Twenty two thousand defunct companies face deregistration by the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA). PACRA Chief Executive Officer and Registrar Anthony Bwembya says the companies and businesses face deregistration for failing to remit annual returns. Mr Bwembya says the twenty two thousand companies and businesses have been dormant for quite some time. He says this came to light when ...

The Livingstone City Council (LCC) says it is doing everything possible to control street vending in the city in a bid to keep the tourist capital clean. LCC Public Relations Manager Emmanuel Sikanyika notes that street vending is one of the problems most local authorities are facing in the country and calls for effective modalities to control it. Mr. Sikanyika ...

Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD) has commended government for allocating K7.5million for re-employment of retrenched workers and payment of terminal benefits for retired workers of the Zambia Council for the Handicapped. ZAPD Director for Rehabilitation and Research Mwiya Muya says government has shown true leadership by paying attention to the concerns of persons with disabilities. Mr. Muya says ...

Schalke have suspended Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sidney Sam indefinitely following Sunday’s 2-0 loss at Cologne. Ex-Ghana forward Boateng, 28, played 59 minutes of the Bundesliga match while Germany winger Sam, 27, was absent. The club, managed by former Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo, blamed a “lack of mutual trust” and told both players they can find new teams. Midfielder Marco ...

The Patriotic Front has been reminded that it won the 2011 election on the platform of promoting a free media and enacting the Access to Information (ATI) bill into law. Press Freedom Committee of the Post Chairperson Namatama Mundia in a statement says it is the duty of the PF government to implement what Zambians demand. Ms Mundia says government ...

Ant and Dec have picked up two prizes at the Bafta Television Awards for the second year in a row. The duo won best entertainment show and best entertainment performance for their ITV show Saturday Night Takeaway. Picking up their first prize, Ant McPartlin told the audience: “What a great start to the show – for us. We’re delighted with ...

Prime Minister David Cameron is completing his cabinet reshuffle, with a number of leading female ministers being handed big promotions. Amber Rudd is Energy and Climate Change Secretary while Anna Soubry and Priti Patel will attend Cabinet as small business and employment ministers. Boris Johnson will not be made a minister but will attend separate Tory “political cabinet” meetings. Mr ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has charged that Zambia’s image in the international business arena has been damaged as a result of PF policy inconsistencies and uncertainty. Mr Hichilema says the over US$2 billion in Foreign Direct Investment Zambia recorded in 2013 is being threatened by policy inconsistencies. In his weekly policy issue, Mr Hichilema cites ...

Opposition MMD youths have called on Zambian politicians to emulate the morality British politicians have exhibited following that general election. MMD National youth Secretary Bowman Lusambo is calling upon politicians in the country to particularly take lessons from how UK political party leaders have been magnanimous to resign after losing in an election in which British Prime Minister David Cameron ...

The opposition United Liberal Party (ULP) has encouraged President Edgar Lungu not to allow irresponsible media take away the greater good of enacting into law the Access to Information Bill. ULP president Sakwiba Sikota says much as he sympathizes with President Lungu’s national security concerns, he thinks that the Access to Information Bill should still be made law. Mr. Sikota ...