Six (6) South Africans and one (1) Zimbabwean arrested by the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) on October 9, 2015, for attempting to smuggle sables to South Africa have by convicted by the Monze Magistrate Court. The six all adult males, namely: Francoise Petrus Grobler, 24, a wildlife relocator, Stephanus Potgieter, 56, a commercial farmer, Pieter Schalk Glrobler, 32, a wildlife ...

Government says the challenges the country is currently facing especially in the energy sector present an opportunity for the nation to address the structural challenges and binding constraints to growth. In a speech read on her behalf by Secretary to the Cabinet Rowland Msiska at the launch of the World Bank’s sixth Zambia economic brief this morning, Vice President Inonge ...

  President Edgar Lungu has reiterated that he will not protect anyone found wanting by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). President Lungu says he will not interfere in the operations of the Anti Corruption Commission in their quest to curb corruption in the country. Speaking during the commemoration of International Anti-corruption Day in Lusaka today, President Lungu says he will ...

Gemstones and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (GAWUZ) President Sifuniso Banda bemoaned the difficulties Gemstone mine owners are facing in accessing loans from banks and other lending institutions. He has since appealed to the Government to help create an enabling environment for Gemstone and other small scale mines to access loans from banking institutions. Mr. Banda notes that once the ...

Venezuelan electoral authorities have confirmed that the opposition has won a key two-thirds majority, enabling it to challenge President Nicolas Maduro. The opposition said it would work to release jailed opposition leaders and address the country’s economic crisis. Mr Maduro has announced a cabinet reshuffle but vowed to veto any amnesty law for jailed politicians. The election result is the ...

Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric undermines US national security by boosting the Islamic State (IS) group, the Pentagon has warned. The leading Republican presidential candidate has said Muslims should be banned from entering the US, in the wake of the deadly California attacks. But Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said such talk “bolsters Isil’s narrative”, referring to IS. There has been ...

Political Activist Dante Saunders has advised political parties without membership cards to come up with membership cards as part of efforts to end political violence in the country. Mr. Saunders notes that it is difficult to know genuine members of certain political parties in times of political violence considering that some political parties do not have membership cadres. He says ...

Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday after a 3-2 defeat at Wolfsburg, as the Germans punched their ticket to the last 16 along with Group B rivals PSV Eindhoven. Louis van Gaal’s United made a promising start at the Volkswagen Arena as Anthony Martial handed them a 10th-minute lead but the Red Devils’ poor defending at ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama has ruled out the possibility of President Edgar Lungu calling early election in 2016. Mr. Chama says it is the ruling party’s absolute intention to govern for a full five-year term. He says those suggesting that President Lungu intends to call early elections are merely being malicious and jittery. Mr. Chama says the ruling ...