Rain or shine, we are game

CECILIA ZULU, DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka AFRICA Youth Championship local organising committee chairman Andrew Kamanga says measures have been put in place to ensure heavy rains the country is anticipating do not disrupt the tournament kicking off on Sunday. And tournament organising committee chairman Amadou Diakite has declared Zambia ready to host the tournament. Kamanga said

Chawama win off season tourney

ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka CHAWAMA councillor Leonard Sikombe has hailed Africabet for sponsoring an off-season tournament that brought the township to a standstill on Sunday. Business in the area was halted, as thousands of people thronged Chawama Ground in Lusaka to watch the Africabet off season final between Chawama and Matagwani. The match ended 1-1 with

Parliament resumes sitting

Parliament is scheduled to resume sittings this week on Tuesday for a session that will last five weeks.   Government chief whip Richard Musukwa said that during the session, government is expected to push forward over 10 bills in the House among them the Constituency Development Fund -CDF- bill.   And Mr. Musukwa said President

Marine thwart mealie meal smugglers

By CHILA NAMAIKO - SPECIAL forces from the 48-Marine Unit have in the last few days intercepted hundreds bags of mealie meal in Nchelenge district that was about to be smuggled into the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Owing to high demand of mealie-meal in that country, some traders in Nchelenge are conniving with

Banks not ready for T-PIN!

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA - The Bankers Association of Zambia has expressed its concerns at the way the Zambia Revenue Association has gone about implementing the newly-introduced law requiring every bank account holder to have a T-PIN (short for tax-payers identification number), saying banks have been caught on the hop. BAZ CEO Leonard Mwanza said while

Zambia, Morocco ink historic trade pact

By REBECCA MUSHOTA - ZAMBIA and Morocco have signed 19 agreements to enhance corporation across various sectors, marking a new level of relations between the two countries. The agreements were signed yesterday afternoon at State House and were overseen by President Edgar Lungu and King Mohammed VI of Morocco. This was after the two Heads
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