ZPPA suspends Ntosa Investment from procurement for poor performance
ZPPA has suspended Ntosa Investments Limited from participating in public procurement for one year due to unsatisfactory performance and poor delivery of works in a tender issued by the UTH Eye Hospital. In a statement, Tuesday, ZPPA Principal Public Relations Officer Iñutu Mushambatwa said the suspension follows a complaint from UTH-Eye Hospital regarding a tender…...
Petroleum sector showing positive gain, Mumba tells Parley committee
MINISTRY of Energy Permanent Secretary Peter Mumba says his ministry has reported positive developments in the petroleum sub-sector, following the operationalisation of the TAZAMA Pipeline Open Access Framework. Mumba also says load shedding is gradually reducing as water levels improve at major hydropower stations such as Kariba and Kafue Gorge. According to a statement issued…...
China donates oral cholera vaccines to Zambia
THE Ministry of Health has announced that it has received a generous donation of 86,670 oral cholera vaccine capsules from China. In a statement, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Administration Dr.George Sinyangwe said the consignment arrived safely in Lusaka on May 2, 2025 and has since been securely stored at the Ministry of Health’s…...
Maina Soko medical team performs 66 eye surgeries in Chirundu
A MEDICAL team from Maina Soko Medical Centre has attended to over 170 people at Mtendere Mission Hospital in Chirundu District, during a one-week Cataract Surgical Camp held from May 18 to 24, 2025. Lieutenant Colonel Dr Everisto Banda, Head of the Ophthalmology Department at Maina Soko Medical Centre, says 66 surgeries were successfully conducted,…...
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To understand the rise of brothel-massage parlours; check the clients
THE recent exposure of a brothel operating under the guise of a massage parlour in Kitwe is a tragic reflection of a moral crisis that is slowly tightening its grip on Zambia. Eleven young women, some barely out of their teenage years, were arrested for engaging in sex work at a place that advertised itself…...
Partisanship among chiefs a recipe for confusion – Sichalwe
FORMER minister of chiefs and traditional affairs Lawrence Sichalwe says it’s a time bomb and a recipe for confusion for chiefs to be partisan. Chief Kaingu of the Ila-speaking people of Itezhi-tezhi recently urged citizens to give President Hakainde Hichilema a chance to accomplish his promises by retaining him in 2026. He said under the…...
Zambia is a Facebook country, we’re not serious – Haabazoka
ECONOMIST Dr Lubinda Haabazoka says Zambia is a country of Facebook, stating that citizens are mediocre at serious things and serious at mediocre things. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV, Sunday, Dr Haabazoka said there was a need for a mindset change among citizens. When asked why Zambia was not developing like other African…...
Vote for a leader not those giving out money – Lumezi priest
LUMEZI Parish Priest, Father John Nyirenda, has advised Lumezi residents not to vote for a candidate because they have been given money or food, but to vote for a leader who will bring development to the constituency. Father Nyirenda also says people in the constituency should refrain from being used as tools of violence in…...
We’re optimistic Dr Samuel Maimbo will secure majority vote – Musokotwane
FINANCE Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane is in Ivory Coast for the elective African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings which commenced yesterday. Dr Musokotwane says Zambia is optimistic that the majority vote of the member states will be cast in favour of Dr Samuel Maimbo to enable him to avail his proven talents as president of…...
