Govt to Step Up Agro Sector Investment
GOVERNMENT is transforming the agriculture sector to make it more responsive to the country's development agenda. Finance Minister, Alexander Chikwanda said yesterday that Government was ...
View ArticleRepay Us Govt Tells Athletes
GOVERNMENT has demanded medals from Team Zambia during next month's Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) Zone Six games as "pay back" for the astronomical K135 billion ...
View ArticleChipolopolo 2013 AFCON Preps Intact - Faz
THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has assured the nation that the Chipolopolo's preparations for the 2013 Orange CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in South Africa will go on as ...
View ArticleKCM Loses Application Over Copper Sale
THE Kitwe High Court has dismissed an application for an injunction by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) restraining Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) from auctioning 20 tonnes of copper. KCM, as the ...
View ArticleAirtel Donates Computers to Ndola Schools
AIRTEL Zambia has donated nine computers, three routers, data bundles and furniture to three Ndola Basic schools worth K60 million. The recipients of the computers included Chibolelo, Nkwazi and ...
View ArticleBoy 15 Admits Causing 11-Year-Olds Death
A FIFTEEN-year-old boy yesterday admitted causing the death of an 11-year-old boy as he was reversing a motor vehicle. The juvenile offender, a Grade 10 pupil, is charged with causing death by ...
View ArticleSupreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Two Murderers
THE Supreme Court sitting in Kabwe has upheld the death sentence slapped on two men of Choma District in Southern Province who killed a man after hitting him with a machete on the head. Sunday ...
View ArticleExecutive Has No Hand in Judiciary Decisions - Sakeni
CHIEF Government spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni has advised citizens against politicising court decisions but allow the due process of the law to get to its logical conclusion. Mr Sakeni, who is ...
View ArticleNchelenge Grade 12 Pupil Nabbed for Hiring Exam Impersonator
POLICE in Nchelenge have arrested a pupil who hired a friend to write Grade 12 final examinations on his behalf. Police spokesperson Elizabeth Kanjela identified the pupil as Isaac Sibenga, aged 21, ...
View ArticleTwo Govt Workers Nabbed in K1.5 Billion Building Scam
AN ASSISTANT director and a quantity surveyor in Government have been arrested for alleged corruption and abuse of office involving more than K1.5 billion. This is in connection with rehabilitation ...
View ArticleParley Nods K85 Billion Budget Allocation for AGs Office
PARLIAMENT yesterday unanimously approved the K85 billion allocation to the Office of the Auditor-General in the 2013 national Budget, with the parliamentarians calling for increased funding for ...
View ArticleRufunsa PF Cadre Killed
A PATRIOTIC Front (PF) cadre has died while two others were injured when political rivalry during a local government by-election in Rufunsa generated into violence. Police identified the deceased as ...
View ArticleMilanzi to Miss Napsa’s Final League Game
Napsa Stars leading top goal scorer Harry Milanzi has been out of Sunday’s Faz Super Division week 3 match against Forest Rangers due to injury. Milanzi revealed that he has an ankle problem. ...
View ArticlePresident Sata gloats over MMD and UPND loss in Mufumbwe bye elections
Sata with Wynter Kabimba at State House President Michael Sata has thanked the people of Mufumbwe for coming out resoundingly to vote for the Patriotic Front and its candidate Stephen Masumba in the ...
View ArticlePolice fight with Mpulungu residents following traffic accident
A four-year-old boy of Mupata village in Mpulungu district this morning died on the spot after he was bashed by a police vehicle carrying inmates. And an angry mob on the scene fought running ...
View ArticleFind Ways to Grow SMEs Expert Urges Accountants
ASSOCIATION of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) country manager Mukaba Mukaba has called on accounts professionals to help find solutions which will stimulate growth of the Small and Medium ...
View ArticleToyota Zambia Launches New Land Cruiser Model
TOYOTA Zambia has launched a new Land Cruiser 79 Series Double Cab pickup. The new Land Cruiser was launched in Lusaka on Wednesday evening at a ceremony graced by Transport, Works, Supply and ...
View ArticleLending Portfolio Reaches K13 Trillion - BAZ
ZAMBIA's total lending portifolio increased from about K11 trillion in January 2012 to nearly K13 trillion as at August 31 the same year, the Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) has said. ...
View ArticleJubilee Centre Changing Lives of Needy Families
A sixteen-year-old girl of Ndola, Bertha Katoka, her siblings and her widowed mother of Chifubu Township have been empowered through the compassion of the churches and Jubilee Centre together. ...
View ArticleZambia more than ready to host UNWTO General Assembly – Masebo
FILE: Silvia Masebo with Mr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the UNWTO Government has dismissed media reports insinuating that Zambia is not ready to host the United Nations World Tourism ...
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