By Mercy Chewe Nkana Queens Football Team is appealing to FAZ to consider reducing the ban slapped on six players led by Captain Grace Kapansa over violent conduct. Kapansa, Susan Mwewa, Gorrete Chileshe, Tamara Mhango, Taonga Phiri, Nelly Muwowo have been banned for one full season and the remainder of the current campaign. The six […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Ministry of health Permanent secretary Technical services Kennedy Malama says the ministry is overjoyed as it is set to receive 228,000 additional doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the French Government through the COVAX facility. The vaccines will arrive aboard the Emirates plane this afternoon at 14:25hrs at the Kenneth Kaunda International […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Vice President Ackson Kaonga has conveyed a message of Condolences to the family of the late Edward Mumbi. Mr Kaonga encouraged the family to put their hope in the Lord as they mourn because God was the comforter to everyone. “We are saddened by the death of […]
Gunmen in Nigeria have abducted at least eight people from a hospital in the north-west of the country, police say. The attack took place at the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria early on Sunday morning. Reports say the number of people taken by the group is higher and includes nurses and children. There […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) leader Sean Tembo says they are saddened by the continued refusal by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to sponsor political parties to observe the ongoing printing of ballot papers in Dubai. Mr Tembo says they are further informed that so far the ruling PF party is […]
Indonesia’s government has ordered producers to prioritise medical oxygen amid a Covid surge and a shortage of oxygen in a number of cities. Hospitals say they have almost exhausted supplies, with one reporting that 63 patients died as a result of oxygen shortages. Indonesia is recording more than 25,000 new cases every day. Increased travel […]
By Maimbo Mweemba First Republican President Kenneth Kaunda’s son Kaweche has denied giving a story to the Mast newspaper alleging that the family has rejected the burial site reserved for the country’s founding father at Embassy Park. ZANIS reports that Mr Kaunda said at no particular time did he meet or talk via phone to […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The production of ballot papers for the 2021 August general election by the Dubai-based Al Ghurair Printing and publishing Company is set and ready. The Dubai based firm was engaged by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) for the works. ECZ Vice Chairperson, Emily Sikazwe and some officials were briefed yesterday by […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) has commended President Edgar Lungu, for listening to the cries of teachers across the nation and intervening against the untimely reopening. General education permanent secretary technical services Jobbicks Kalumba last week announced that schools will reopen on July, 8, 2021, a move that […]
By CHINOYI CHIPULU Zambian international Charles Zulu has become the latest player to trek to Tanzania after penning a two-year deal at Azam. The diminutive Zulu joins Cletus Chama and Larry Bwalya,who are already grabbing headlines in East Africa with their performances at Dar es Salaam giants Simba. Zulu has joined the George Lwandamina coached […]
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Maimbo Mweemba
