December 15, 2019December 15, 201913By Robert Mwanza:The performance of the under 20 National Football team has excited football fans who have tipped it as a future dream squad.The Under 20 national Football team was yesterday crowned champions of the 2019 COSAFA junior tournament after they brushed aside their archrivals South Africa by three goals to…

By ZANIS:Three hundred members from the opposition UPND in Nkanda Ward in Mongu Central Constituency have defected to the ruling PF.The defectors say they decided to leave the UPND because of lack of proper representation.Rosemary Mubita who spoke on behalf of other defectors said the people of Mawawa in Nkanda ward are tired of following…

December 15, 2019December 15, 20197By Brian Mwale:Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja is concerned that some police officers have lost direction and are doing things contrary to the law.Mr. Kanganja says this is evident from abuse of firearms, drinking whilst on duty, mounting roadblocks in undesignated places and shoddy works by officers among others.The Police…

By Patricia Banda:Nakonde Member of Parliament Yizukanji Siwanzi says Government has released Seven Hundred Thousand kwacha for the completion of a proposed Donald Siwale Secondary School in Nakonde.Mr. Siwanzi says the Government has come up with a plan that will help to speed up construction works by buying materials instead of giving money to the…

By Reuben Chomba:Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has challenged medical schools to produce more pediatricians.Dr. Chilufya says last year only two pediatricians graduated, a situation that government is not pleased with.He says government wants more health workers to service the hospitals that have been constructed across the country.Dr Chilufya says pediatricians are critical to the country’s…

By Angela Limwanya:Ministry of General Education Permanent Secretary Jobbicks Kalumba has called on the teaching fraternity to support initiatives by government aimed at transforming the education sector.Dr. Kalumba says reforms that government is insisting on will improve the welfare of both the teachers and the learners.He was speaking in Livingstone during the official opening of…

By ZANIS:President LUNGU has donated 5 thousand by 25 kilogramme bags of mealie meal to vulnerable households in Ndola Central Constituency in Ndola.Flagging of the distribution exercise of mealie meal in Twapya ward, Ndola Central Constituency Member of Parliament, Emmanuel Mulenga said the targeted beneficiaries will receive the mealie meal on a monthly basis starting…