PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has acquired a US$50 million loan from the African Development Bank to improve the fish industry in Zambia. And Minister of Fisheries and Livestock Michael Katambo said 50 percent of the loan will target 12,000 women and youth fish farming entrepreneurs countrywide. Mr Katambo said in an interview yesterday that the…
Analysis: MUSONDA CHIBULU THE announcement by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) that World Cup referee Janny Sikazwe is the new Technical Director at Football House has raised dust. The appointment comes at the wake of the 38-year-old excelling in Russia. Sikazwe is the shining light of Zambian football at the moment. His understanding of…
BUTTYSON KANDIMBA, Solwezi SUSPECTED United Party for National Development (UPND) supporters in Kasempa yesterday attacked Kasempa District Commissioner (DC) Goodson Sansakuwa and two others for allegedly being Patriotic Front (PF) sympathisers. The incident happened around 10:00 hours at Senior Chief Kasempa’s palace when UPND president Hakainde Hichilema went to pay a courtesy call on the…
NKOLE NKOLE, Lusaka JULIUS Zulu arrived in Mtendere township in 1964 as a little boy with his parents. Initially he and his family were living in Kalingalinga township but moved to Mtendere due to political wrangles in the early 60s. Back then, he remembers seeing buses under the United Bus Company of Zambia (UBZ) moving…
Dear editor, IT IS sad to learn that many children are being introduced to drugs and alcohol in schools by unscrupulous people who are taking advantage of vulnerable children. These people are heartless and do not seem to realise the irreparable harm they are inflicting on their victims. Once children are hooked to these addictive…
KASUBA MULENGA, Beijing PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed all ministers who have signed agreements, on behalf of Zambia, with various Chinese companies to immediately start implementing the deals. The head of State said any delay in implementing the cooperation agreements could derail the purpose for which they were signed. Special Assistant to the President for…
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka THERE is no outbreak of the highly contagious Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Zambia, Government has assured in the wake of social media speculation. Yesterday, social media was awash with speculation that Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital in Lusaka had quarantined an EVD patient. Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya said at a press…
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