The YouTube record-breaking music video for the song “Gangnam Style” by Psy has been surpassed by Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again.” As of July 11, “See You Again,” featuring Charlie Puth, has obtained about 1 million more views than the South Korean singer’s pop hit, according to NPR. The song “See You Again” was used in the “Fast and Furious” movie ...

Local Government Service Commission Chairperson Amos Musonda has warned that local government workers engaging in active politics will be retired in public interest. Mr. Musonda says only councillors who are elected officials are allowed to participate in active politics and not workers. He states that while local government workers have the right to vote, they are not allowed to participate ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to consider reducing the number of people sitting on the committee of ministers to rebuild the gutted Lusaka City Market. Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) President Enock Tembo says the number of committee members comprising eight ministers, nine Permanent Secretaries and other senior government officials is too much for a committee to reconstruct ...

National Planning and Development Minister Lucky Mulusa has revealed that he has finally written a memo to cabinet requesting to undertake a feasibility study on the possibility of establishing a new Capital City. Mr. Mulusa says Lusaka City was not well planned making it difficult to accommodate the growing population. He says it is important that the country begins planning ...

Parliament has unanimously voted to approve President Edgar Lungu’s declaration of a state of threatened public emergency made on Wednesday, 5th July, 2017 under Statutory Instrument No. 53 of 2017. This follows President Lungu’s invocation of Article 31. The declaration of a state of threatened public emergency which give the Police sweeping powers will now be enforced for a period ...

Manchester United’s long-serving midfielder Michael Carrick will replace the departed Wayne Rooney as captain, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Former England skipper Rooney’s return to his boyhood team Everton left the armband vacant, with 35-year-old Carrick, whose testimonial was held at Old Trafford last month, taking over. “It feels great and it is such a huge honour to ...

SuperSport has acquired pay TV media rights in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa for the next two Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. This renewed partnership with the International Olympic Committee will take in the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and the Olympic Games in 2024 in a city ...

Turkey will find it “comforting” if the EU says it cannot be accepted as a member, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the BBC. Speaking to HARDtalk’s Zeinab Badawi, he said Turkey was “able to stand on its own two feet”. He also denied that the country has jailed 150 journalists, saying only two people with press cards were in ...

US President Donald Trump’s son has said he did not tell his father about a meeting with a Russian lawyer who said she could help his election campaign. Donald Trump Jr told Fox News the meeting was “just a nothing” but he should have handled it differently. He released emails showing he welcomed an offer to meet the lawyer, who ...