A man of Kitwe on the Copperbelt was last night electrocuted in a botched mission to steal ZESCO power cables. ZESCO Spokesperson Henry Kapata says Justice Mwaba of unknown address received electric shock as he attempted to steal Zesco cables from a transformer. Mr. Kapata says the victim sustained very serious chest and head burns. He says he is currently ...

Some Lusaka Youths have petitioned Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Patrick Matibini demanding action be taken against UPND Members of Parliament for shunning President Edgar Lungu’s address to parliament. In their petition to the Speaker, the youths contend that the boycott by UPND MPs is an insult to the people of Zambia hence the need to take action against ...

National Guidance and Religious Affairs Minister Godfridah Sumaili has announced tough measures to curb the mushrooming of false churches and prophets in the country. In a ministerial statement to Parliament today, Reverend Sumaili says her ministry is working with the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) and the ministry of commerce to make it mandatory through a legal instrument for ...

Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini was today bombarded with points of order by Members of Parliament mostly from the ruling Patriotic Front pertaining to the boycott of President Edgar Lungu’s state of the nation address by UPND Members of Parliament last Friday. Dr Matibini who acknowledged that the points of order raised were unprecedented was forced to put ...

The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has to date issued a total of 153 broadcasting licenses Countrywide. Of these 43 are TV licenses while 110 are radio licenses. Speaking during a quarterly media briefing in Lusaka, Acting IBA Director General Eustace Nkandu said of the issued licenses, Lusaka accounts for 39 TV stations and 28 radio stations. Mr. Nkandu says the ...

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) says small and medium sized enterprises were the most adversely affected sector by unprecedented load shedding that the country has recently experienced. According to a study conducted by the ERB, the persistent hours of load shedding experienced in 2015 affected business operations especially those that could not afford to purchase generators, solar panels and inverters. ...

ZESCO United Football Club have been pitted against reigning Nigerian Champions Enugu Rangers in the playoff round of the CAF Confederation Cup. This was during draws conducted at the CAF headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo today. The Nigerian champions dropped out of the CAF Champions league after losing 5-3 on aggregate to Egyptian giants ZAMALEK. ZESCO on the other ...

The Ministries of Defence and Home Affairs have instituted joint investigations into the death of the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) officer who died in police cells at Woodlands Police Station after being allegedly beaten by police officers. Speaking during a joint news conference in Lusaka today, Minister of Defence Davies Chama and his Home Affairs counterpart Steven Kampyongo have assured ...

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland’s former deputy first minister, has died aged 66. It is understood he had been suffering from a rare heart condition. The former IRA leader turned peacemaker worked at the heart of the power-sharing government following the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. He became deputy first minister in 2007, standing alongside Democratic Unionist Party leaders Ian ...

Opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) President Charles Milupi has charged that President Edgar Lungu’s State of the nation address was rhetorical rather than practical. Mr Milupi says the country is not at a point where government should make theoretical speeches. He says it was expected that President Lungu would bring out practical measures and not rhetoric in his ...