Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri says his team need to be “fiendish” to beat Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final. Allegri, whose team are playing in their second final in three years after losing to Barcelona in 2015, said Real start as favourites but his team were capable of pulling off a surprise. “We have worked hard all year and ...

Ticketmaster has asked for fans to be patient as it works through the applications for One Love Manchester. Ariana Grande, Little Mix and Justin Bieber are among the stars at Sunday’s concert, which will benefit the victims of the Manchester suicide bombing. Fans who were at Grande’s show on the night of the attack have been offered free places to ...

China, the EU and India, which along with the US make up the four biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, have restated their commitment to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. Top EU official Donald Tusk said at a summit with China that Brussels and Beijing would step up co-operation. Mr Trump announced the US was leaving for economic reasons, ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency(RTSA) has suspended the road service license for Kapena Bus Company for violating the conditions upon which the operator’s license was granted. The Agency has since given the bus company 24 hours to cease operations. On 23rd  May, 2017, a Scania Marcopolo Bus registration number ABP 6303 operating under a road service license No. 163140 ...

Ministry of Labour and Social Security Permanent Secretary Barnaby Mulenga says government has identified the informal sector as one of the avenues to combating the menace of unemployment in the country. Speaking when he officiated at the Tripartite Plus Dialogue on the Youth Future of Work organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Lusaka today, Mr. Mulenga says government ...

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda has disclosed that the authority has raised over K480.9 million in revenue from January to May this year. And Mr. Chanda has also disclosed that the authority has so far raised K105 million from the amnesty on tax defaulters which was launched in April. The ZRA Commissioner General said this when Finance ...

Chilanga Member of Parliament Keith Mukata who is facing a murder charge has been committed to the High Court for trial. Lusaka Magistrate Irene Wishimanga committed Mr Mukata and his wife Charmine Musonda to the High court after Director of Public Prosecutions Lillian Siyuni issued the certificate of committal. Mr Mukata and his wife are accused of shooting dead Namakau ...

The Centre for Trade policy and Development is concerned with the growing negative publicity of Zambia which has now penetrated international media such as Al jazeera, Bloomberg, and the Daily Nation in Kenya among others. CTPD acting Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo says the negative political outlook has the potential to negatively affect the country’s credit ratings, which may in turn ...

People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) President Andyford Banda says revelations by the Financial Intelligence Center on suspicious financial transactions recorded in 2016 shows the lack of commitment by the PF Government to seal all corruption loopholes. Mr. Banda says President Edgar Lungu and his administration should simply accept that they lack political will to fight corruption. He says the fact ...

The Small and Medium Contractors Association of Zambia has called for equal distribution of contracts by government to foreign and local contractors. Association President Mutale Mpepo says it is worrying and unfair that the government prefers foreign contractors at the expense of the local ones. Mr Mpepo says it is very clear that giving foreign contractors contracts has less benefit ...