‘DROP YOUR EGOS’
By MICHAEL MIYOBAFOOTBALL administrator Gideon Mwenya has challenged local football administrators to drop their egos this year and work together to redeem the Zambian game which has been in disarray.Mwenya,…
REVEAL SECRET ‘TENDERPRENEURS’,IMF DEMANDS- UNTIL MARCH 2022
NAIROBI The government must reveal the names of secret owners of all companies that win state tenders as part of a programme it has with the international monitory fund (IMF).This…
Covid: Hospital trusts declare critical incidents over staff shortages
Several hospital trusts have declared critical incidents amid staff shortages and rising pressures due to Covid-19.University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals and Great Western Hospitals in…
Energy costs soar in 2021, fuelled by political unrest
PARIS - Energy prices soared in 2021 - with gas, oil, coal, electricity and car- bon all shooting higher in large part owing to a resur- gence of geopolitical ten-…
Five years needed for ‘rotten’ fund probe
JOHANNESBURG - Six forensic firms will need at least five years to unravel the depths of financial mismanagement, neglect, corruption and "rottenness"- as employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi puts…
ENSURE THE POOR ARE NOT POORER – CHURCH ADVISES GOVERNMENT
By KETRA KALUNGAWHATEVER policies the government implements, it should ensure that they don’t make the poor Zambians poorer, the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has advised.Father Emmanuel Chikoya said the yardstick of…
Fuel price cut may be on the cards next week- South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - After a painful year at the fuel pumps, South Africans may finally get a break this week.According to data from the Central Energy Fund, leaked to Netwerk24, petrol…
5 HEADMEN SUE CHIEF BUNDA- BUNDA
By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSAFIVE headmen have sued Chief Bunda-Bunda in the Lusaka High Court seeking an order for the abolishment of survey fees imposed on the villagers by the traditional leader.The five claim that…
Government releases over K1.2 millon Kwacha for farmers and public schools
TREASURY RELEASES K1.284 BILLION FOR FARMERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLSThe Treasury has today released K1.284 billion of which K960 million is for outstanding payments to farmers under the 2020/2021 farming season,…
What a dreamer!
Dear Editor,IGOTacall-lastmonth-from a stranger. From the tone of the voice, you could tell that the caller was bubbling with confidence.The caller, who turned out to be a young man, was…
