By SHARON ZULU
THE Patriotic Front (PF) says it has the muscle to challenge the UPND in the 2026 general elections.
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By MICHAEL MIYOBA
FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) National Division One League outfit Chipata United FC has suspended head coach Esau Zulu for alleged insubordination.
According to a statement signed by the general secretary Aaron Mwale, Zulu was not cooperating with the club executive committee which he wanted its chairman to dissolve.
The club also accused Zulu of leaking information to the media without permission and going beyond his limit to discuss confidential issues in public, leading to misinformation to the public.
“Chipata United management have finally suspended their head coach Esau Chalo Zulu until further notice,” Mwale said in a statement.
The executive committee has given Zulu seven days to exculpate himself.
Mwale confirmed that Technical Director Kennedy Banda will lead the team in the absence of Zulu.
“Let’s remain united for the good purpose of the club,” Mwale said.
Efforts to get a comment from Zulu proved futile as his phone went unanswered.
Chipata United are in the relegation zone on the National Division One league table where they are 16th on the 18-team log with 16 points from three wins, seven draws and five losses in the first 15 games.
…to grow the economy and reduce poverty
ZAMBIA should take steps to earn more money from foreign mining companies digging copper and other minerals in the country to grow the economy and reduce poverty, Anthony Mukwita has said.
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By MICHAEL MIYOBA
COPPER Queens captain Barbra Banda says she is proud to have scooped the IFFHS award of Women’s World Best International Goal Scorer in 2023.
Banda became the third player to win the IFFHS award of Women’s World Best International Goal Scorer after Australian Ellen White in 2021 Barcelona star Samantha Kerr who claimed the 2022 award.
Banda, who scored 15 goals for the Copper Queens last year hailed her teammates for helping her score the goals.
“Happy to be the third player to win the IFFHS award of Women’s World Best International Goal Scorer in 2023. Following in the footsteps of Women’s Football legends Ellen White (2021) and Samantha Kerr,” Banda said in a post on her official social media accounts.
“Thank you to all my teammates for the service and the coaches for the trust and guidance, to the fans. Thank you for always being there for us as a team, this is for all of you,” Banda said.
Meanwhile, Copper Queens striker Rachel Kundananji was ranked fifth on the World Best International Goal Scorers rankings after she scored 12 goal for Zambia in 2023.
The Madrid CFF striker had a similar record with Malawian international Temwa Chawinga who scored 12 goals last year and was ranked fourth.
Samantha Kerr, ranked eighth in 2021 and number one in 2022 finished the latest rankings on third position after she scored 13 goals, one goal behind second-ranked Salma Paralluelo, the Barcelona star who scored 14 goals for Spain in 2023.
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How deeply someone can be hypnotized—known as hypnotizability—appears to be a stable trait that changes little throughout adulthood, much like personality and IQ. But now, for the first time, Stanford Medicine researchers have demonstrated a way to temporarily heighten hypnotizablity—potentially allowing more people to access the benefits of hypnosis-based therapy.
By MICHAEL MIYOBA
TANZANIA-BASED Chipolopolo striker Kennedy Musonda says being selected in the final 27-member squad that will represent the country at the Ivory Coast AFCON is a dream come true.
The former Green Eagles and Power Dynamos striker who now features for Young Africans FC said he was ready to represent the country diligently after making the final 27-member squad that will compete in Group F alongside Morocco, Tanzania and Congo DR.
“It is an honour to be part of the team. It is something you just dream of when you are a kid and to finally make it is something I can’t explain. Its humbling,” Musonda said.
“The local camp experience was good, so much quality in the squad even the players who didn’t make it, it was nerve wreaking when they were putting up the board just to hear the names of who was going to the AFCON and who wasn’t. It was a good experience it was a good camp. I was optimistic, it was a surprise yes but I think I was ready and prepared and it feels good to be part of the squad,” Musonda said.
Asked about the possibilities of him playing a game at the AFCON, Msonda said; “I’m ready for anything. We have a good squad and when it comes to playing, we just leave everything in the coach’s hands because he is the one who is going to analyse who can play better at one time and for me I’m ready for anything.”
Musonda is hopeful that the international camp in Saudi Arabia will help the Chipolopolo boys to understand their strengths and weaknesses as they prepare for the AFCON.
He said the AFCON is not about names and the team that wants it more will win it.
“The AFCON is not about names like it used to be in the past, it’s all about who has a bigger heart and more passion, more desire to win. If and when we put in more desire, I don’t think names really matter. We also have good players in the squad. The most important thing is our desire, our passion and working together as a team,” he said.
Musonda encouraged fans to rally behind the Chipolopolo and give them the extra push needed to make the country proud at the AFCON which will run from January 13 to February 11.
Overwhelming fear, sweaty palms, shortness of breath, rapid heart rate—these are the symptoms of a panic attack, which people with panic disorder have frequently and unexpectedly. Creating a map of the regions, neurons, and connections in the brain that mediate these panic attacks can provide guidance for developing more effective panic disorder therapeutics.
New study reveals striking similarities in synaptic abnormalities and behavioral patterns between male and female mouse models of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study challenges the traditional focus on male subjects in ASD research and highlights the critical importance of including both sexes in investigations.