Two South Korean companies have shown interest to invest in the Zambian mining and energy industries as soon as they conclude consultations. Representatives from KEPCO KPS and LG International disclosed their interests when they met Zambia’s High Commissioner-Designate to South Africa, Emmanuel Mwamba in Pretoria yesterday. KEPCO KPS Chief Representative, Jason Lee told the High Commissioner that his company had ...

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) says the power deficit the country is facing is a wake-up call on the need to come up with cost reflective electricity tariffs. ERB Executive Director Langiwe Lungu says the electricity crisis is also what the country needed to begin to appreciate other alternative sources of energy. Ms Lungu says the electricity crisis is also ...

Bayern Munich’s chief executive has warned of a growing “transfer tsunami” if the Bundesliga cannot compete with the Premier League’s spending power. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge wants Germany’s TV rights deal to be worth closer to the record £5.136bn the Premier League will receive over the next three years. Premier League clubs spent a record £870m on transfers this summer, compared to ...

KIAN Egan and Jodi Albert have had their first holiday as a family of 4. The pair took their sons Koa and Zekey for some quality time together in the sun. Jodi took to social media to share some truly adorable snaps from their family break. One showed former Westlife star Kian cradling the 3 month old as he and ...

The Lusaka Fast Track Court for Traffic Offences has convicted over one thousand motorists for abrogating various road traffic regulations over the past three months. Road Transport and Safety Agency Information Officer Fredrick Mubanga says a total number of eight motorists are currently serving jail sentences for committing different road traffic offences. Mr Mubanga says some sentences were custodial while ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has demanded that Government clearly demonstrates its commitment to enacting the proposed constitutional amendments by not introducing any other Bills other than the Budget, so that Parliament can devote all its time to discussing the Constitution and the 2016 Budget. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka today, YALI President Andrew Nthewewe has reminded ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has urged the Zambia National Soccer Team to remain focused and ensure that they win Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya. Speaking when he visited the Team during their afternoon training session at Heroes Stadium yesterday, President Lungu says he will be going to Kenya on the 11th of September and that it will ...

A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off at a refugee camp to the west of the capital. Hungarian MPs face a key vote later on whether to tighten border controls as ...

David Cameron is expected to announce plans later to increase the number of refugees being allowed into the UK. The extra refugees are expected to come from UN camps bordering Syria, and not from among people already in Europe. No specific figure has been agreed, but Mr Cameron has previously said the UK would continue to take in “thousands”. The ...

The Zambia Prisons Service is confident that the agricultural equipment President Edgar Lungu launched at Kabwe’s Mukobeko Maximum Prison will help in boosting agriculture production. Zambia Prisons Service Deputy Commission General Dr. Chileshe Chisela says the service will continue to work hard in ensuring that production is boosted for the benefit of the nation. Dr. Chisela says the service is ...