The much anticipated debate on the impeachment motion against President Edgar Lungu did not take place in Parliament today. This is because the impeachment motion was not tabled for debate. And first deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Catherine Namugala told the house that the Constitution does not give a timeframe within which a motion for impeachment should be heard. ...

Government says six more districts have been added to the HIV-Social Cash Transfer linkages initiative bringing the total number of Districts to 21. Community Development and Social Welfare Minister Emerine Kabanshi says her Ministry is further exploring other linkages to social protection programmes such as agriculture interventions. And Ms.Kabanshi says government will this year pilot a single window service system ...

Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili is reported have failed to meet the bail conditions. Mr Kambwili who was this morning granted a K10,000 cash bail with two surities by Lusaka Magistrate Mwaka Mikalile. This is in a matter in which he charged with 34 counts of being in possession of properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. We ...

Lusaka Magistrate David Simusamba has sentenced MMD faction President Nevers Mumba to three months simple imprisonment. This is after he found Dr Mumba guilty of giving false information to a public officer. Magistrate Simusamba has however, acquitted Dr Mumba on the other charge of criminal trespass for storming the ZNBC Newsroom over a story they had carried relating to the ...

Thousands of fans of Sir Ken Dodd have joined friends and family to say a final “tatty bye” to the comedy legend at his funeral in Liverpool. Some waved his trademark tickling sticks in the air at the end of the service at the Anglican cathedral. There was also a rousing round of applause as his coffin was carried out ...

A former estate agent in South Africa has been jailed for racist abuse in what has been called a landmark ruling. A court jailed Vicky Momberg for three years, with one year suspended, for using a derogatory word against a black police officer 48 times. Her lawyer said she was not in a normal state at the time, as she ...

After days of speculation, it has been confirmed that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un did pay a visit to Beijing. The visit, confirmed by China and North Korea, was Mr Kim’s first known foreign trip since taking office in 2011. He held “successful talks” with President Xi Jinping, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. China is North Korea’s main economic ally ...

The European Union (EU) says Zambia has a lot of potential in the tourism sector given the country’s rich natural and cultural heritage coupled with political stability. Speaking during the validation workshop for the Development of the National Tourism Master Plan in Lusaka, EU Head of Tourism Section Matteo Sirtori says if well managed, the tourism sector can contribute towards ...

Chiengi Member of Parliament Given Katuta has commended government for heeding to the cries of the people in fishing areas by lifting the fish ban which had been extended as a result of the Cholera outbreak in the country. Ms Katuta says the move by government is commendable because people in her area solely depend on fishing as their economic ...

TopStar has slashed the price of its Direct to Home (DTH) combo decoder from K299.00 for a full kit satellite decoder to K199.00. TopStar Sales Director Cliff Sichone has told a media briefing that this is under the ‘Ndiye Itambika’ campaign introduced to make it easier for customers to enjoy digital TV. He says every new purchase of a decoder ...