The Lusaka Fast Track Court has convicted and fined fourteen (14) offenders for violating various regulations of the amended Statutory Instrument (SI) number 10 of 2018 of the Local Government Act Cap 288. The fourteen, who appeared before magistrate Austin Mubita, were convicted and fined K300 each for street vending and illegal car washing, respectively. Of those convicted and fined, ...

It’s 10 days since 110 students were kidnapped from a girls’ secondary school in Dapchi by Islamist militants from Boko Haram. The BBC’s Nigeria reporter Stephanie Hegarty went to the northern town to visit the school and meet families of those missing children. The grounds of the boarding school in Dapchi town are eerily quiet. Instead of the high-pitched chatter ...

Pep Guardiola has admitted he would abandon his ‘yellow ribbon’ protest if requested to do so by his employers, Manchester City, or if he thought the issue was negatively impacting upon his players. The Catalan manager has been charged by the Football Association over displaying the political symbol on the touchline during games, in contravention of the English governing body’s ...

The fixture schedule has been kind on Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur this weekend with both clubs having the opportunity to put the squeeze on Chelsea in the battle to finish the season in the Premier League’s top four. Antonio Conte’s outgoing champions look vulnerable in fifth place and by the time they kick off against runaway leaders Manchester City at ...

Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood has given powerful testimony to Congress in the US about her experiences as the victim of violent sexual assault. She said she was raped by an ex-partner while unconscious and was “mentally and physically tortured until my abuser felt I had proven my love for them”. Wood was one of three women giving evidence in ...

Australians turned in more than 57,000 firearms to authorities last year during a national gun amnesty. The three-month amnesty was the first since Australia’s landmark response to a mass shooting in 1996. It aimed to reduce the number of illicit weapons by allowing people to hand them over without fear of prosecution. The government said the amnesty deal had made ...

Kaputa Member of Parliament Maxus Ng’onga has called on government to consider working on economical roads in Kaputa as well as those that connect with other districts. Mr. Ng’onga says due to the high rainfall received in Kaputa this season, roads including the main have been destroyed making the lives of Kaputa residents difficult. He says plans to put up ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set 24th April, 2018 as the date for Local Government By-Elections in areas where vacancies have arisen in various districts of the country. ECZ Public Relations Manager Margaret Chimanse says the Commission has further set 27th March, 2018 as the date of nominations for candidates in all fifteen wards in the various districts ...

Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of President Trump’s longest-serving advisers, is to step down, the administration says. The 29-year-old former model and ex-Trump Organization employee has been by Mr Trump’s side for years. She is reported to have told colleagues she felt she had accomplished all she could in the White House. She is the fourth ...

Zitukule Consortium has called for the quick enactment of the Access to Information Bill. Executive Director Nicholas Phiri is concerned that government has taken too much time to have the Bill enacted. He says the absence of the Access to Information law has created a huge vacuum between the decision makers in government and the citizens. Mr Phiri is saddened ...