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Posts published in “Day: February 26, 2013

UPND Defector Dares Party to Expel Him

[Zambia Reports]United Party for National Development (UPND) Sinazongwe Member of Parliament Richwell Siamunene has dared his party to expel him because he is ready to take up a job in the Patrotic Front (PF) government.

High Court – Greyford Monde Remains Expelled

[Zambia Reports]The Lusaka High Court has refused to grant expelled Itezh Tezhi UPND lawmaker Greyford Monde leave to stay the party's decision after he accepted a ministerial job in President Michael Sata's government.

Human Rights Commission Demands Fair Investigation in PF Cadre Death

[Zambia Reports]The Human Rights Commission of Zambia is demanding that the police carry out a serious investigation of a killing of a Patrotic Front (PF) cadre in Livingstone, professionally and impartiality, so that they do not end up making arbitrar...

Teenager Convicted of Defilement

[Times of Zambia]A TEENAGER, who is alleged to have defiled a six-year-old girl in July last year in Chibombo has been convicted by a Kabwe magistrate's court.

UPND Condemns Livingstone Violence, Blames PF

[Zambia Reports]Following reports that a suspected Patriotic Front cadre imported from Lusaka to Livingstone has died in clashes with the opposition, United Party for National Development (UPND) has issued a statement condemning the violence but blamed...

Rupiah Banda Challenged Over Amsterdam’s Insults

[Times of Zambia]A CIVIL society Organisation has challenged former Republican President Rupiah Banda to openly state his views on lawyer Robert Amsterdam's attack on Zambians calling for the lifting of his immunity.

Confronting GBV in Communities

[Times of Zambia]IN Kamutola Village, a girl child Bupe Chileshe (not real name) cries for help in the middle of the night, and no one comes to her aid. A relative that she has grown up with, whom she trusts and calls uncle Mutale is sexually abusing h...

Power Charter Plane for CAF Tie

[Times of Zambia]ZAMBIA's flag bearers in the Orange 2013 CAF Confederation Cup, Power Dynamos, leave for Angola using a chartered plane for the preliminary round, return match against Clube Recreativo de Caala set for Sunday.

Basketball Team Qualifies

[Times of Zambia]ZAMBIA has qualified for the 27th edition of the men's 2013 African Basketball Nations Championships (AfroBasket) championships slated for August in Ivory Coast despite losing the final Zone Six qualifiers to hosts Mozambique at the we...

Youth Fund for All – Kambwili

[Times of Zambia]DISBURSEMENT of the Youth Empowerment Fund will not be done on partisan lines, Sport and Youth Minister Chishimba Kambwili has said.

Mopani Stakes KR 142 Million

[Times of Zambia]MOPANI Copper Mines Plc will invest more than KR142,000,000 (US$27,000,000) to upgrade the Nkana cobalt plant which will result in increased production capacity from 2,800 tonnes to 7,000 tonnes of cobalt metal per annum.

Mwape Miti Gets Odense Invite As Jocob Nets Brace

[Times of Zambia]DENMARK premiership side, Odense BK has invited their former player Mwape Miti to travel to the Danish city this week for an unknown programme.

Sinking Boreholes At Liato’s Farm Shocks Witness

[Times of Zambia]A WITNESS has told a Lusaka magistrate's court that he was shocked to discover that two boreholes were sunk at the farm belonging to former Labour minister Austin Liato in Mwembeshi instead of Kaoma as per instructions to the installat...

Marooned Sugar – What Next?

[Times of Zambia]ZAMBIAN and Kenyan authorities need to get to the bottom of the issue surrounding sugar exports to that East African country.

FAZ to Register Banned Players

[Times of Zambia]THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has said the eight Zambian players, who were convicted in the Finnish courts for various match fixing scandals, will be registered to play for local clubs that have expressed interest in their s...

Youth Vision Zambia Lauds First Lady

[Times of Zambia]YOUTH Vision Zambia (YVZ) has praised First Lady Christine Kaseba for launching the National Family Planning campaign aimed at scaling up the use of contraceptives among women to prevent unplanned pregnancies.

Cabinet Nods South Stadium

[Times of Zambia]JUST days after Zambia expressed interest in staging the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) football tournament, Cabinet has approved the building of a 35,000-capacity stadium in Livingstone.