Former Lusaka Mayor and local government association of Zambia President Daniel Chisenga has called on lands minister Jean Kapata to extend the land audit to other councils around the country. Mr. Chisenga’s call follows Ms. Kapata’s decision to suspend the land agencies for Ndola city council and Kabwe municipal council for alleged land irregularities. Mr. Chisenga has also stressed the ...

Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 30 days’ administrative arrest for repeatedly violating the law on staging rallies. He was detained at his home in Moscow earlier on Monday, ahead of anti-corruption demonstrations in Russia. Hundreds of people were held during the gatherings across the country. Riot police in central Moscow were picking protesters out of the ...

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has hailed government’s decision to allocate 2 billion kwacha towards the E-voucher, under the Farmers Input Support Program (FISP), for the 2017-2018 farming season. During the last farming season, government allocated 1 billion Kwacha towards the E-voucher. ZNFU President Jervis Zimba say it has always been the union’s call for the E-voucher to cover ...

Panama has cut long-standing diplomatic ties with Taiwan and established relations with China instead. The government said it recognised there was “only one China” and that it considers Taiwan part of it. Taiwan expressed “anger and regret” and accused Panama of “bullying”. China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province. A handful of countries maintain ties with Taipei instead of Beijing, ...

Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) Executive Director Mweenge Chimfwembe says it is unnecessary for some opposition political parties to call on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to withhold funding to fund Zambia. Recently, MMD faction president Dr. Nevers Mumba, People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti and Alliance for Democracy and Development president Charles Milupi appealed to the World ...

The Policy Monitoring and Research Center (PMRC) says the removal of electricity subsidies on small and medium sized enterprises and poor households is highly regressive. A PMRC report on the removal of subsidies has indicated that the move has the potential to destabilize Small and Medium Enterprises and poor households whose businesses largely depend on electricity. Kasweka Maboshe, a researcher ...

Lusaka Dynamos have written to the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) to query the status and transfer of Nkana striker Walter Bwalya from Congo DR and consequently his eligibility to play football in Zambia. Bwalya spent a season and a half at Ndola-based outfit Forest Rangers before he signed for Nkana in July 2015. Lusaka Dynamos contend that Bwalya was ...

Government is in the process of reviewing the water supply and sanitation Act number 26. of 1997 to bring on board new and emerging issues in the provision of water supply and sanitation. Speaking during the official opening of a two day Zambia Water Forum and Exhibition in Lusaka today, Acting minister of water development, sanitation and environmental protection Freedom ...

Italy’s AC Milan have signed striker Andre Silva from Porto for a fee that could rise to 40 million euros ($44.8 million), the Portuguese club said on Monday. The 21-year-old, who has signed a contract that will keep him at Milan until June 2022, made 32 league appearances for Porto last season, scoring 16 goals. He also scored four times ...

You don’t have to be diagnosed as obese to be at risk of dying from illnesses related to excess weight, a global study suggests. Of the 4 million deaths attributed to being overweight in 2015, nearly 40% were not considered clinically obese. The study found more than 2 billion children and adults suffered from health problems linked to being overweight. ...