The Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) is concerned that the meeting it had with government on the concerns raised by doctors that almost led to a strike has not yielded any tangible results. RDAZ President Dr. Francis Mupeta explains that what the Doctors were asking for was something within government’s reach such as the normalization of salaries, settling arrears, ...

The goals continued to flow for Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic and AS Roma’s Edin Dzeko as they bagged hat-tricks to help their teams take commanding leads in the first legs of their Europa League last 32 ties on Thursday. United swept aside St Etienne 3-0 at Old Trafford and Roma made light work of last season’s semifinalists Villarreal with a ...

A suicide attack in a popular shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 72 people, police say. The bomber blew himself up among devotees in the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province, police said. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has condemned the attack, which has been claimed by so-called Islamic State. ...

The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) has cautioned government against making any reversals of what was announced in the 2017 national budget. EAZ president Chrispin Mphuka says government should be mindful that the inertia in implementing its pronouncements can send serious negative signals to the market. Dr. Mphuka says failure, for example, to leave the market for the procurement of ...

Tourism and Arts Minister Charles Banda is saddened by the illicit activities taking place in Lochinvar National Park. Speaking after touring the wildlife sanctuary yesterday, Mr. Banda noted that there are a lot of illegalities taking place in the area. Mr. Banda also observed that the park is highly encroached coupled with a poaching problem. He says it is for ...

Youth and Sport Minister Moses Mawere says government is committed to addressing the challenges facing youths in the country. Mr. Mawere says government is aware that young people are facing a number of challenges and is coming up with interventions to support young people so that they turn out to be responsible adults. He says some of the programmes the ...

Gender Minister Victoria Kalima says Zambia has made notable achievements in ending child marriage from the time the campaign against the practice was launched in 2013. Speaking during an orientation workshop on child marriage for ministries in Lusaka this morning, Ms. Kalima however, notes that despite the achievements made, child marriages have continued with 31 percent of girls being married ...

ZESCO Limited has dismissed social media reports suggesting that the country will experience a total blackout for three days this month to pave way for routine maintenance. ZESCO National Spokesperson Henry Kapata has described the memo circulating on social media as fake and misleading. Mr. Kapata says to the contrary, the power utility is in fact stabilizing in terms of ...

All People’s Congress (APC) president Nason Msoni has charged that the action of the police at post newspaper in liquidation editor-in-chief Fred M’membe’s residence last evening was barbaric. Mr. Msoni says what the country witnessed yesterday at Mr. M’membe’s residence can only be likened to the infamous Criminal behavior of the Janjaweed militia of Sudan invading and attacking the innocent ...

A decision on the future of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will be made at the end of the season – but a new contract remains on the table. Despite Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 first-leg thrashing at Bayern Munich, there is currently no prospect of Wenger leaving before the summer. It is expected the decision for him to stay or leave ...