We will now participate in by-elections – UKA
THE United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) says its Council of Presidents (COP) has resolved that UKA will participate in all the upcoming by-elections, starting with the ones recently announced by ECZ. On Tuesday, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) announced that by-elections in nine wards would be held on Thursday, May 2, 2024, with nominations scheduled…...
Met Department predicts rains from April 7 to 13
THE Zambia Meteorological Department under the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment has forecasted widespread rain, thunderstorms and strong winds in Western, Southern, North-western, Copperbelt, Lusaka and Central Provinces from April 7 to 13, 2024. In a weather alert, Friday, the Department stated that this is due to the extended area of low-pressure system from…...
I regret investing in my wife, I would’ve been a landlord, Lsk man tells court
A 34-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka’s Garden compound has told the Matero Local Court that he regrets investing in his wife’s education, among other investments, because he would have been a landlord by now. This is a matter in which 32-year-old Esther Banda, a resident of Samfya, sought divorce from her husband, Chewe Nkombe, citing physical…...
Lusambo only greeted the witnesses he’s alleged to have interfered with – Witness
A WITNESS has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that former Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo merely greeted the State witnesses he is accused of attempting to interfere with. Lusambo is facing three counts of attempting to interfere with witnesses. Particulars of the offences allege that Lusambo, between February 1 and April 30, 2022,…...
We fought cholera with local solutions – Masebo
MINISTER of Health Sylvia Masebo says Zambia used a lot of local solutions to fight the cholera pandemic which hit the country late last year and early this year. And Masebo has urged doctors to work hard so that they can earn better salaries. Meanwhile, Masebo says more than 50 percent of the drugs being…...
Ndola police summon Fr Mukosa
POLICE on the Copperbelt Province have summoned Franciscan Catholic priest in the Diocese of Ndola Fr Chewe Mukosa for questioning. In his homily during the Easter Vigil Mass at St Joseph Parish in Lufwanyama, Fr Mukosa said politicians were liars and that was why Zambians were constantly in a state of suffering. “I think in…...
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When you lose as a coach, your wife at home isn’t impressed – Mwila
“When you are coaching, it’s like you have taken your house into a football pitch. When you lose, you lose both the home and the game. This is so because when you get home, your wife is not impressed. It’s not a happy home,” says veteran coach Fred Mwila. Mwila’s football career spread over decades,…...
Has Mr Lungu gone bananas?
Soon after Mr. Nakachinda was appointed as Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General by then Vice President of the party Mr. Given Lubinda, the two hatched up a Lungu agenda named “alebwelelapo” meant to prop up political fortunes of the beleaguered former president Lungu which continued to plummet at an alarming rate. Later, in an interview […]
Mother’s guilt and sorrow following loss of son to drug addiction
WITHOUT pretending, I do feel responsible for my son’s death, I feel I could have done a little more, says Sarah Mwababa Timm, amidst sobs. The death of a child is a significant loss regardless of the circumstances, and when substance abuse is involved, feelings of grief can be heightened. Denial and feelings of shock,…...
