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Posts published in “Day: January 12, 2013

Compulsory Vehicle Insurance Scheme Unveiled

[Times of Zambia]GOVERNMENT has set up a compulsory third motor vehicle insurance scheme in the Road Traffic Act aimed at taking care of bodily injury and death.

State Slams Chipimo Claims

[Times of Zambia]STATE House has observed that the current crop of opposition political parties lack sincerity in the manner they engage Government on various national matters.

Muteteka Nabbed

[Times of Zambia]FORMER Local Government and Housing Deputy Minister in the troubled opposition MMD, Moses Muteteka has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for theft, abuse of authority and corrupt practices.

Nawakwi’s Daughter Interred

[Times of Zambia]THE family of murdered 26-year-old Hatambu Hambulo, the daughter of Forum for Democracy and Development leader Edith Nawakwi, says it has forgiven the murderers, but that the law should take its course.

ZB Pledges K600 Million for Afcon Broadcasts

[Times of Zambia]ZAMBIAN Breweries Plc has weighed-in a whooping K600 million (KR 600 000) towards the live broadcast of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament by the Zambia National Broadcasting corporation (ZNBC).

Botched Taxi Driver Killing – Two Nabbed

[Times of Zambia]A TAXI driver of Kabwe has narrated how he narrowly escaped death yesterday when two men who hired him tried to strangle him to death with a wire.

Zambia Face Norway in Final Afcon Warm-Up

[Times of Zambia]WITH an eye on defending the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title, champions Zambia will today hope to sign off on high for the continental showpiece when the Chipolopolo face Norway in a historic international friendly match at the Lev...

Man Gets Five Years Over Fake Notes Equipment

[Times of Zambia]A TWENTY-six-year-old disabled Kasama man has been jailed for five years with hard labour for being in possession of equipment and chemicals for manufacturing counterfeit K50,000 notes.

Dr Footswitch – Zamrock Juju Man

[Times of Zambia]A MULTITUDE of old faithfuls revere Dr Footswitch as a Zamrock guru whose influence has had far reaching implications on the local music scene.

Police Join Soccer Squad

[Times of Zambia]TO ensure maximum security for the Chipolopolo at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in South Africa, the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) will attach two police officers to the squad.

Weightlifters AGM Cancelled

[Times of Zambia]THE Sports Council of Zambia (SCZ) has ordered that the Zambia Weightlifting Federation (ZWF) annual general meeting (AGM) slated for today to be put off until the problems which have engulfed the executive committee are resolved.

‘Libongani Ordered Transfer of K500m’

[Times of Zambia]A WITNESS has testified that Inspector General of police Stella Libongani instructed him to transfer K500 million from the imprest accounts of the Zambia Police Service to the operations accounts early this year.

Ndola Bags Positive Lifestyles Tourney

[Times of Zambia]NDOLA Youth Football Club yesterday defeated Motor Fire Academy 1-0 to emerge champions of the 2013 Sport for Positive Lifestyles tournament held in Ndola.

Amateur Boxing Future Bright

[Times of Zambia]IN concluding last week's piece in this column titled 'Esther, Catherine need each other', I said "Crossing over into the new year is always a blessing and I hope for Esther (Phiri) and Catherine (Phiri), 2013 brings with it new beginn...

Isolated Luano On Verge of Opening Up

[Times of Zambia]THE newly created Luano District is made up of two distinct areas, the Luano Valley from which the name of the district is derived and the semi-plateau Old Mkushi.

Tree Planting Plan Answer to Unemployment Problem

[Times of Zambia]SINCE 1990, Zambia has lost more than six per cent of its forest cover due to deforestation influenced by human activities and socio-economic development.

ZCF to Set Up Milling Plants

[Times of Zambia]THE Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) will this year set up milling plants in selected provincial centres to mill the maize grown by cooperative societies.

Liv Hosts 31 Model Graduates

[Times of Zambia]A BRAND new glitter was last Saturday added to the world of catwalk, beauty and brains when over 30 girls and one guy from Sphiwe Benasho's Pink Diamond Academy graduated in a splendid and glamorous ceremony held at Lusaka's LIV night ...

I’m Still Musically Active – 2wice

[Times of Zambia]SOME people are wondering if am still around or if I stopped singing because it's been a while since they last heard from me."

Seeking Solutions to Lusaka Floods

[Times of Zambia]FLOODS have become an annual problem in Zambia and Government is spending huge sums of money to address this seemingly unending problem.