The Copperbelt Trade and Development Forum (CTDF) is disappointed by the continued non-compliance and lack of full disclosure by mining companies towards the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative process. CTDF Executive Director Vincent Lengwe says key among the concerns that require urgent government attention is the existing transparency and accountability gap on the tax deductible corporate social payments. Mr. Lengwe has ...

Electoral Expert Macdonald Chipenzi has charged that the just ended local government by-elections have again exposed regional voting patterns as the case was during the 2016 General Election. Mr. Chipenzi says this is dangerous for the promotion of national unity and electoral democracy. He notes that the ruling party is failing to grab seats from the UPND in its strongholds ...

TopStar has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting the needs of Zambian Television viewers. Company Sales Director Cliff Sichone said this during a media briefing when he announced three bouquets which will be offered which will include exclusive Zambian and international channels under a campaign dubbed “YAFIKA MBWEE”. The three bouquets being introduced are NOVA,BASIC and CLASSIC. Mr. Sichone says the ...

GOVERNMENT has given the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) the go-ahead to start the process of inviting bids for a fourth or fifth mobile-network provider. This follows Cabinet’s approval of the new licensing regime. Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba has encouraged ZICTA to do this in a transparent and open environment. He says the new mobile-network providers ...

One of the reasons this year’s Emmys stood out was for its celebration of strong female characters and actors. Big Little Lies and The Handmaid’s Tale – two dramas led by exceptional actresses – got five Emmys apiece. Reese Witherspoon, who produced and starred in Big Little Lies with Nicole Kidman, said: “It’s been an incredible year for women on ...

Everton showed plenty of signs they were improving despite the heavy defeat to Manchester United and the side have the character to turn things around, midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson has said. Sunday’s 4-0 loss to United was Everton’s third league defeat on the trot with the 3-0 humbling at the hands of Italy’s Atalanta in the Europa League last week adding ...

Manchester United may struggle to maintain their explosive start to the Premier League season if injured midfielder Paul Pogba is out for long, the club’s playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan has said. Pogba hurt his hamstring during United’s Champions League win over Basle last week and will undergo further scans to determine his recovery period. The France international, who captained United against ...

Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she does not fear “international scrutiny” of her government’s handling of the growing Rohingya crisis. It was her first national address on the violence in northern Rakhine state that has seen more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims cross into Bangladesh. She said that most Muslims had not fled the state and that ...

Hurricane Maria, strengthened to a “potentially catastrophic” category five storm, has torn into the Caribbean island of Dominica with sustained winds of 260km/h (160mph). Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit posted on Facebook that his roof had been torn off and he was “at the complete mercy of the hurricane”. He said his house had flooded, later adding that he had been ...

Governance Activist Leslie Chikuse has urged the ruling PF and opposition UPND to fully commit themselves to the impending national dialogue. Mr. Chikuse says it is disappointing and discouraging that the two political parties sent low-ranking party officials to the meeting political parties held with the Commonwealth Special Envoy Professor Ibrahim Gambari last week. He has told QTV News that ...