Shanty Townships Spectre of Poverty
IT is almost obscene when you compare the quality of life and housing in most shanty townships in Zambia to other formal residential houses within a few kilometers of each other. We should not just ...
View ArticleCar Hits and Kills Serenje Woman
A FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD woman has died on the spot while a 27-year-old man is battling for his life after a motor vehicle hit them in Serenje. The duo was hit by a vehicle driven by a Zambia National ...
View ArticleShadreck Lungu Wins K250000
FINALLY, the K250 million 'Dreams' came true to 27-year-old Copperbelt based budding musician Shadreck Lungu, though his millionaire status was short-lived after the rebasing of the Kwacha ...
View ArticleAngolaZambia Palancas Negras Beat African Champions in Friendly Match
Luanda - With goals scored by Geraldo and Amaro, the Angolan national football team beat on Saturday Zambia, the African champions, by 2-0 in Johannesburg, in the last friendly match ahead of the ...
View ArticleZambia Who is the Best Female Boxer
SOMETIME last year, I received a call from Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC's) Dennis Ilukena who wanted to seek my views about what he termed rumours going round about who was a ...
View ArticleZambia State Set to Lift Timber Export Ban
Government will soon lift the ban on the exportation of timber, Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Wylbur Simuusa has said. Mr Simuusa announced this during the launch of ...
View ArticleAnother loss for Zambia
Zambia slipped to a 2-0 loss to Angola on Saturday, as both teams prepare for the African Cup of Nations that kicks off on 19 January in South Africa. It was a third straight defeat for the ...
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 coast ...
View ArticleLusaka Stock Exchange goes real-time
Real-time data from Zambia's Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) today started to go online, increasing equity trading opportunities for LuSE's local and global ...
View ArticleFertilizer 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 farmers get innovative e-vouchers
The 'e-voucher project' - the first of its kind on the continent, according to participant Mobile Transactions Zambia Limited (MTZL) - covers the delivery of products including seeds, ...
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 ArticleZambia President to win upcoming polls
Zambia's President Rupiah Banda expects his MMD party to score an easy victory in an election that he says will be coming in a matter of months. Elections must be held in ...
View ArticleKoffi Fails to Impress Fans
CONGOLESE Rhumba maestro Koffi Olomide failed to impress fans who felt robbed off the entry fee at the highly publicised show held at Government complex last weekend. Olomide put up lousy ...
View ArticleHannah Chiwenda Wins Miss Pageant Personality Crowns
IN what can be viewed as a rare occurrence, 18-year-old Hannah Chiwenda last Friday evening outwitted 13 other contestants by scooping the first Miss Pageant Zambia 2012 and Miss Personality crowns. ...
View ArticleFerry accident on Lake Tanganyika the latest in long list of marine disasters
(eTN) - A ferry operating on Lake Tanganyika between Tanzania and Burundi has sunk with 9 passengers dead. Seven of the dead were identified as Mzinga Kandoro who was a teacher at Filbert Bayi ...
View ArticleThe Big Interview Dennis Lota
Ex-Chipolopolo striker Dennis Lota says he is treating his coaching role at South African club Moroka Swallows where he is an assistant coach as a springboard in his career. Lota, who played at ...
View ArticleBob Sichinga bans cooperatives associations and unions that were formed along...
Government has banned cooperatives, associations and unions in Mafinga district that were formed and operating on political lines. Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Bob Sichinga, announced ...
View ArticleKalaba describes Kanyama floods as a disaster
Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President, Harry Kalaba Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President, Harry Kalaba has described as a disaster the floods which have hit Kanyama ...
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