MultiChoice Zambia has announced the upcoming launch of a new GOtv package called GOtv Max effective 1st October,2017, which it says will take entertainment to the maximum. MultiChoice Zambia Acting Managing Director Ngoza Matakala says with the new package, Gotv subscribers can now access more entertainment and sport, including the best football titles in the world, including La Liga.   ...

The Insurance Association of Zambia (IAZ) says the insurance industry paid out over K1 billion in insurance claims in 2016. IAZ president Paul Nkhoma says this is an increase of 35% from the K735 million paid out in 2015. Mr Nkhoma says general insurers paid out K675 million in claims while life insurers paid out a total of K365 million. ...

Vice President Inonge Wina says there is need for the country to strive to have transparent and accountable political financing. She says government is committed to promoting the rule of law by putting in place legal frameworks that are fair and enforced impartially. She says political parties have a role to play in promoting democracy, constitutionalism, transparency and consensus building ...

Shanghai SIPG coach Andre Villas-Boas faces a critical four weeks that will define his time in China, starting with the AFC Champions League semifinal first leg home to Urawa Red Diamonds on Wednesday. Villas-Boas’s team, boasting the likes of the Brazilian internationals Hulk and Oscar, are in the hunt for the treble in the former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager’s ...

Patriots for Economic Progress Sean Tembo has challenged Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima to state which law empowered her to suspend a judicial officer of a Livingstone based Magistrate, Benjamin Mwelwa from duty. Mr. Tembo says his party holds the office of the Chief Justice in very high esteem, and believes that anyone occupying that position is the custodian of integrity ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term while nationalists have made a historic surge in federal elections. Her conservative CDU/CSU bloc has seen its worst result in almost 70 years but will remain the largest in parliament. Its current coalition partner, the social democratic SPD, says it will go into opposition after historic losses. The nationalist ...

Chinese ambassador to Zambia Young Youming says progress has been towards the implementation of the china digital satellite project which is aimed at benefitting 500 villages in the country. Mr Youming explains that the project is meant to help people in rural parts of the Country to increase their knowledge and better understanding of the world. He further explains that ...

Finance Minister Felix Mutati has disclosed that total domestic revenues and grants are projected to grow from K47.9 billion in 2018 to K65.9 billion in 2020. The Finance Minister says this is an average of K56.6 billion per annum over the medium term. Mr. Mutati says over the medium term, government will decelerate external and domestic financing with the fiscal ...