English National Opera has announced it is cutting ticket prices for its new season as it attempts to secure its financial future. ENO’s 2015-16 programme includes six new productions and five revivals, with 50% of all tickets reduced in price. Announcing the new line-up, artistic director John Berry admitted the ENO faced “difficult financial times”. The organisation was placed under ...

The Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health says preparations for the African vaccination week for rotavirus is progressing well. Chief Immunization Officer for expanded programmes Elicah Kamiji explains that the Africa vaccination week which begins this Friday is aimed at giving life to infants and children by protecting them from diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia. Dr. Kamiji ...

Tesco has reported the worst results in its history with a record statutory pre-tax loss of £6.4bn for the year to the end of February. That compares with annual pre-tax profit of £2.26bn a year earlier. It is the biggest loss suffered by a UK retailer and one of the largest in the country’s corporate history. Around £4.7bn of the ...

Kitwe District Commissioner Chanda Kabwe has hailed government commitment to creating a conducive environment for investment. Mr. Kabwe says government has shown that its doors are always open for dialogue with investors in the country. He notes that investment is booming in Kitwe owing to the conducive investment climate government has created in the country. Mr Kabwe says it is ...

Information and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister Forrie Tembo says government is fulfilling its promise to open up the airwaves to allow television and radio stations with capacity to expand to other parts of the county to do so. Mr. Tembo says the PF government’s agenda is to enhance the free flow of information to the public. He says since the ...

The Grand Coalition on the people driven constitution in Eastern Province, has called on Government to provide a clear direction on the Constitution making process. Grand Coalition Provincial Chairperson Maxson Nkhoma in a statement says it is his perceived view that Government, should have by now started facilitating for a national plan of action leading up to national consensus building ...

Gender Minister Nkahas attributed Zambia’s failure to meet some Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) to the inability to deal with the issue of gender disparity in the country. Professor Luo says had the country dealt with the issue of gender disparity where men and women have equal opportunities to participate in decision making; the MGDs on the reduction of poverty would ...

The Zambian Voice has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to choose what kind of legacy he wants to leave in the fight against corruption. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali has told a media briefing in Lusaka this morning that his organisation is particularly surprised that despite being aware of the corruption allegations against his aide Kaizer Zulu, President Lungu who promised ...

Chief Mumena of the Kaonde speaking in Solwezi district says the Zambian people should feel the benefits coming from the country’s mineral resources. Chief Mumena says the people of Solwezi want to feel the benefits coming from the mines in the area. He says it unfair for the local people not to benefit from the mineral wealth in their area. ...

St Mary’s Catholic School in Lusaka are the overall winners of the Zamtel “Zamspell it” schools spelling competition season one. Speaking during the prize presentation ceremony today Zamtel Chief Executive Officer Mubanga Mwanakatwe says Zamtel is impressed with the performance of all the schools that participated in the season one competition. Mr Mwanakatwe notes that Zamspell it has been an ...