Spot checks confirm payments to farmers
PHILIP CHISALU Lusaka THE nationwide checks to assess progress on payments to farmers who supplied maize to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) last farming season have confirmed that the resources…
2 miners die in MCM accident
MELODY MUPETA Kitwe TWO Reliant mine employees contracted to work at Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) SOB shaft in Kitwe have had their bodies cut into pieces after being involved in…
Chawama votes, HH calls for peace
- President commends candidates for peaceful, orderly campaigns CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema wants the peaceful atmosphere and “democratic culture” which characterised the Chawama parliamentary by-election campaigns to be…
Media has special role in strengthening Turkey, Zambia relationship – envoy
MATHEWS MALAZIKA Lusaka TURKISH Ambassador to Zambia Huseyin Barbaros Dicle says the media, particularly Zambia Daily Mail, has a special role in strengthening Turkey and Zambia’s bilateral relationship. Mr Dicle…
Protecting Zambia’s peaceful democracy
THE peaceful campaigns in the run-up to today’s by-election in Chawama are proof that Zambia has turned a corner. Once a battleground of political violence, the constituency has now become…
Final landing for Capt Tembo
He is one of most seasoned, accomplished pilots in Zambian aviation industry FOR over four decades, the cockpit was his second home. Gerald Tembo, fondly known as Captain GT, has…
Govt ends IMF programme
Successor deal to focus on growth – Musokotwane PHILLIP CHISALU Lusaka GOVERNMENT has announced that it will not pursue a oneyear extension of the current Extended Credit Facility (ECF) with…
Mung’andu hails ‘genius’ HH
MATHEWS MALAZIKA Choma PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Member of Parliament Davison Mung’andu has described President Hakainde Hichilema as a “genius” who has positively transformed the country’s economy, which he said was…
Tonse continues to crumble
CONRAD MWANGO Lusaka THE opposition Patriotic Front (PF) party has with immediate effect been divorced from the Tonse Alliance. And the opposition Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP) party has withdrawn…
2026 a must-win – Hichilema
MATHEWS MALAZIKA Choma PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has said that this year’s general election is crucial for the United Party for National Development (UPND) to secure victory, in order to sustain…