The technical committee appointed by government to audit the operations of the mines has today presented its findings to President Edgar Lungu. The Government Mining Industry Technical Audit Committee led by Dr. Sixtus Mulenga presented the findings to President Edgar Lungu at State House. Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda explained to President Lungu that the committee was constituted ...

President Edgar Lungu has advised civil servants against falling prey to fake promises being made to them by some opposition political party leaders. Speaking when he swore-in former Inspector General of Police Ephraim Mateyo as North Western Province Permanent Secretary, Emmanuel Mali as Public Policy Specialist at Cabinet Office and Owen Mugemezulu as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Higher ...

Ivory Coast international forward Gervinho has signed for Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune FC. The 28-year-old makes the switch from from Roma after spending two-and-a-half years at the Italian club. He scored scored 17 times in his 71 Serie A appearances for Roma, including six in 14 games this season. Gervinho, who has twice been voted his country’s ...

Rocky star Sylvester Stallone has added to his awards season success by being honoured at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The Montecito Award is given for an actor’s “great contribution to film”. The festival’s executive director Roger Durling praised Oscar-nominated Stallone for his comeback performance, in Creed, calling him a “true legend”. Previous recipients of the award include Daniel ...

French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has stepped down from her job, shortly before plans to strip people convicted of terrorism of their citizenship go before parliament. Ms Taubira was known to disagree with the controversial proposals. The citizenship plans were put forward after the 13 November Paris attacks in which 130 people were murdered. “Sometimes staying on is resisting, sometimes ...

President Edgar Lungu has directed Eastern Province Police Commissioner Alex Chilufya to arrest Friday Mwale, the man masquerading as Chief Tindi of the Kunda speaking people in Mambwe district. The Tindi chiefdom was abolished by the colonial masters, but Mr. Mwale has allegedly continued to perform functions of a Chief, despite having been convicted over the same offence. President Lungu ...

President Edgar Lungu has come up with a three-way strategic plan to enhance food security in the country. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says the first option is to grow irrigated maize, while the second option is for the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and the Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) to mop up ...

President Edgar Lungu says he has communicated with MMD President Dr. Nevers Mumba with the view of the PF and MMD working together in the August 11 elections. President Lungu says this is the only way they can achieve the 50 percent plus one threshold. He says the friendship between the MMD and PF is not new, hence the need ...

A bottled water company owned in part by Sean “Diddy” Combs and Mark Wahlberg is pledging to donate 1 million bottles of water to the residents of Flint, Michigan. Ahydrate says it’s sending 5,000 cases of water to Flint and will continue to provide bottles to residents until the city’s water problems are solved. The company says the water is ...

Tunisia coach, Hatem Missaoui, was full of praise for the home-based Carthage Eagles players after a resounding 5-0 drubbing of Niger in their last Group C game at the Regional Stadium in Kigali on Tuesday evening a win that took them to top of the group with five points.A vividly elated Missaoui hailed his players performance calling it 5 star ...