Government has sourced K18 million of the K36 million owed to officers who participated in Phase 3 of the mobile issuance of National Registration Cards (NRCs). Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo has told a media briefing in Lusaka that the ministry has set aside funds to pay officers who participated in the exercise for a total of 30 days out ...

(AllHipHop News) It appears Usher Raymond is ready to push back against accusations and lawsuits claiming he knowingly spread genital herpes. The R&B vocalist is supposedly set to take his own legal route by suing the individuals alleging he exposed them to the sexually transmitted disease. SandraRose.com reports that Usher is not even infected with herpes. This supposed revelation follows celebrity attorney Lisa ...

Rattled by a chastening first season in England, Pep Guardiola has gone back to the drawing board in an attempt to fashion Manchester City into Premier League champions. Expectations were sky-high when Guardiola alighted in Manchester after years of being courted by City, but a title challenge failed to materialise and his side did not make a mark in any ...

North Korea has said it is considering carrying out missile strikes on the US Pacific territory of Guam. The report in state media, quoting an earlier military statement, came hours after President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with “fire and fury”. The North’s official news agency said it was considering a plan to fire medium-to-long-range rockets at Guam, where US ...

Kenya’s incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has taken a strong lead as votes are counted after Tuesday’s election. With 80% of results in he has 55% of the vote against 44% for his rival, Raila Odinga, figures show. However, the opposition coalition has rejected the partial results, saying election officials have not produced documents to prove their validity. “They are fictitious, ...

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has survived his latest vote of no confidence – despite the ballot being held in secret. Opposition parties had hoped the secret ballot would mean some MPs from the governing ANC party might side with them against the president. But the motion, called amid repeated allegations of corruption, was defeated by 198 votes to 177. ...

HIVOS Southern Africa Regional Advocacy Officer for Sustainable Diets William Chilufya is urging government to invest more in the seed system in the country so that farmers can have a wider choice in the next farming season. Mr. Chilufya says this is because most farmers who visited their stand during the just ended Agriculture and Commercial show seemed not to ...

Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) has called on government to consider subsidizing farming inputs for the 2017/2018 farming season. ZED Spokesperson Wesley Miyanda told Q news in an interview that following the reduction in maize price announced by the Food Reserve Agency which has greatly disadvantaged farmers, there is need for government to come up with an incentive that ...

Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) President Andrew Nthewewe says the coming on board of the international community in trying to resolve the political differences in the country should be an eye opener to politicians. Mr Nthewewe says it should not take the international community to engage politicians in the country in dialogue. He says politicians should take it upon themselves ...

Mario Balotelli has again been caught speeding in his Ferrari, police told AFP on Tuesday as media reports claimed the striker had been caught doing 170-200kmh in a race with a friend’s Lamborghini. The former Manchester City and Liverpool striker, now at French club Nice, was stopped by a highway patrol on the A4 highway near the northern Italian town ...