Manuel Pellegrini has enjoyed the twin boost of a new contract and 2014/15 Barclays Golden Boot winner Sergio Aguero returning to fitness ahead of Manchester City’s Barclays Premier League opener at West Bromwich Albion. On Friday, it was announced that Pellegrini, who guided City to the 2013/14 BPL title, had signed a new two-year deal running until the end of ...

The opposition Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) has called for consensus decision making on major challenges facing the country such as the current financial constraint. The ZED says this is especially that the financial deficit has resulted in government resorting to borrowing. ZED president Frederick Mutesa says there is need for every decision that is being made to be ...

Ballet dancer Jonathan Ollivier has been killed in a motorbike accident, his family said. The 38-year-old, from Northampton, died hours before he was due to perform in the final show of The Car Man at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. He was riding in central London when the accident happened, police said. His sister Rachel Ollivier wrote on Facebook that ...

Shots have been fired in Ferguson, Missouri, at a protest to mark the first anniversary of the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. St Louis County police said an officer was “involved in a shooting after coming under heavy gunfire” and that “two unmarked cars took shots”. Eyewitnesses reported seeing at least one injured person lying on the ground. ...

National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) has urged the Minister of Education to intervene in the issues obtaining at the University of Zambia (UNZA) suggesting that the lecturers want to withhold the results after marking the exams. NAQEZ Executive Director Aaron Chansa says if the lecturers withhold the results, it will cause impasse at the university thus precautionary ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) says Zambia needs leadership that will provide proper direction in addressing the challenges it is facing. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape notes that the country is currently facing a lot of challenges and requires leaders who are able to provide solutions as well as dialogue with the various stakeholders on how to go ...

Patriotic Front Media and Publicity Committee Vice Chairperson Sunday Chanda says Zambians should be assured that the entire Patriotic Front (PF) administration headed by President Lungu is still very committed to delivering a new constitution that will serves the people better. Mr. Chanda says the PF is cognisant of the fact that the constitution making process is a about consensus ...

Financial Analyst Mambo Hamaundu has reiterated his call on government to seriously ponder at diversifying Zambia’s economy away from Mining. Mr. Hamaundu is urging government to put its focus at growing the sectors of Agriculture and Tourism. He believes that Agriculture and Tourism have the potential of improving the economy. Mr. Hamaundu states that it is these two sectors he ...

Opposition Green Party President Peter Sinkamba says a broader mix of energy sources is what Zambia needs to meet its growing demand for power. Mr. Sinkamba says the broader mix of energy sources he is proposing should however be of independent power producers. He says this is especially that Zambia is increasingly attracting industrial investment whose pragmatic view is that ...