Trade Kings joins International Family Day celebrations
TRADE Kings Group participated in yesterday’s International Day of the Family commemorations by donating assorted items to vulnerable families. During the event, officiated by Lusaka Province Minister Sheal Mulyata, Trade Kings donated detergent, water, and beverages to contribute to the hampers distributed to 25 vulnerable families by the Department of Social Welfare. “Every year, on…...
Lungu wishes Malawians peaceful polls: I hear it’ll be between ‘experience’ and ‘experiments’
FORMER president Edgar Lungu has urged Malawian citizens to remain peaceful as the country prepares for the 2025 general elections, noting that they will be deciding between “experience” and “experiments”. In a Facebook post, Wednesday, Lungu remarked that what was happening in Malawi was politically big. “Oh, it’s happening politically big in Malawi. This is…...
UPND is getting away with a lot of issues during elections, SP complains to ECZ
ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro has emphasised the need for continuous engagements with various stakeholders, especially as the country prepares for the 2026 general elections. And ECZ Chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis says the violence being talked about in recent by-elections cannot be compared to the serious violence that occurred in the…...
HH appoints ex-VEEPS as presidential envoys
GOVERNMENT has announced that President Hakainde Hichilema has appointed all six living former vice presidents of Zambia as presidential envoys. Speaking during a press briefing in Accra, Ghana, last night, Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa said the appointment of former Prime Minister Malimba Masheke, Godfrey Miyanda, Enock Kavindele, Nevers Mumba, Dr Guy Scott, and Inonge…...
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Uganda will be out to seek revenge – Kanyemba
UNDER-17 women’s national team coach Carol Kanyemba says the team is aware of the threats posed by Uganda heading into this Friday’s return leg of the Dominican Republic 2024 FIFA Women’s World Cup fixture at the St Mary’s Stadium in Kitende. The Copper Princesses, who carry a 2-0 advantage from the first leg, left the…...
Govt seeks private sector support in hosting RASA awards
SPORTS Minister Elvis Nkandu has called on the corporate world to help the country stage the Region Five Africa Union Sports Council Regional Annual Sports Awards (RASA) set for May 25 at the Government Complex in Lusaka. And Region Five CEO, Stanley Mutoya, says the Regional Awards are aimed at celebrating sportsmen and women that…...
Kaminsa names Rugby 7s provisional squad for AFCON qualifiers
ZAMBIA Rugby 7s coach Andrew Kaminsa has named his 35- member provisional squad ahead of the Africa Cup Nations qualifiers set for Mauritius next month. The Africa Rugby continental showpiece that will be played on two weekends will run from June 27 to July 5 in Port-Louis. Zambia was drawn in Group C alongside old…...
Arrows eyes league coronation
KABWE Warriors will be eyeing revenge against Red Arrows, and delay the ZAF outfit’s coronation in today’s MTN Super Division Week 31 clash, after the former defeated the latter in the Absa Cup final on Sunday. Meanwhile, in the battle for second place, Zesco United hosts third-placed Maestro United Zambia (MUZA), while Power Dynamos welcomes…...
Govt must examine why windfall tax failed, reintroduce it – ZiCA
ZICA president Yande Mwenye has proposed that government re-introduces the windfall tax as it prepares for debt repayment. But Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has insisted that windfall tax exists in the current taxes. “Our colleagues in the PF increased the taxes, listen to this very carefully; listen to the logic of this,…...
