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HERE is a fact – women in Zambia are still likely to live considerably longer than men. The life expectancy for men in Zambia stands at 62 percent while for women it is at 68, which is about 10 years less than the global average. But there is a double-edged …

By Prisca Lumingu, Mukwima Chillala and Kalunga Mwape The Drug Enforcement Commission –DEC has disclosed that the 15 flats in State Lodge area belonging to former First Lady Esther Lungu have been seized and investigations are continuing following her explanation when she appeared for questioning this morning. The former First …

Refusal to shave hubby costs Lusaka woman 23-year old marriageA FIFTY-two year old man of Lusaka who feared that the shaggy afro under his boxer would graduate into lengthy rastafarian dreadlocks has walked out on his partner of 23 years.After basking in a union of more than two decades resulting …

HH GETS HIGH GOVERNANCE RATING President Hakainde Hichilema has been rated at over 90% in terms of governance excellence so far. This is according to Ndola Diocese Association for Diocesian Clergy President, Fr Elias Muma, who says President Hichilema has set a very encouraging governance tone since assuming office almost …

Lusaka City Council yesterday morning buried twenty five(25) unclaimed bodies in partnership with Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) Ibex Hill Mission District at Chingwere Cemetry in Matero. The Church came on board to provide coffins, disinfectant and conduct a church service for the unclaimed bodies. On 29th June, 2022, LCC …

By Noah Silomba Chisanga Nkoma a rugby player who started his sports career at the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre in 2013 has urged budding athletes to put more effort if they aim to play for bigger clubs or the national team. Nkhoma who is part of the team …

Single father handling disabled daughter’s period LYND Mangemba, 18, is glued to a small television set in a two room house in Lusaka’s Mtendere Township not because she wants to but because of a disability she was born with keeping her confined in the house. She is being taken care …

The Zambia Medical Association has distanced itself from the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia President Dr. Brian Sampa’s call for the government to ban alcohol in the country. Dr. Sampa on Wednesday embarked on a 140 kilometers walk from Lusaka to Kabwe to pursue the government to ban alcohol but …

A white university student in South Africa who was filmed urinating on the belongings of a black first-year student and then bragging about it has been expelled. Theuns du Toit, who was said to be drunk during the incident, was found guilty of racism by the authorities at Stellenbosch University. …

A sex worker who was reported to have stolen K59, 000 from a farmer in Kapirimposhi last week has been arrested and part of the money recovered. Henry Hantambo, 42, of Kapirimposhi Rural, had his money stolen by a prostitute after he sold 1, 100 bags of maize at K125, …