Rescuers in southern Italy are trying to find eight people missing after an apartment block collapsed in Naples. Italian media say two families were living in the four-storey building that collapsed in Torre Annunziata district. Two children are among those missing. The cause remains unclear. Neighbours did not report hearing any explosion – just the crash of masonry at dawn. ...

United Progressive People (UPP) president Savior Chishimba has appealed to members of parliament to revoke the statutory instrument proclaimed by President Edgar Lungu that a situation exists which, if allowed to continue may lead to a state of public emergency which will be tabled in the national assembly for approval. Speaking during a news conference in Lusaka today, Dr. Chishimba ...

LOCAL Government Minister Vincent Mwale has announced that his ministry has decided to appoint each of the seven constituencies in Lusaka into a management board to be overseen by the Lusaka city council. Mr Mwale says this is aimed at enhancing service provision efficiently and effectively in local authorities. Mr Mwale has told parliament in a ministerial statement that the ...

First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Namugala has reserved ruling on a point of order raised by Lands Minister Jean Kapata on the continued absence from the house of UPND Members of Parliament who were not suspended by the Speaker. In her point of order Ms Kapata cited members of parliament for Namwala and Monze central Moono Lubezhi ...

HEALTH Minister Chitalu Chilufya says the outbreak of Typhoid in Lusaka, Mpika and Isoka Districts has been controlled. Rendering a ministerial statement in parliament today, Dr. Chilufya says there has been no death recorded in Lusaka’s Kalingalinga compound since Typhoid was recorded in April this year with 138 cumulative cases recorded. He adds that eight out of the 29 cases ...

The Confederation of African Football CAF has cancelled the CAF confederation Cup game between ZESCO United and Al Hilal El Obied of Sudan which was scheduled to be played on Sunday, 9th July,2017 at Levy Mwanawasa stadium in Ndola. This follows the ban slapped on the Sudanese Football Association by world football governing body Fifa. ZESCO United media relations officer ...

  PARLIAMENT will next week on Tuesday, 11th July debate the motion on the declaration of threatened state of public emergency by President Edgar Lungu. Vice President Inonge Wina has disclosed this when she indicated business the house will consider next week. And Ms Wina says the powers invoked by President Edgar Lungu will be outlined once Parliament has approved ...

The Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) has attributed the high rate of absenteeism during examinations by grades nine and seven pupils in the country to a number of factors including early marriage. According to Examination Council of Zambia statistics, 62,294 Grade Nine pupils absented themselves from exams in 2015, while 39,160 Grade Seven pupils did not sit for their ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has observed that the country lacks legal frameworks to hold government officials accountable for failing to execute government projects which are given huge chunks of budgetary allocations. CSPR Resource governance coordinator Tommy Singongi tells QTV news that there is need to enhance the county’s legal framework especially on laws that enforce punitive measures ...

Coach Mumamba Numba insists “nothing can stop” Zanaco of Zambia reaching the CAF Champions League quarterfinals this weekend when they tackle Wydad Casablanca in Morocco. The Lusaka-based outfit top hotly-contested Group D, two points ahead of former champions Wydad and three in front of record eight-time title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt with one round left. But despite being in front, ...