Zambia exits Futsal AFCON after Morocco defeat
ZAMBIA’s dreams of progressing to the semi-finals of the ongoing Futsal AFCON were shuttered following a humiliating 13-0 defeat at the hands of hosts and defending champions Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Futsal Arena yesterday. The team failed to go past the group stage, finishing third in Group A with three points, after registering…...
Chinyemba wins Sportsman of the Year award
PATRICK Chinyemba has won the 2023 Sportsman of the Year award given by the Sports Council of Zambia. The boxer shrugged off competition from judoka Stephen Mung’andu and runner Muzala Samukonga in an event held at the Mulungushi Conference Centre yesterday evening. Netballer Beauty Nakazwe scooped the Sportswoman of the Year award ahead of swimmer…...
Things were not any better under Lungu, PF
…continued It is sad that the Lungu-led political grouping wants to paint a gloomy picture of everything that their successors are doing. Even with the recently secured debt restructuring deal, some were rubbishing it as meaningless, while others were claiming that they, too, were going to secure it if they had been left to continue…...
ACC commissioner resigns
ACC commissioner, Dr Henry Mbushi has resigned from his position. Dr Mbushi was sued last year for allegedly squandering a client’s money in a matter in which Job Mabuti had been awarded K2 million as false imprisonment damages, paid to HBM advocates, a firm managed by the said ACC commissioner. In his resignation letter addressed…...
Lungu offers Choma youth K5,000 capital, mealie meal
FORMER president Edgar Lungu and his wife, Esther, have pledged to provide “small” business start-up capital of K5,000 to a Choma Youth Advocate. The duo has also offered to buy a 25kg bag of mealie meal, in response to the youth’s plea on Facebook. A youth, who calls himself “Choma Youth Advocate” recently appealed to…...
Verbatim: Kapata explains how she bought 3 hectares in Forest 27 at K25,000
Nchito SC: Are you saying madam that the Attorney General reports to Cabinet on line ministry items? It’s his job to come and report about lands to Cabinet? Are you saying that it’s the job of the Attorney General to report to Cabinet about issues in line ministries, is that your experience? Jean Kapata: My…...
Citizens think democracy is leeway to say anything – IG
INSPECTOR General of Police Graphael Musamba says citizens do not understand that freedom of expression has limits. Musamba was reacting to a comment from British High Commissioner to Zambia, Nicholas Woolley, who tweeted that democracy thrived where decisions impacting political participation were equitable, consistent and grounded in clear reasoning. In a recent interview, the police…...
Woman sues Levy Mwanawasa Hospital for leaving surgical gauze in her abdomen
A LUSAKA woman has sued Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital, demanding special damages totaling K1,446,100 after a pack of surgical gauze was left in her abdomen following a caesarean section she underwent in January 2023. Idah Lungu, who has also cited the Attorney General as the second defendant, is further seeking damages for professional negligence,…...
Don’t warn scammers, just report them to us – ZICTA
THE Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) says its efforts to combat cybercrime have been frustrated by people who warn scammers that they will report them to the authority for sending scam messages. In an interview, Friday, ZICTA Director General Choolwe Nalubamba said people would continue to receive unsolicited messages from scammers because ZICTA…...
We don’t owe Kalandanya K13.5m, we’ll appeal court judgement – PF
THE Patriotic Front says it will appeal against the court order to pay Kalandanya Music Promotions (KMP) proprietor Bwalya Kalandanya K13.5 million because it already settled most of its campaign obligations. The Lusaka High Court recently ordered the PF to pay Kalandanya the K13.5 million it owed him for music services rendered to the party…...
