The International Labour Organization (ILO) has disclosed that the Green Jobs programme which was launched in September 2013 has benefited more than 3,000 building construction micro, small and medium-scale enterprises in Zambia. ILO Country Director for Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, Alexio Musindo says Zambia has made positive strides in promoting green jobs. Speaking during breakfast briefing to update the media ...

The Zambia National Women’s Lobby has welcomed government’s intentions to revise the marriage Act by raising the marriage consent age to 21 from the current 18. Organization Board Chairperson Beauty Katebe says the move will reduce divorce cases in Zambia and help promote girl child education. She has however, urged government to harmonize the statutory and customary laws if the move ...

Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) and the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) have reached an agreement that will lead to the resumption of power supply to the mine today. The agreement which has been facilitated by Government is to be amicably concluded between MCM and CEC over an agreed period of six (6) weeks. During the same period, Mopani and Government will ...

(AllHipHop Rumors) Since Taylor Swift refuses to let the feud with Kanye West go, Kanye West allegedly is ready to be petty as well. While it was originally said that Ye and Kim Kardashian had no plans on responding to Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” music video, an insider has now told RadarOnline that Kardashian is “absolutely appalled” ...

An Instagram post served as Paris Jackson’s heartfelt birthday wishes to her pop legend father Michael Jackson, who would have turned 59 today. Jackson, 19, posted a photo of her and the late pop singer when she was younger, sharing a kiss. The caption read: “Birthday wishes to the love of my life, the one person who showed me what ...

Ghana will be desperate to register their first win of the 2018 Fifa World Cup Qualifying campaign, when they play host to Congo-Brazzaville at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Friday. Kick-off is at 3:30pm local time (5:30pm CAT). The Black Stars are winless after two rounds of qualifiers following disappointing results against Uganda and Egypt respectively, in their ...

North Korea says its firing of a missile over Japan was “the first step” of military operations in the Pacific, signalling plans for more launches. State media also repeated threats to the US Pacific island of Guam, which it called “an advanced base of invasion”. The missile launched on Tuesday crossed Japan’s northern Hokkaido island, triggering public alerts to take ...

Arsenal have turned down a notional offer of £50 million for Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez from Premier League rivals Manchester City, the London club said on Tuesday. English newspapers had linked Sanchez with a move to Pep Guardiola’s side in exchange for England forward Raheem Sterling. “No formal bid but fair to say that figure was turned down. No player ...

Former Zambia National Students Union vice-president Prince Ndoyi has taken a swipe at government for treating mining companies with kid gloves. Mr. Ndoyi has since challenged government to reintroduce windfall tax as an alternative for Zambians to benefit from their vast mineral wealth. He has accused the World Bank and the IMF of using the country’s dependence on the two ...

The young African Leaders’ Initiative (YALI) has appealed to the United Party for National Development (UPND) not to boycott President Edgar Lungu’s address during the ceremonial opening parliament next month. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza says the opposition should not stay away from parliament next month considering that there are critical bills that will be presented in parliament next month. ...