THE National Union for Small-scale Farmers of Zambia (NUSFAZ) has described as a mockery to farmers the K60 the Food Reserve Agency will pay for a 50kg bag of maize. Union Director General Dr. Frank Kayula says government should have instead maintained last year’s price of K85 per 50kg to enable farmers realize a profit. Dr. Kayula says it is ...

Police have arrested a 35-year-old student of DMI St Eugene University in Lusaka for defaming President Edgar Lungu on facebook. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says Edward Makayi created a facebook account in the name Royson Edwards M which he used to author and post defamatory remarks between April and July, 2017 targeting at President Lungu, Home Affairs Minister, Stephen Kampyongo, ...

The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) has challenged Government, Civil society organizations and the community at large to take full responsibility in ensuring that Zambia achieves the Sustainable Development Goal number 4. SDG number four aims at ensuring inclusive and quality education for all and promoting lifelong learning. ZANEC chairperson Kabika Kakunta says accessible and inclusive quality education is a ...

The Patriotic Front leadership and general membership in Kasama District in Northern province has unanimously endorsed the decision by the party’s Central Committee to expel Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili and the former Copperbelt province Minister Mwenya Musenge. PF Kasama District Chairman Kalanga Bwalya says that the party members are also overwhelmed by the Central Committee’s unanimous endorsement of ...

Swiss police have issued an international arrest warrant after a man went on the rampage with a chainsaw in the town of Schaffhausen. Suspect Franz Wrousis, 50, is still on the run more than 24 hours after the attack on a local health insurance office close to the German border. Five people were hurt. The victim with the most serious ...

Rihanna stole the show at the premiere of Luc Besson’s new sci-fi film Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets in London last night. The singer plays a dancing, shape-shifting alien Bubble in the graphic novel adaptation, a character she loved. I think of myself as a shape-shifter in terms of my music and my fashion, so I fell ...

President Donald Trump has launched yet another attack on US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, labelling him “weak”. His latest Twitter onslaught comes amid reports the president is consulting advisers about possibly firing the country’s top prosecutor. On Monday, he called Mr Sessions “beleaguered” in another tweet. Mr Trump has made clear he is unhappy with Mr Sessions for recusing himself ...

Spain’s former Swansea City and Napoli striker Michu confirmed on Tuesday he has been forced to retire because of an ankle injury. “Dear football, the current state of my right ankle, according to medical reports, has come to a point where it has forced me to say goodbye as a professional football player,” said the 31-year-old on his Twitter account. ...

Real Madrid have reached agreement to sign Kylian Mbappe from Monaco for a world record €180 million, Spanish media reported on Tuesday. Sports daily Marca, citing sources close to the negotiations, said the teenage striker is expected to joining Real “in the next few days” on a six year deal. French newspapers Le Parisien and Nice Matin said Monaco had ...

The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has set K60.00 as the price at which it will buy a 50kg bag of maize during the 2017 marketing season. The agency has also set K70 as the price for a 40 kilogramme bag of rice. FRA Board Chairperson Joe Simachela says the agency will only buy three commodities for National Strategic Food Reserves namely, ...