By Mulenga Chapoloko Athletics legend Samuel Matete appears reluctant to take up the proposed position under the ZAA technical team after losing the presidential bid to long serving leader Elias Mpondela at the weekend. Matete lost to Mpondela by 51 -25 votes during the ZAA elective annual general meeting held in Lusaka on Saturday. In […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE A 30- year old man of Lusaka’s Kabanana Township has been electricated on a Zesco Transformer. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo John Tembo is suspected to have attempted to drain oil from a transformer. Ms Katongo said Police visited the scene and found his body on top of a Zesco transformer. She said […]
President Lungu has warned PF secretary general Davis Mwila against a tendency of adopting his unpopular friends next year. The President warned that he will not entertain the behavior of adopting unpopular elements at the expense of the ones who can help the party win elections. He says he is aware that some incumbent MPs […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has directed all Police Commissioners across the country to deploy police officers in strategic areas to monitor activities of members of the opposition United Party for National Development. Mr Kanganja said the opposition UPND is reported to be planning to stage unlawful public gatherings at […]
The Ndola City Council has recorded a case of exhumation at Kawama Cemetery. A grave, belonging to Frances M Kabwe, was found open and the coffin and body was found missing. The grave was found open on Friday by Ndola City Council workers. Frances M Kabwe was born in 1953 and was buried on August […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Mutenda Ward Councillor Hamalila Himanansa has called on relevant Authorities to come and rescue marketers at Mutenda Market whose roof was brown off by heavy rains. Mr Himanansa said half of the roof was brown off due to heavy rains two months ago. He said Marketeers are facing challenges when it raining […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chibanga ward Councillor of Lufwanyama Evans Chipupu says that the feeder roads in is ward are in a deplorable state and needs patching. Mr Chipupu said the roads need to be patched with waste rock before the rains intensifies as the feed road will be impassable. He said grading at the moment […]
BY ALICE NACHILEMBE Zed Tamanga – Chief Executive Officer Gilbert Mwamba says the majority of school leavers lack proper career guidance hence the need to mentor them. Mr Mwamba said mentoring school leavers as well as those still in school will help them choose the right career path. He said school leavers also need to […]
By JOHN SAKALA CHINGOLA Member of Parliament Matthew Nkhuwa has commissioned the newly constructed dormitory for girls at Muchinshi Boarding School. And Muchinshi UPND Ward Councilor Kenneth Mukong’u says if all politicians were selfless like Mr Nkhuwa, Zambia could have recorded massive national development in education and other social sectors. Speaking when he handed over […]
By Mulenga Chapoloko Zambia Amateur Athletics Association (ZAA) president Elias Mpondela is pledging to work with his challenger Samuel Matete after his re-election at the elective annual general meeting held in Lusaka on Saturday. Mpondela beat former 400m hurdles world champion Matete by 51-25 votes at the Mulungushi Conference Centre. Mpondela who has been at […]
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