Zamtel has signed a contract with the Lusaka South Multi Facility Economic Zone (LSMFEZ) Limited to provide voice, Internet, data and value added services to all business houses in the multi-facility zone. Speaking on behalf of Zamtel Chief Executive Officer Sydney Mupeta at the signing ceremony, Zamtel Chief Fixed and Enterprise Sales Officer, Reuben Kamanga says Zamtel being the Zambia’s ...

The Patriotic Front (PF) says it will use the duration between now and 2021 to deepen its roots in UPND strongholds. Speaking when he addressed party structures in Mulobezi district, PF Secretary General Davis Mwila has thanked voters in western, southern and north-western provinces for making a difference in the previous election. He says each and every vote which was ...

President Edgar Lungu has directed the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development to work in conjunction with the Ministry of Health to formulate a policy which should be a preliquisite in all contracts for contractors to state how they intend to help mitigate the spread of HIV during the construction phase. Speaking when he commissioned the construction of the Lusaka ...

Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon has said she was assaulted by an unnamed film director when she was 16. In a speech at an Elle Women in Hollywood event on Monday, the Legally Blonde and Walk the Line star said she felt “true disgust at the director”. And she felt “anger… at the agents and producers who made me feel silence ...

Crowds have gathered in Barcelona to protest against the jailing of two leaders of the Catalan separatist movement. Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart are being held without bail while they are under investigation for sedition. The men were leading figures in the disputed 1 October independence vote, which Madrid has branded illegal. Spain’s Constitutional Court appeared to back central government’s ...

Leicester City sacked Craig Shakespeare on Tuesday, just four months after handing him a permanent contract to manage the former Premier League champions, British media reported. Shakespeare, 53, was promoted from his role as assistant coach on an interim basis following the shock dismissal of Claudio Ranieri in February and in June he was handed a three-year contract. But the ...

A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters says it has taken full control of so-called Islamic State’s one-time “capital” of Raqqa. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello said the fighting was over after a five-month assault. Clearing operations were now under way to uncover any jihadist sleeper cells and remove landmines, he added. An official statement declaring ...

Chelsea’s squad is being stretched thin and the strain is beginning to show on manager Antonio Conte ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League home clash against Roma.The Italian will be without several key players for the Group C match at Stamford Bridge which follows hot on the heels of Chelsea’s shock 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday. That loss was ...

Police in Chisamba district have arrested a 30-year-old sales lady at Fringila Butchery for the alleged murder of her eight-year-old step daughter whom she later buried four meters from the entrance of her house. Both Central Province Police Commissioner Lombe Kamukoshi and Police Spokesperson Esther Kayongo have confirmed the incident and have named the suspect as Charity Banda. Banda is ...

Cher will appear in the sequel to Mamma Mia!, she has revealed. The 71-year-old Oscar winner wrote on Twitter: “Well… I’m in Momma Mia 2.” It’s not known what role she will play. The singer is currently in the UK, where filming is taking place for the follow-up to the Abba musical, set for release next summer. Many of the ...