The Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) has restated that the core to having a stable and sustainable Kwacha solely lies in diversifying Zambia’s economy. ZAM Chief Executive Officer Maybin Nsupila says the country needs to diversify its export production base and its source of export revenue in terms of foreign exchange. Mr. Nsupila states that therefore nothing President Edgar Lungu ...

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he only worked with four players he considered to be world class during his 26 years there. The Scot won two Champions League and 13 Premier League titles at the club. From those successful teams, he says midfielder Paul Scholes and attacking trio Eric Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs were his ...

EU ministers are to meet to try to resolve a dispute over how to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers who have recently arrived in Europe. A group of central European states is resisting calls for EU members to accept mandatory quotas. Hungary, which takes one of the strongest lines on the issue, has said European borders are under threat. The arrival ...

Kitwe District Commissioner Chanda Kabwe has described late Kitwe based prominent Prophet Emmanuel Nyirongo who died in a tragic road accident in the early hours of Sunday along the Kitwe-Ndola dual carriageway as an inspirational clergyman to both the young and old in Zambia. Mr Kabwe says Zambia has lost a gallant son of the soil who was keen to ...

The Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) has welcomed the splitting of the Ministry of Education into two ministries saying the move will result in improved efficiency in service delivery. ZNUT Public Relations Manager, Joe Kasaka says the formation of Ministry of General Education and the Ministry of Higher Education will help the respective ministries improve service provision in the ...

Opposition Political Parties have expressed mixed feelings over the move by government to come up with a Political Parties Act aimed at regulating the operations of political parties in the country. Some parties feel the Act is aimed at weakening the opposition political parties, while others feel the Act will bring sanity in the manner politics are done in the ...