'Mwanawasa Stadium Almost Ready'
THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has expressed happiness with the progress made at the new Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola, saying the facility is almost ready to host an international ...
View ArticleFred Mmembe is pushing his Luck too far
I strongly feel that Fred Mmembe is pushing his luck too far by trying to scandalise anyone who doesn't agree with him in any way. I know that has been his character, but I'm saying this ...
View ArticleDIARY-Southern & South Africa to March 2013
There are many reasons for being angry with Africa ’s strong men, whose autocratic ways have thrust some African countries back into the eye of the storm and threatened to undo the democratic ...
View ArticleZambia, Malawi finally connected by rail
Planned since the 1970s and inaugurated last month, commercial transports have now started on the Chipata-Mchinji railway line between Zambia and Malawi. Soon, a connection to Mozambique's ...
View Article"Fertilizer tree" triples Malawi, Zambia yields
Scientists have managed to triple maize yields on smallholder farms in Zambia and Malawi by simple "evergreen agriculture" techniques. Planting acacia trees among the crops automatically ...
View ArticleZambia AIDS treatment reaches 90% of sick
As HIV/AIDS prevalence is finally being reduced in Africa, also Zambia can celebrate successes in the fight against the pandemic. Almost all Zambians suffering from AIDS now receive ...
View ArticleZambia mine "tax fraud" causes outrage
A leaked auditors' report alleging massive tax irregularities in Zambia's key copper mining sector "must lead to" further investigations, civil society groups ...
View ArticleNBF Finalizes Under-20 Regional Trials
Windhoek - Two exciting months of discovering and maturing of talent successfully came to an end, after the Namibian Basketball Federation (NBF) held it's final trials in Tsumeb on Saturday. ...
View ArticleTeen Driving - a Challenge to Road Users
WHILE it is scary for 15-year-old Alex Mukuta (not real name) to drive on the busy streets of Lusaka without a licence, it becomes even more dangerous when he drives while drinking alcohol and ...
View ArticleLivestock Diseases Affect Beef Production
THE Beef Association of Zambia (BAZ) has called on Government to quickly engage cattle farmers in Western Province to fight liver fluke, a water borne livestock disease that has affected 90 per cent ...
View ArticleDeputy Minister Masumba pleads not guilty
Local Government and Housing Deputy Minister Steven Masumba who was yesterday arrested by the Anti Corruption Commission over his allegedly forged accounting qualifications has pleaded not guilty to ...
View ArticleACC dragnet closes in on former first family
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) says it has made progress in investigating allegations of corruption against a company associated to the former first family regarding a contract which was ...
View ArticleKabanda assures on constitution time frame
Spokesperson for the Contitution making committee Simon kabanda speaking during a press briefing on the extension of the constitution making period The technical committee drafting the ...
View ArticleVeep deplores Government officials’ work culture which he thinks was...
Guy Scott Vice president Dr. Guy Scott has charged that some government officials are too slow to implement government policies. Dr. Scot says this is the attitude that some government officials ...
View ArticleZambia’s astronaut Nkoloso still making headlines
';My intention is to drive the audience into reflection on what they consume as real,'; says De Middel. ';In the beginning most people believed everything [in the photos] was real. ...
View ArticleSata makes changes at NAPSA, Compensation Board
President Sata PRESIDENT Sata has appointed Mr Charles Mpundu as director-general of the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) and Elizabeth Nkumbula as commissioner of the Workers' ...
View ArticleConcern over welfare of IDPs in Katanga
Fighting is preventing aid agencies from reaching IDPs in Mitwaba, Katanga Province (file photo) KINSHASA, 24 April 2012 (IRIN) - Aid agencies are unable to access thousands of people displaced from ...
View ArticleKombe, Kunda Clear To Play For Power Dynamos
Striker Francis Kombe and defender Stephen Kunda are expected to be part of the Power Dynamos’ midweek Faz Super Division Week 2 fixture against National Assembly at Arthur Davies Stadium in ...
View ArticleMighty To Lobby Mopani For Sponsorship
The new Mighty Mufulira Wanderers executive committee has promised to lobby Mopani Copper Mines to take up full sponsorship of the club and facilitate the rehabilitation of Shinde Stadium. ...
View ArticleNigeria's UBA may merge Zambian unit with rivals
LAGOS, April 24 (Reuters) - Nigeria's United Bank for Africa (UBA) is considering merging its Zambian unit with one or more other local lenders to meet a new regulatory minimum capital of ...
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