Zambia Under-23 national team assistant coach Bilton Musonda says competition for places between local and foreign based players will be stiff ahead of the Egypt 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Congo Brazzaville. Musonda told Fazambia.com that the players in camp were working very hard knowing how competitive the squad. He said that the technical bench […]
Lt Gen Paul Mihova is new High Commissioner to London replacing Muyeba Chikonde who was recalled. And Maj. General Jackson Miti is the new High Commissioner to South Africa, replacing High Commissioner Emmanuel Mwamba who has been appointed as new Ethiopian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the African Union. Meanwhile, Former Minister of Information and […]
Tour operators in Sweden have pledged to work with the Zambian embassy in marketing Zambia as a tourist destination of choice. The operators made separate assurances to Zambia’s Ambassador to Sweden, Ms Rose Salukatula after a tourism seminar organised by the embassy in Stockholm on Wednesday. Tour Africa has since described Zambia as a “strong […]
Nkana players have been excused from both ongoing 2019 COSAFA Cup and 2019 U23 AFCON qualifier camps. The 12-time champions have four players summoned for COSAFA Cup duty and another two for Under-23 camp. Nkana currently have a tight five-match league schedule that includes two more matches in hand after clearing three that they will […]
President Edgar Lungu has declared maternal and prenatal deaths a public health emergency in Zambia. The President said the country is losing approximately 10 to 15 women per week due to pregnancy related causes. He has noted with sadness that in 2018, 786 women died due to pregnancy related complications. The Head of State has […]
Zambia’s 2019 maize production is expected to reduce by 16 percent to about 2 million tonnes from 2.39 million tonnes last year. And production of tobacco, sunflower, cowpeas, Sorghum, Cassava flour, Soya beans, Sweet potatoes is also expected to reduce by an average of between 19 and 40 percent. Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo announced that […]
Alice Nachilembe
