TWO DROWN AFTER BOAT CAPSIZED ON NAMWALA RIVER
Two people have drowned after a banana boat carrying 18 people capsized on Namwala River on Saturday. The bodies have since been retrieved from the river by a combined team…
FORMER MAID BECOMES EMPLOYER FROM FRITTERS
A former Lusaka maid who runs a roadside business selling fritters has had her fortune changed. Diamond Media has had an upclose with 39-year-old Patricia Mulenga who started with a…
INFLATION GOES UP TO 9.6 PERCENT
Zambia’s annual rate of inflation for February 2023 has increased to 9.6 percent from 9.4 percent in January. Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS) Interim Statistician General, Mulenga Musepa says the increase…
ZAMBIA AND BENIN DRAW 1-1
Zambia and Benin have drawn 1-1 in their opening group C game of the 2023 TotalEnergies U20 Africa Cup of Nations. After a scoreless first half, Benin who were the…
MEALIE MEAL PRICES STILL FETCHING OVER K200 PER BAG
Despite government pleading with millers to reduce mealie meal prices, the commodity has remained expensive in most parts of the country. In some areas, such as Nsama District of Northern…
WILDLIFE OFFICERS PATROLLING LILAYI
The Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) has confirmed receiving reports of a lion on the loose. According to details released to the media by Ministry of Tourism Public…
TRANSPORTERS WARY OF TAZAMA, BUT GOVT ASSURES PROFITABILITY
Local Fuel Transporters have expressed mixed feelings over government’s policy to configure the Tanzania Zambia Mafuta (TAZAMA) Pipeline to transport Low Sulphur fuel and Kerosene from Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania to…
2017 U20 AFCON WINNING MIDFIELDER BANDA TIPS U20 BOYS
2017 U20 Africa Cup of Nations winning midfielder, Emmanuel Banda, has urged the current crop of U20 players to use the 2023 TotalEnergies as a platform to kick-start their professional…
KAMWALA SOUTH CLINIC STAFF OPERATE FROM A SALON, RESTAURANT
It is over two weeks since Kamwala South Clinic in Lusaka was temporarily closed due to floods. A latest check by Diamond Media at the facility that caters for over…
JUST IN: K1.6 MILLION ZAMMSA MEDICAL EQUIPMENT STOLEN
ZAMMSA Board Chairperson Anna Chifungula writes… It’s with deep regret that we inform the nation of a theft of medical equipment valued at K1.6 million kwacha from a ZAMMSA warehouse…