Government has assured people in the rural areas of the Country of its protection from the adverse effects that will arise from this year’s poor rainfall pattern. Vice President Inonge Wina says government is aware that people in the rural areas that depend on rainfall fade farming are the most vulnerable to this varying rainfall pattern. Ms. Wina who is ...

Special Assistant to the President for Project Implementation and Monitoring Lucky Mulusa has urged contractors to endeavor to use local materials in their construction works. Speaking during a media breakfast on the Statutory Instrument No. 39 of 2015 of the National Council for Construction regulations, Mr. Mulusa says importing of material inputs should be the last option and only in ...

Government has reiterated its commitment to improving the Zambian business climate and economy through the promotion of investment and private sector development. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says government is keen to enhance private sector led growth in the country. Speaking during the launch of the Zambia International Investment Forum 2016 in Lusaka this morning, Ms.Mwanakatwe said government ...

President Edgar Lungu has directed Patriotic Front members to stop commenting on tribalism. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya has told Journalists that the President’s directive is in order that the ruling party is not construed to be peddling tribalism. Father Bwalya has emphasized that this does not mean that the ruling party is peddling tribalism in the country. He states ...

George Lwandamina has refused to get emotional ahead of Zambia’s derby showdown against Zimbabwe at the 2016 African Nations Championship (Chan). Zambia and Zimbabwe will meet in both sides’ opening Group D match in Rwanda on January 19. The match will be the first time the two trans-Zambezi rivals will face each other in a Caf continental competition. However, Zambia ...

Zanaco are happy to have received an invitation from Zesco United, to play in next week’s four-club pre-season international tournament in Ndola. The 2015 season runners-up will face hosts and Faz Super League defending champions Zesco United, Tanzanian club Azam including a yet to be named fourth side in a round-robin tournament that will run from January 23-26 at Levy ...

KIM Kardashian could be revealing the first photo of Saint West on television. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, who famously welcomed first child North West on her mum Kris Jenner‘s chat show, could be ready to show off her newborn son any day now. Speaking to E! News, sister Khloe Kardashian said Kim is ready to release the much anticipated ...

Rene Angelil, the husband and former manager of Celine Dion, has died aged 73, the singer has announced. Mr Angelil, who Dion married in 1994 and with whom she has three children, died at home in Las Vegas from cancer. Dion took two career breaks to look after Mr Angelil after he was diagnosed with throat cancer, first in 2000. ...

A bus taking passengers to a ski resort in central Japan has veered off a mountain road, killing 14 people and injuring 27. The bus, with 41 people on board, was travelling overnight from Tokyo to a resort in Nagano prefecture. The accident happened near the town of Karuizawa early on Friday. It is not immediately clear what caused the ...

Health officials in Sierra Leone have confirmed a death from Ebola, hours after the World Health Organization declared the West Africa outbreak over. The country was declared free of the virus on 7 November, and the region as a whole was cleared when Liberia was pronounced Ebola-free on Thursday. But two tests conducted on a person who died in northern ...