Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Kampamba Mulenga has denied uttering remarks attributed to her by The Mast newspaper in which she is quoted telling civil servants not to depend on government salary but venture into businesses like chicken rearing. Ms Mulenga has since appealed to civil servants that may have been offended by the fabrication to ignore what he she ...

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba has called on President Edgar Lungu to suspend the on-going consultations on the Draft Political Parties Bill. Mr. Sinkamba says perusal of the Bill reveals that it contains a lot of issues which will have a direct effect on the conduct of the 2021 general election. He says the Bill must be discussed, and agreed ...

Bayern Munich have sacked coach Carlo Ancelotti in the wake of their Champions League defeat at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, the club announced on Thursday. “FC Bayern Munich have parted company with head coach Carlo Ancelotti as a result of internal discussions following the 3-0 defeat in the Champions League group stage match at Paris Saint-Germain,” Bayern said in ...

Barcelona will begin their defence of the Spanish Copa del Rey with a tie against third-tier Murcia after Thursday’s draw for the last 32. Barca, who have won the trophy in each of the last three seasons, will go to Murcia’s Nueva Condomina stadium for the first leg during the last week in October with the return at the Camp ...

Avatar director James Cameron has launched more criticism at the recent Wonder Woman reboot, saying: “She’s absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. To me, that’s not breaking ground.” He told Hollywood Reporter: “She was Miss Israel, and she was wearing a kind of bustier costume that was very form-fitting. “They had Raquel Welch doing stuff like that in the ’60s.” He said in ...

The 34-year-old Trinidadian-born NYC-raised rapper is the only woman to have made the list of hip hop’s 20 richest playas. Titled Hip-Hop Cash Kings, the pretty vulgar-sounding Forbes magazine poll takes into account sponsorship deals. businesses, merchandise, ticketing and record sales. Topping the list for the third consecutive year is Diddy, who between June 2016 and June 2017, made $130 ...

At least 14 Rohingya people – all women and children – have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Bangladesh, police say. Survivors say the boat overturned after apparently hitting a submerged object near the coastal city of Cox’s Bazar. Police told the BBC that 40 people were on board the vessel. In the past 48 hours, about ...

China has told North Korean companies operating in its territory to close down as it implements United Nations sanctions against the reclusive state. The companies will be shut by early January. Joint Chinese and North Korean ventures will also be forced to close. China, Pyongyang’s only major ally, has already banned textile trade and limited oil exports. The move is ...

The Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has disclosed that a total of 12,792 collateral transactions have been made since the movable property registration system was introduced late last year. PACRA Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Bwembya has told Journalists during the ongoing annual master class for business journalists in Chilanga that the system will be officially launched in ...

The annual inflation rate for September 2017 has marginally increased to 6.6% from 6.3% recorded in August. Speaking during the monthly briefing, Central Statistical Office (CSO) Director John Kalumbi says The increase in the annual inflation rate was mainly attributed to price increase in electricity tariffs. And Mr. Kalumbi says the annual food inflation rate for September was recorded at ...