5 die in pedicle accident

NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Kitwe FIVE people died on the spot yesterday while several others sustained injuries when a Luapula Province-bound bus on which they were travelling overturned on Pedicle Road in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Copperbelt police commissioner Charity Katanga said the accident happened around 10:00 hours, about 21 kilometres from Mokambo Border Post, when

PF calls for calm, quick probe

CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka THE Patriotic Front (PF) has called for calm among Zambians as police investigate the cause of the fire which destroyed property worth millions of Kwacha at Lusaka City Market yesterday. Secretary general Davies Mwila said in a statement that the PF received news of city market being burnt with a lot of

‘Plan to silence guns on course’

DORIS KASOTE, Addis Ababa PRESIDENT Lungu says Zambia remains committed to implementing the master plan on stopping arms flow into Africa by 2020 and that the country has done a number of activities in line with the roadmap. The President says Zambia welcomes the comprehensive report and commended the African Union Commission for highlighting the

Economic progress impresses CSPR

KELVIN MBEWE, Lusaka THE Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) is impressed with Zambia’s economic performance in the last six months following the robust economic stabilisation and growth programme Government is implementing. CSPR advocate and communication coordinator Maxson Nkhoma said in an interview that projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth, stable exchange rate and registered

Buildcon deny Zesco victory

MULWANDA LUPIYA, Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola BUILDCON 1 ZESCO 1 ZESCO United yesterday missed an opportunity to close the gap with leaders Napsa Stars when they allowed Buildcon to snatch a draw in a Super Division rescheduled Week 15 match watched by a sizeable crowd. “It was a good game, we had opportunity to win

Put Zambia first – VJ

STEVEN MVULA, Lusaka VETERAN politician Vernon Mwaanga has urged Zambians to put the interest of Zambia first as did the country’s founding fathers and mothers. In his message to the nation on the commemoration of Unity Day, Dr Mwaanga said the founding fathers and mothers consolidated unity through imaginative and forward-looking approaches like adopting the
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