WOMEN'S national hockey team coach Floyd Chomba says the team has set itself a 2024 Oman World Cup 5's qualification as the ultimate target. Speaking in an interview, Monday, after naming his 15-member provisional crack squad for the qualifiers slated for Egypt in December, Chomba said players summoned must work hard to earn a position...

ZAMBIA Under-20 National team coach Chisi Mbewe has named his final 20-man squad for the TotalEnergies AFCON U20 Egypt 2023 qualifier and COSAFA championships that will run from October 7-16 in Eswatini. Enterprising youngster Joseph Sabobo Banda made the final list alongside seven other U-17 graduates who were instrumental to Zambia’s qualification to the U-17...

FORMER 400m hurdles World Champion Samuel Matete says the country will not attain more track success if it does not invest in elite coach training. Speaking in an interview, Sunday, Matete said there was a need to invest in coaches if the country was to continue producing results on the track. "As a country, we...

INCUMBENT Chess Federation of Zambia (CFZ) president Mukubulo Chilufya says he is re-contesting his position in order to continue with his chess development agenda should he be given a second chance by delegates. The CFZ will hold it's Elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Henry Courtyard Lodge in Mansa on October 29. According to...

GREEN Economy and Environment Permanent Secretary John Msimuko has implored royal authorities to open up their lands to activities that are commercial in nature and aim to promote traditional values and activities. And Livingstone City Mayor Constance Muleabai has implored corporate institutions to partner with local authorities in promoting the greening agenda, saying CDF funds...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says former president Edgar Lungu should be careful what he wishes for, urging him to allow investigations to take place. And Haimbe says Lungu should resist being used to fight political battles. Meanwhile, Haimbe says Lungu should not compare himself to President Hakainde Hichilema, an accomplished businessman, because everyone knows what...

THE Ministry of Agriculture has submitted to the Lusaka High Court that the decision to cancel a fertiliser tender with regards to four suppliers cannot be subject of judicial proceedings. The ministry stated that the four suppliers failed to give full and frank disclosure of the specific law the ministry failed to follow in the...

BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley has noted that there is a clear focus in the 2023 national budget on central reforms aimed at dealing with the debt situation. Meanwhile, Shiwang'andu member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo says the upward adjustment in fuel prices will be a burden on citizens. In an interview, High Commissioner...

FORMER Zambia's ambassador to Australia George Zulu has described PF central committee member Davies Mwila's remarks that former president Edgar Lungu is weak as irresponsible. Recently, Mwila said the former president was weak and had himself to blame for the abuse his family was currently being subjected to. But in an interview, Zulu said to...

GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka has warned that if the ills in the Constitution are not fixed in good time, they are a recipe for further confusion pre and post the 2026 general elections. And Lifuka has challenged Minister of Justice Mulambo Haimbe to indicate whether Cabinet has already considered and approved a Constitution reform process....