The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has strongly condemned recent attacks on the Judiciary by Presidential Press Aide Amos Chanda. LAZ president Linda Kasonde says Mr. Chanda’s statement made during the ZNBC TV program Sunday Interview appears to have suggested that any ruling made by the Courts against a Member of Parliament from the ruling PF is not in the ...

A Tanzanian driver has died on the spot while 49 passengers escaped death when a fuel tanker collided with a Mazhandu bus in an accident that occurred along the Ndola/Kapiri Mposhi road in Kapiri Mposhi district Zambia Police Service Public Relations Officer Esther Mwaata-Katongo says the accident happened last night around 19:00 hours at Katanino forest area in Kapiri District. ...

Teenager Ben Woodburn eclipsed Michael Owen as Liverpool’s youngest goalscorer as the Reds edged past Championship side Leeds United in the EFL Cup quarter-finals at Anfield. The Premier League hosts huffed and puffed before Divock Origi stole behind the Leeds defence to sweep in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s right-wing cross from close range. They secured a place in the last four when ...

A piece of music handwritten by Gustav Mahler has broken the record for the highest price for a musical manuscript sold at auction. The composer’s Second Symphony, which spans 232 pages, fetched £4.5m at Sotheby’s on Tuesday morning. But a controversial score which the auction house said was handwritten by Beethoven failed to sell. The authenticity of the manuscript for ...

The director of the CIA has warned US President-elect Donald Trump that ending the Iran nuclear deal would be “disastrous” and “the height of folly”. In a BBC interview, John Brennan also advised the new president to be wary of Russia’s promises, blaming Moscow for much of the suffering in Syria. In his campaign, Mr Trump threatened to scrap the ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has bemoaned the low participation of Zambians in capital markets. Acting SEC Secretary and Chief Executive Officer Diana Sichone says the commission has established that this is owing to ignorance about the benefits of long term investments among the Zambian people. Mrs. Sichone says to this effect, SEC through its Capital Markets Development mandate ...

Kabwe Central Member of Parliament Tutwa Ngulube says the levels of Lead poisoning in the district have reached levels of being a death trap. Mr Ngulube says Lead poisoning is now a major contributor to the high death rate in Kabwe town. He says the people living near the closed Lead and Zinc Mine are dying every day and night ...

The Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) has attributed policy inconsistency in the mining sector to lack of wider consultations with relevant stakeholders by government. The Organization is of the view that if government engages relevant stakeholders in policy formulation and implementation, the country cannot witness the inconsistencies seen in the mining sector. SARW Executive Director Edward Lange has told QTV ...

French Ambassador to Zambia Emmanuel Cohet says plans by government to move to cost reflective electricity tariffs will promote investment in Zambia’s energy sector. Finance Minister Felix Mutati announced in his 2017 budget speech that government will by the end of 2017 move to cost reflective tariffs to attract private sector investment. Mr Cohet says the move by government to ...

Electoral Expert McDonald Chipenzi says the statement attributed to Presidential press aide Amos Chanda on the judiciary makes sad readings. Mr. Chipenzi says attacks from people like Mr. Chanda tend to have a chilling effect on the judges especially the weak one’s considering that his statement has blessings from the appointing authority. He notes that Mr. Chanda’s statement has undermined ...