Various political parties have expressed regret at the death of ten small scale miners at the copper slug dump site in Kitwe commonly known as the black mountain. National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary, Mwenya Musenge says the accident at the black mountain could have been avoided. Mr. Musenge has implored the Mines Safety Department to intensify safety measures at the ...

Mines and Mineral Development Minister, Richard Musukwa says he will not resign over the black mountain tragic accident in which at least 10 small scale miners commonly known as jerabos died after part of the copper slug dump collapsed and buried them alive. There have been calls for the minister to resign after he recently declared that the operations at ...

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of US rapper XXXTentacion. The suspect, named as Dedrick D Williams, 22, is facing a charge of first-degree murder. The 20-year-old rapper, real name Jahseh Onfroy, was shot as he left a motorcycle dealership in south Florida on Monday and died later in hospital. Often described as one of rap’s ...

The US political battle over migrant children separated from parents has shifted to Congress, after Donald Trump signed an order to halt the policy. The House of Representatives will vote on broader immigration bills that would fund President Trump’s proposed border wall and reduce legal migration. But Democrats oppose the measures and it is uncertain they will pass. Mr Trump ...

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his sensational start to the World Cup with the winner as Portugal knocked Morocco out of the tournament. All eyes at the Luzhniki Stadium were on the Real Madrid star after his hat-trick in Portugal’s opening game with Spain and, typically, he did not disappoint. It took the captain only four minutes to make his mark in ...

“This is it – the actual one!” Sir Paul McCartney is holding the double bass that belonged to Elvis Presley’s original bassist Bill Black. It’s leaning in the corner of his office, above his recording studio in deepest East Sussex. “Just imagine,” he enthuses like a teenage fan “This was here…” he gestures a couple of feet to his left, ...

US President Donald Trump has bowed to public pressure and signed an executive order promising to “keep families together” in migrant detentions. Mr Trump reversed his own policy amid international fury over the separation of undocumented parents and children. He said he had been swayed by images of children who have been taken from parents while they are jailed and ...

The Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ) says the stability in Kwacha against major convertible currencies and the removal of the five percent duty on poultry premixes has stabilized stock feed prices in the country. PAZ Executive Manager, Dominic Chanda has however, hinted that despite this, there could be slight upwards adjustments in stock feed prices. Mr. Chanda says the price ...

The opposition United Liberal Party (ULP) says the existence of institutions such as the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) is necessary for the promotion of good governance in the country. ULP president Sakwiba Sikota says such institutions are in fact a must have in a democratic Country. Mr. Sikota who is also a constitutional lawyer, however, says that what should be ...

Higher Education Minister, Professor Nkandu Luo has clarified that the Intangible cultural Heritage degree program to be offered by the University of Zambia will not encompass anything of witchcraft nature contrary to reports by a named media institution and on social media. Delivering a ministerial statement to clarify what she has termed as media misrepresentation of the intangible culture heritage ...