifted filling stations, apartments, luxury vehicles and more, Mwelwa Sata, daughter of the late President Michael Sata, tells a very different story about her family’s legacy. Contrary to the popular belief that the late president’s children swim in money, she says her…...
Best friends collude to cheat on their husbands, join prostitution
LONG-held secrets between two best friends were shared in the Matero Local Court, where it was revealed that the women, both married and working as housemaids in Rhodespark, want to become “hardcore” prostitutes. The two best friends, Jane Phiri, 49, and Jane Moyo, 43, exposed details about each other regarding how they had been cheating…...
