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The waiting game is over. Herve Renard has arrived to conclude talks over his future appointment as new Zambia coach.
The Frenchman arrived at lunchtime today ahead of Fridays contractual talks with Faz tomorrow at Football House.
“It is a fantastic opportunity for me to come here and am very ambitious,” the 39-year-old Frenchman said today […]

Zambia’s injury list ahead of Saturday Caf Africa Nations championship qualifier against Botswana swelled to 4 after goalkeeper Rabson Muchelenganga hurt himself in training Wednesday afternoon.
The Power Dynamos defender has a swollen right eye after colliding with a Green Buffaloes player during a training game played at Barclay’s Sports Complex in Lusaka.
However, the teams’ […]

President Levy Mwanawasa has lifted the suspension of MMD Lusaka Province Chairman, Geoffrey Chuumbwe.
Announcing the lifting of the suspension of Mr Chuumbwe to ZANIS in Lusaka today, MMD National Chairman Michael Mabenga said Dr. Mwanawasa, who is also MMD President, unconditionally accepted the apology from Mr. Chuumbwe who was suspended some three weeks ago.
Mr Mabenga […]

Zambian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, UK Anderson Chibwe has urged Zambian Nationals living in UK illegally to take advantage of the new British Immigration Amnesty and return back home before October 1, this year.
Ambassador Chibwe said the new British rules give migrants living illegally in UK an incentives to return to their respective […]

Kenyan Airways is to increase its flights to Lusaka from the current seven to 14 flights per week.
Kenya Airways country manager Rose Kiseli says the increase which is is effective July 3rd, 2008 is in response to a rising demand mainly from traders and business executives who require better connectivity out of Nairob.
Kiseli […]

Sinazongwe residents in Southern Province have called on Celtel to close down their communication facility if they have failed to run it following persistent loss of network for three days.
Most residents talked to by ZANIS said they have crossed over to MTN because they could not wait for their business to be affected when there […]

Dear Jelita,
Its been quite a while,I hope you and the family are fine. I am fine. My twin girls are now 3months old. They are so beautiful.Their names are Clara and Katendi.
I really felt overwhelmed when I learnt I was going to have twins, especially having them so far from home. I was glad […]

Families have been urged to avoid divorce, streetism and child neglect if the country is to achieve sustainable social and economic development.
The call is from community develoment and social services catherine Namugala.
Ms Namugala says there is need for everyone to treasure and preserve the family as a basic unit of a stable and strong nation.
The […]

An Asian Youth Volunteers programme, under the United Nations (UN) project, would soon engage peasant farmers in Choma district of Southern province in sugar cane production and processing in a bid to enhance self –reliance and food security.
Asia Youth Volunteers programme team leader, Rao Venkata Rama Rao, said the project would engage over 300 farmers […]

By Tovin Ngombe
Chief Sinazongwe has expressed disappointment with […]

The vice president says the country will harvest less than last year’s crop yield due to floods and excessive rains which washed away large tracts of cultivated land.
Rupiah Banda says the recent crop focus indicates that there will be need to move food from surplus areas to deficit areas in order to mitigate […]

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) says youths have continued to dominate the illegal drug and money laundering syndicate in Zambia.
The Commission has disclosed that last year out of the total of 3 417 persons that were arrested for offences of illicit drug trafficking and money laundering, an average age of 26 years old was predominant.
DEC […]