Latest Zambia stories from the newsroom and community.
Latest Zambia stories from the newsroom and community.
ON THE QUESTION OF PARAMOUNT CHIEFS Let me begin with what is not in dispute. Chief Mukuni is an old and honoured institution. The Leya people have lived along that stretch of the Zambezi for centuries, they were there before Livingstone was a town, before the railway, before the bridge, and before there was a […]
REFLECTIONS ON HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS CHIEF MUKUNI PROSPECTIVE ENTHRONMENT AS PARAMOUNT CHIEF ================== His Royal Majesty Chief Mukuni (Munokalya Mupotola IV Siloka III, the 19th ruler of the Leya people), acceded to the chieftaincy in 1986. He leads the Toka-Leya people from the historic Mukuni Village near Victoria Falls. Nine years ago, HRH Chief Mukuni […]
SOCIAL MEDIA INSULTS SABOTAGING NATION’S ECONOMIC AGENDA….HH attributes malicious posts to disgruntled elements frustrated by recent electoral defeat By DAVID KANDUZAPRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has strongly condemned the growing trend of toxic and malicious commentary on social media, warning that reckless online behaviour is directly sabotaging the country’s economic developmental blueprints. Speaking at State House on […]
Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Industries Limited, has disclosed that he acquired his first private jet at the age of 22 and a half. Dangote made this known on Monday, September 14, at the Nigerian Exchange in Lagos during the formal launch of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals. Reflecting […]
A Chinese billionaire has reportedly fathered more than 100 children through surrogacy in the United States, with the case raising questions about birthright citizenship and the regulation of the US surrogacy industry. Xu Bo, founder of Chinese gaming company Duoyi Network, came under renewed scrutiny after a California surrogate, identified as Judy, said she was […]
Uganda has reversed its decision to withdraw from Prince Harry’s Invictus Games after receiving clarification about King Charles’s position. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s military chief, had initially criticised the controversy surrounding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as “Meghan and Harry nonsense.” Explaining Uganda’s original decision, he wrote: “In order not to be construed as […]
A Chinese mukbang influencer has di£d after suffering a cardiac arrest linked to “low potassium levels”. Chen Ziyi – better known by her online moniker ‘Ganfan Yingying’ – tragically di£d on August 17. Her d£ath has prompted doctors to warn of the health issues that can come with laxative use. Chen, 24, had over 1,000,000 […]
26-YEAR-OLD Juliet Mulenga was the driver of the Toyota Mark-X that last night left herself and two other passengers dead in a road traffic accident in Kafue. Police say Mulenga was improperly overtaking when she hit into a Toyota Corolla before losing control and crashing head-on into an oncoming Toyota Hilux. Police Assistant Spokesman Timothy […]
US President Donald Trump has responded to a request for a pardon from Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, saying it’s a “state situation” and there is nothing he would be able to do. Clancy is accused of murd£ring her three children in 2023 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Reddington admits that Clancy k!lled the children, but […]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has warned that the rapid development of artificial intelligence could go “very badly” for humanity in two major ways. “There are two ways AI progress could go very badly, and that we must avoid. First, we could lose control of the future to AI. This is unacceptable; we are unapologetically on […]
