A former sex worker, Elizabeth (real name withheld) recalls her struggles and how she escaped the risky world of sex work. Elizabeth is one of several reformed sex workers at Livingstone’s Kwenuha Women’s Association of Zambia, an organisation mainly targeting girls and women formerly involved in sex work in the tourist capital. “My story is […]
A LUSAKA woman has told the Matero Local Court that she caught her husband with his lover in a neighbouring township after he left home on the pretext of going to Kafue to source money for house rentals. This was heard in a case where the court ordered Evans Musonda, 32, a bricklayer of Chunga […]
POET and rapper Pilato is tonight performing at Club La Face VIP Room in London, United Kingdom at a show dubbed ‘A Night with Pilato’. From there, Pilato, who is also an actor and film director, is expected to perform at the SANAA (Sejima And Nishizawa And Associates) Africa Festival 2014 to be held at […]
Njoya T OUTGOING Zambia Association of Musicians spokesperson, Njoya Tembo says the upcoming ZAM elections organised by NAC and SACCORD are the most expensive annual general meeting ever in the arts. Tembo feels the elections to be held in Chisamba are a luxury considering the budget allocated. “Since the takeover in January this year, ZAM […]
only a shallow-minded person can condemn me for showing off my pregnancy in a magazine, says singer Dambisa Lunda. And Dambisa says there is nothing wrong with her exposing her ‘baby bump’ topless. She was yesterday reacting to comments on social media condemning her for posing topless in an online magazine. Dambisa, who is eight […]
By CHRISTINE CHISHA AN ENRAGED woman stripped and beat up her ex-husband’s new wife after she caught her pointing a finger at her while she was selling at Chongwe market. Royce Sakala, 27, took revenge on her unsuspecting rival when she confirmed that she was being talked about. A crowd of onlookers cheered as the […]
Ghanaian deputy High Commissioner to Zambia Braimah Adams Sidik says the drinking levels among Zambian youths is too high and Lusaka mayor Mulenga Sata says he is a reformed drinker. Speaking when he officiated at the launch of the 6th African youth and governance conference at Mika lodge on Thursday, Mulenga urged the youth […]
AFTER the confusion caused by the organisers of the Don Carlos Harvest Time Concerts which forced the annual Bob Marley memorial Show that is held around this time of the year to be postponed, the date for the Jah Night has been set. Organisers for the Don Carlos shows, Genius Riddims sparked confusion in the […]
Youth Vision Zambia executive director Amos Mwale has described the high number of teenage pregnancies in the country as a sad development. And Mwale says Kaoma is not the only district recording an increase in teen pregnancies. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education has deployed officials to investigate reports that 30 Kaoma High School pupils have […]
“THIS world demands the qualities of youth,” Robert Kennedy said, “not a time, not life, but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.” It can be said that if one has interest in […]