Lusaka man goes in for stealing Bibles
A 29-year-old man of Lusaka’s Kanyama compound has been sentenced to one year imprisonment with hard labour for stealing two Bibles. This is in a matter in which Nchimunya Maambo…
“Proud” the proud Radio caller
By Doreen Nawa and Kapala Chisunka NOT too many people can point out Proud Sichaba in a crowd, but his voice is familiar on radio because he has made a…
Ndola’s largest market goes up in flames
Fire has swept through Kapalala market in Masala township in Ndola’s Kabushi constituency destroying goods worth millions of kwacha. Over 3,000 shops have been reduced to ashes in an inferno…
Zambian Markets are death traps!
By Brian Mulenga The markets nationwide are death traps. Wooden stalls roofed in plastic. Illegal Electrical Connections everywhere. Heaps of flammable materials everywhere. Congested conditions with no Safety and Health…
Coke Studio propels Slapdee across the continent
He had long been mooting ideas to catapult his local hip-hop legacy into the rest of Africa, and so when the letter inviting him to participate in the 2017 Coke…
Australian High Commissioner tours FQM’s Sentinel Mine
The economic and social impact of the mining sector in Zambia was highlighted last week when Australian High Commissioner to Zambia Suzanne McCourt toured First Quantum Minerals’ Sentinel Mine in…
ADvTECH University grows pan-African PhD programme
A recently launched PhD programme from The University of Africa is on track to start producing new authorities on leadership on the continent, and is now calling for candidates from…
Zambia trains hundreds of teachers in the run-up to Africa Code Week 2017
Skilled Volunteers from SAP CSR EMEA successfully trained more than 350 local teachers over the weekend as part of the Train-the-Trainer sessions organized by SAP and Africa Code Week partners…
Political party leaders challenged to campaign against child marriages
The Musokotwane Compassion Mission Zambia (MCMZ) has called on all political players in Zambia to rally behind government and other stakeholders in ending child marriages. MCMZ executive director Genious Musokotwane…
Former Health Minister Kasonde interred
President Edgar Lungu has described the late former Health Minister Joseph Kasonde as a dedicated and highly qualified professional who served the country with distinction. Speaking during the requiem mass…