Debt restructuring breakthrough, why celebrate?
A posting appeared on President HH’s Facebook page: “History has been made! We are pleased to announce the agreement with our Eurobond holders. This is to restructure more than US$3.5 billion debt under the G20 Common Framework. Thank you Fellow Citizens for your patience as we look forward to a bright future for Zambia and […]
Cosafa shortlists Kundananji, Barbra for POY award
COPPER Queens stars Barbra Banda and Racheal Kundananji have been shortlisted for the COSAFA Women’s Player of the Year Award which will be given on April 19 in Durban, South Africa. COSAFA’s third finalist for the gong is Malawi’s Tabitha Chawinga. The inaugural COSAFA awards are aimed to honour players, coaches and various other stakeholders…...
We’ve received evidence of match-fixing – FAZ
FAZ General Secretary Reuben Kamanga says the association has received evidence of match-fixing. Kamanga has urged clubs to guard against manipulation tactics as the Super League nears conclusion. With seven games to go before the conclusion of the league, clubs are fighting to make the most of the remaining fixtures. In an interview with the…...
Copper Queens touch down
THE Copper Queens have arrived to a thunderous welcome following their qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, with skipper Barbra Banda saying the team will be eyeing to go past the group stage at the summer games. The Bruce Mwape-drilled side landed at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) on Wednesday evening after overturning…...
Army Commander promotes BB11
WOMEN’s national team captain Barbra Banda has expressed gratitude to Zambia Army Commander, Sitali Alibuzwi, over her promotion, saying it will motivate her to work extra hard. Banda scored twice to propel the Copper Queens to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games that will take place this summer. The Copper Queens edged Morocco 3-2 on aggregate…...
What Zambians can’t do in China shouldn’t be done by Chinese here
THERE are so many concerns that we can raise about the recent development in which at least 22 Chinese nationals and their Zambian recruits were arrested for engaging in a highly sophisticated Internet Fraud syndicate. As we stated in our editorial opinion yesterday, the people behind this operation seem to have had a huge pool…...
Lsk man in court for swindling 12 home buyers out of K7m
A 34-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka has been dragged to court for obtaining over K7 million from 12 people by allegedly lying to them that he had houses for sale. Thomas Banda, a businessman of Salama Park, is facing 13 counts of obtaining money by false pretence and fraudulent deposition of mortgaged goods. In counts one…...
These are frightened little men, says GBM after being blocked from travelling
PATRIOTIC Front member Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says he finds it unreasonable that the Immigration Department can be instructed to stop him from traveling to South Africa for his medicals. But Immigration Department Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka says he is not aware of any such incident. Mwamba posted about the incident on his Facebook page…...
Audit on grants reveals that over K76m was abused, mismanaged in 182 schools
THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning has revealed that it recently conducted an internal audit on the utilisation of school grants in 182 schools, countrywide, which revealed elements of abuse. The ministry discloses that the findings with elements of abuse amounted to K13,356,459.47, while those relating to management failure totaled K62,884,168.78. Meanwhile, government has…...
VERBATIM: Kapata fails to prove that Mukula export reduced during her ban
Kaluba: Honourable, you seem to have come across a lot of new things today surrounding the ministry which you ran for five years? Kapata: Yes, My Lady. Kaluba: And you told this court that you were hands on the ball and you couldn’t know all these happenings? Kapata: I was hands on, My Lady. I…...
