Sergio Ramos has hailed Harry Kane as “physically extraordinary” but is still backing Spain to extend the striker’s England goal-drought on Monday. Despite scoring six times for Tottenham already this season, Kane is looking to avoid a seventh international match without a goal as England face Spain in the Uefa Nations League in Seville. Luis […]
Guinea-Bissau hit back to defeat Zambia 2-1 in Bissau on Sunday and move closer to a second successive appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations. Justin Shonga scored direct from a free-kick to put the visiting team into an early lead in a Group K qualifier watched by a capacity 20 000 crowd in the […]
Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has appealed to Lusaka residents to support the first ever Lusaka Music Festival slated for 27th October 2018 at Woodlands Stadium. Mayor Sampa observed that residents of Lusaka spend a lot of money going to watch foreign artistes but time has come to support their own. He was speaking during a […]
By JOHN SAKALA Minister of Defence Davies Chama says Zambia is poised for economic development owing to the ambitious development programme that the government has embarked on. He said President Edgar Lungu has put in place a massive development programme that will see Zambia become a viable economic hub in Africa. The Minister said this […]
BY NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA The Northern Region Media Club (NORMEC) has condemned the harassment of a media personnel from the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) Television yesterday at the Kitwe Magistrate Court. NORMEC Secretary Clinton Masumba said the verbal and physical attack on the ZNBC camera person Kashete Sinyangwe was primitive and inhuman especially that it happened within […]
MOSKVA(Aftenposten):Zambia is one of the largest recipients of Norwegian aid. Now, the country’s president is buying a luxury aircraft that surpasses most. The Russian company Sukhoi, Jevgenij Andratzhnikov , could start the celebration when the contract for the sale of new luxury aircraft was in the box. The buyer is President Edgar Lungu of Zambia,the […]
By JOHN SAKALA Luapula Water and Sewerage Company Managing Director Kenneth Chense has commended his Mulonga Water and Sewerage counterpart Kanyembo Ndhlovu for neatly attending to customers’ complaints during water blues. Chingola was hit by water blues which lasted for two days on average, though some areas of Chingola are still off supply. Initially, the […]
By Abigail Chaponda in London, United Kingdom Minister of Tourism and Arts Charles Banda has warned wildlife criminals of serious penalties as Government is in the process of reviewing the National Parks and Wildlife Act No. 14 of 2015. And Zambia has committed to fight against illegal wildlife trade as the scourge deprives states and […]
An abnormal load truck has broken down at Kafue Bridge blocking traffic on both sides of the Kafue Chirundu/Mazabuka Road. In view of this development, the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) is aticipating an un precedented congestion build up at Shimabala Toll Gate for northbound traffic once the abnormal load truck has been cleared off […]
By NCHIMUNYA MIYOBA The Kitwe Magistrate has reserved ruling in a matter in which a Kitwe based business Daniel Makina has applied for a preliminary inquiry in the matter in which he is jointly charged with a taxi driver from Chililabombwe for allegedly stealing copper cathode valued at K1.8 million. Makina 35, who was Patriotic Front […]
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Abigail Chaponda
