The opposition National Restoration Party (NAREP) has advised the ruling Patriotic Front against abusing Parliament during the duration of the suspension of 48 UPND Members of Parliament. NAREP Spokesperson Bwalya Nondo says PF Members of Parliament should not turn Parliament into a PF Secretariat by taking advantage of the absence of UPND MPs and come up with bills that will ...

THE International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) has noted the need to make agriculture smart and pleasurable in order to attract youths as part of agricultural transformation. Speaking recently when she presented a paper on the Global status of commercialised Biotech/Genetically Modified crops during a communication training workshop for media practitioners from selected COMESA countries on Biotechnology ...

South Africa surrendered an 18-match unbeaten record after losing 2-1 at home to Zambia on Tuesday in an international friendly match in northwestern village Moruleng. Lebogang Manyama nodded South Africa ahead on 23 minutes,Brian Mwila fired Zambia level after 72 minutes and Lubinda Mundia snatched the winner 11 minutes from time. the hastily arranged match followed contrasting weekend results for ...

A jury deliberating Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial has again heard excerpts of his testimony from a 2005-06 civil case involving his accuser. Andrea Constand claims the US comedian drugged and molested her at his Philadelphia home in 2004. Mr Cosby’s lawyers argue the sex was consensual. The jurors entered a second day of deliberations after failing to reach a ...

A huge fire has raged through the night at a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes. The fire at Grenfell Tower on the Lancaster West Estate was reported at 00:54 BST and about 200 firefighters are still tackling the blaze. London Ambulance said 30 people are receiving hospital treatment. The ...

Zambia Council for Social Development Executive Director Lewis Mwape has called for the tabling of important bills such as the access to information bill and the budget and planning bill following resumption of parliamentary sittings. Mr. Mwape says these two bills are some of the most critical bills whose lack of enactment has affected the social and economic development of ...

The Poultry Association of Zambia-PAZ says there has been increase in poultry production in view of the stability in electricity supply. PAZ Executive Director Dominic Chanda has told QTV news that load shedding had negatively affected the sector, as many stock feed firms resorted to using other energy sources which were quite expensive. Mr Chanda says the stability in power ...

Equatorial Guinea coach Esteban Becker has become the first casualty of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying after a 3-0 loss in Senegal at the weekend. A national football federation spokesman in the small, oil-rich central African state confirmed Tuesday that the out-of-contract Argentine would not be offered a new one. The 52-year-old made a sensational start as coach of ...

Finance Minister Felix Mutati says there is need for all stakeholders to work together to make the Zambia plus economic recovery plan a success. Mr. Mutati says injection of fear and emotions will not help the country’s economy to recover. He says what is motivating is the fact that the nation is receiving more and more support from development partners ...

Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has suspended 48 of the 58 UPND Members of Parliament for 30 days effective today, 13th June,2017 for boycotting President Edgar Lungu’s address to the house on 17th March, 2017. Ten other UPND Members of Parliament had obtained leave of absence from Parliament. Making a ruling on the unauthorized absence by UPND Members ...