By Mercy Chewe The Copperbelt Basketball League has finally resumed after a one year absence due to the impact of Covid-19. The league was last staged in 2019 when Kitwe giants Lunga Bullets emerged champions. In the 2020 season, no league games were played except for few friendly games toward the end of the year. […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Five filed in for mayoral seat in Chingola yesterday. The first to file in was UPND’s Johnson Kangombe, who arrived at 09:00 hours, speaking shortly after he successfully filed in, Mr Kangombe said not only will he accelerate Chingola into a city, he will ensue that youths have employment. PF’s Titus Tembo […]
By Oben Lijimu Only three are contesting for the Mwinilunga Town Council chairmanship in the August, 12 polls. This is after the trio had successfully filed in their nominations. The Socialist Party (SP) has continued with a seeming resolve to appoint young people to political leadership with their 27 years old candidate, Jevan Kabong’u filing […]
By CHINOYI CHIPULU After recording back-to-back wins against Power Dynamos and Zesco United, Nkana on Sunday suffered a setback in their quest to avoid relegation after losing to Lusaka Dynamos in Kitwe. Dynamos beat Nkana 2-1 at Nkana Stadium to leave the Kitwe giants gasping for more wins in the remaining seven matches to avoid […]
By Nchimunya Miyoba Four political parties vying the Kitwe Mayoral seat have successfully fielded in candidates for the August 12 general elections. The five candidates who have successfully filed in nominations are Socialist Party who fielded 28 year old Juliet Chileshe while United Party for National Development (UPND) fielded Grace Sampa. Democratic Party fielded in Samuel […]
By IREEN MULENGA United Party for National Development (UPND) Parliamentary candidate for Kantanshi Mukwenya N’gandu says that he will change a lot of things if given chance in the coming polls. Speaking shortly after he filed in his nomination yesterday, Mr N’gandu said that there is hunger in the district and he want to find […]
By CHINOYI CHIPULU Patriotic Front (PF) Ndola mayoral aspiring candidate Jones Kalyati has successfully filed in his nomination ahead of the August 12 polls. Mr Kalyati is the ruling party’s candidate for a seat which was occupied by incumbent Amon Chisenga. Chisenga did not seek adoption for the position. Mr Kalyati, who was accompanied by […]
By CHARLES TEMBO Police in Kalulushi are looking for UPND cadres over the clash that happened during the filing in of nomination papers for their party candidate. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Elias Chushi said this follows a report of assault occasionally actual Bodily harm reported by Sakanya Banda. Mr Chushi said Mr Banda 51, a UPND […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA UPND’S Chingola mayoral candidate Johnson Kangombe says once elected he will ensure that Chingola is turned into a city. Speaking shortly after he successfully filed in, Mr Kangombe said all angles that have lagged behind will be worked on using the money that is collected from markets “If there is an institution […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) says the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) should maintain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 8.50 percent as the Bank of Zambia sets to announce its monetary policy decision on Wednesday. This is in order to give more time for the upward adjustment that was […]
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