Fire has gutted a building near Kitwe’s Chisokone market on the Copperbelt affecting four restaurant makeshifts and one pool table in bar. This fire is the second in a space of less than one week on the Copperbelt as three days ago a fire swept through Chingola’s Chiwempala Market destroying to ashes over 12 makeshift restaurants. Copperbelt police commissioner Charity ...

Government has maintained that 24th October this year still remains the official date on which the Zambian Airways will be launched. Minister of Transport and Communication Brian Mushimba says the large part of the homework to establish the national airline have now been done. Mr. Mushimba says this includes stakeholder engagements, technical studies, economic modeling and the putting together of ...

President Edgar Lungu says government is focused on achieving economic growth through diversification in growth sectors. President Lungu states that government’s emphasis in sectors such as Agriculture is increasing production and productivity in all sub-sectors. He notes that the fisheries and livestock sub-sectors are among the strategic areas of focus in government’s quest of attaining sustainable economic empowerment. President Lungu ...

Simon and Sons Building Director Chitambala Mwewa has advised Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa to be practical and walk his talk in ensuring that the city is clean, green and healthy. Mr. Chitambala who is in charge of administration at the Simon and Sons Building which is along Simon Mwewa Lane in the central business has urged Mr. Sampa to avoid ...

Manchester City’s new signing Riyad Mahrez has shaken off an ankle knock picked up in pre-season and the forward could start Sunday’s Community Shield match against Chelsea, manager Pep Guardiola said on Friday. Mahrez, who joined the Premier League champions on a five-year contract last month, was forced off the pitch after a tough challenge by Bayern Munich defender Chris ...

The defending Absa Premiership champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, will face one of their biggest tests of the season in their very first league game of the 2018/19 campaign when they host Kaizer Chiefs at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Saturday. Kick-off is at 3pm, live on SuperSport. As spectators we couldn’t have asked for a better start to the league with the ...

The cover art illustrator for The Hate U Give has said she “wasn’t exactly thrilled” with the casting of the film adaptation. Debra Cartwright illustrated the cover for Angie Thomas’s young adult novel, which was published in February 2017. Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg was cast in the lead role in the film, which will be released later this year. ...

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is seeking to get the criminal case against him thrown out of court. On Friday, his lawyers filed a defence motion citing dozens of “warm” emails they say Mr Weinstein received from one of his accusers after an alleged rape. His team argue prosecutors should have shared the evidence with the Grand Jury that indicted him. ...

North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes, violating UN sanctions, a report commissioned by the UN Security Council says. It also says Pyongyang has resorted to a “massive increase” of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil products and has been trying to sell weapons abroad. The confidential report by a panel of independent experts was submitted to the ...

Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will be a leader for all Zimbabweans in a call for unity after rows broke out over his election victory. The president appealed for peace and promised an independent investigation into the military after six people were killed in post-election violence. Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has described the president’s victory as a “coup against [the people’s] ...