Findings of the first ever National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in Zambia conducted at a cost of US$4.6 million have revealed that the Copperbelt and Lusaka provinces have the majority of TB cases. Speaking during the launch of the survey report conducted between August 2013 and September 2014 in Lusaka today, Health Minister Joseph Kasonde says Muchinga and Eastern provinces recorded ...

Stephen Colbert has made his debut as the new host of the Late Show on US TV network CBS, succeeding David Letterman who retired in May after 33 years. Hollywood actor George Clooney and Republican White House contender Jeb Bush were among Colbert’s first guests. The former host of Comedy Central’s satire programme, The Colbert Report, opened the show with ...

US Open Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York, Dates: 31 August-13 September Coverage: Live radio and text commentary on selected matches. Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka will meet in an all-Swiss semi-final at the US Open after impressive wins over Richard Gasquet and Kevin Anderson. Seventeen-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer did not face a single break point as he beat ...

The Traditional Health Practitioners Association of Zambia (THPAZ) has applauded the government for coming up with a Bill to regulate and control traditional healers in the country. THAZ President Rodwell Vongo says the association has been waiting for this bill for over 35 years, and therefore the PF Government deserves commendation for the move. Dr Vongo says his association has ...

Hungary’s army has begun exercises to prepare for a possible future role in guarding the southern border to try to stem the influx of migrants. Budapest plans to send soldiers to help police at the border where thousands of migrants arrive from Serbia every day. A new razor-wire barrier is already being built along the frontier. MPs are expected to ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has hinted that it plans to shun this year’s 51st independence celebrations in protest at the current economic hardships Zambians are facing. The opposition political party feels it does not make sense to wine and dine at State functions when a majority of the people in the country are struggling to survive. ...

Bweengwa Member of Parliament Highvie Hamududu has observed the government needs to come up with radical solutions to the challenges facing the country. Mr Hamududu says there is need for Zambia to move away from resolving challenges on short term basis. He has observed that currently people in the country appear to be simplistic in their approach to addressing challenges ...

Former Commerce Minister in the MMD Government Felix Mutati says the only viable investment Zambia can presently make in the energy sector is through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). Mr. Mutati has advised that if government is therefore going to use the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to raise funds to invest in the country’s energy sector PPPs should be the way ...

Opposition People’s Party President Mike Mulongoti has called for politics of unity and development in the country. Mr. Mulongoti says there is need for politicians in the country to reconcile and unity in order for the nation to be able to achieve sustainable development. He says reconciliation and forgiveness are the cornerstones of unity and development in the nation. He ...