Savenda General Insurance Limited has paid out a total of US$279,585 in claims to a farmer from Mkushi District in Central Province whose wheat farm was gutted by fire including agricultural machinery. Speaking during the handover of a cheque in Lusaka, Savenda General Insurance Limited Chief Executive Officer, Irene Muyenga said this is a huge milestone for the insurance company ...

Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary in-charge of training, Professor Elwyn Chomba has praised Lafarge Zambia for not recording any serious accidents at its plants in Ndola and Chilanga. Prof. Chomba has noted that health and safety in the work place and on the road is an issue of great concern to the public in that lack of it may result ...

The United Kingdom has expressed its willingness to engage in bilateral negotiations with Zambia for the return of the Broken Hill Man Skull. This is contained in a joint resolution between the two governments adopted at the 21st Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of the Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution of ...

Judgment in the case in which Lusaka businesswoman Tshabu Benos is accused of murdering Auto Force proprietor Reeves Malambo has been adjourned to 28th June, 2018. Judgment in the matter was supposed to be delivered today. When the matter came up for judgment in the Lusaka High Court, Judge Gertrude Chawatama apologized for not delivering ruling in the matter as scheduled, saying she ...

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chapter has noted with concern the growing trend by the authorities to abuse media freedoms in the country. Speaking during the official launch of the “2017 So this is Democracy Report” in Lusaka, MISA Zambia Deputy Chairperson, Hyde Haguta said MISA is at pains to see how media freedoms in Zambia are ...

Former Republican President Frederick Chiluba’s son Fredrick Junior has been granted a K3,500 cash bail pending appeal to the High Court against his eight months conviction for theft of a mobile phone. Mr Chiluba, 32, is required to provide two working sureties, employed by reputable institutions, who have been bound to K10, 000 each in their own recognizance as part ...

The Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) has expressed concern that some Chinese briefcase buyers have gone on rampage buying crops from farmers at a low price. ZDDM Vice President Charles Kafumbo says his party is aware that some Chinese briefcase buyers have gone into rural areas where they are buying crops such as Soya Beans as low as K3.00 per ...

Government will revert approximately 40 percent of the total targeted beneficiaries under the e-voucher program back to the conventional Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). Announcing the development at a media briefing, Agricultural Minister Michael Katambo said the decision was arrived at after considering the continued challenges that have continued hampering the implementation of the e-voucher program in most districts around ...

Opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi has warned that Zambia’s democratic and accountable governance system is at risk of being lost. Mr. Milupi says politicians especially those in government today, seem not to be worried of losing elections because they think they can buy their way into government. He states that when this happens; Zambia loses ...

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been forced out of office by a no-confidence vote in parliament. Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, who filed the motion after Mr Rajoy’s party was implicated in a corruption scandal, will become prime minister. “We’re going to sign a new page in the history of democracy in our country,” Mr Sánchez said ahead of Friday’s ...