Workers at the National Housing Authority (NHA) have gone with salaries for three months as government agencies owe the authority huge sums of money. NHA acting Chief Executive Officer Waicha Ndhlovu revealed this when Special Assistance to the President for project monitoring and implementation Lucky Mulusa visited the NHA offices this morning. Mrs. Ndhlovu says the Authority is K9 million ...

The World Bank has attributed the high debt pressure the Zambian economy is facing is due to the huge fiscal deficits of 2015. World Bank Country Economist Gregory Smith says his bank has taken note that government’s overall external debt GDP ratios has significantly increased owing to the Eurobonds government issued and the rapid depreciation of the Kwacha last year. ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has with immediate effect suspended the Road Service License for Aubrey M’membe of Kabwe the owner of the bus in which 25 people died after colliding with a Wada Chovu bus along the Great North Road. And the Agency has given Wada Chovu Transport a seven days ultimatum to show cause why their ...

Government has rescinded the decision to abolish meal allowances for University of Zambia and Copperbelt University students. Higher Education Minister Michael Kaingu in February announced in Parliament that government had abolished payment of meal allowances to students following students riots at the two institutions. But Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili has told a media briefing in Lusaka today that government ...

The Zambia Association of Musicians (ZAM) has called on musicians in the country to help promote peace and unity as the country draws nearer to the August 11th elections. ZAM President Njoya Tembo says musicians should denounce all forms of violence through music so that the nation can hold peaceful polls. He notes that musicians have a huge role to ...

More than 15,000 small scale and commercial farmers will converge in Chisamba for the 2016 Agri-tech expo Zambia from the 14th to 16th April. And more than 145 local and international farming technology and service providers will during the same expo showcase their products in what organizers are saying is the largest of such an event in the Southern African ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) is concerned with the continued reports of attempted maize and mealie meal smuggling. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape says it was expected that by now, a lasting solution would have been found to curb the vice. Mr. Mwape notes that it is only a few days ago when government banned the export of ...

Danny Willett claimed a shock Masters win with a superb five-under-par 67 as 2015 champion Jordan Spieth crumbled during a thrilling final round. The Englishman, 28, won his first major by three shots on five under to become the first British victor in 20 years. Overnight leader Spieth, 22, led by five shots as he approached the 10th at Augusta, ...

Former drug smuggler turned author Howard Marks has died at the age of 70. Marks, from Kefig Hill, Bridgend county, announced last year he had been diagnosed with inoperable bowel cancer. Jailed in the US in 1990 after being convicted of smuggling cannabis, he recalled his exploits in a best-selling autobiography, Mr Nice, which was later made into a film ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has made a historic visit to the Hiroshima memorial in Japan, which commemorates the world’s first atomic bombing. He is the first US secretary of state to ever visit Hiroshima, where around 140,000 were killed when the US dropped its atomic bomb in 1945. Mr Kerry was joined by foreign ministers from the G7 ...