The Zambian and Turkish Governments have agreed to immediately start implementation of the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in the field of Forestry. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Jean Kapata and Turkey’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli agreed during a bilateral meeting in Ankara that it is important for the two countries to start implementation ...

Lusaka province minister Bowman Lusambo is concerned with the poor service delivery by health personnel at Chipata level one hospital. The minister who made an impromptu visit to the health facility says the facility lacks good and effective management. Long queues of patients with various ailments where found at the health facility at 08:00 hours this morning this morning, with ...

Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema has condemned government’s decision to introduce more taxes on the Zambian people who he says are hardly surviving. Mr. Hichilema says taxes on rentals, internet, roads, and several others being introduced by the PF are not only in bad faith, but are hurting the country’s economy. He has told Journalists ...

Government has been urged to immediately rescind the decision to introduce a 30 ngwee per day tax on internet based calls over social media platforms. UNZALARU President Evans Lampi says the new cyber security bills and plans to introduce the K500 RATSA vehicle re-registration should also be shelved indefinitely. Dr. Lampi says this will protect the nation from sliding into ...

Carlos Sainz has signed a multi-year deal to replace Fernando Alonso at McLaren from the 2019 season, the team have confirmed. Alonso, twice world champion, announced on Tuesday that he will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the year. Fellow Spaniard Sainz, 23, is currently on loan at Renault from Red Bull and said it was a “childhood ...

Aretha Franklin, the “queen of soul” known for hits like Respect and Think, has died in Detroit at the age of 76. The legendary singer was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and announced last year she was retiring from music. Franklin had more than 20 US number ones over a career spanning seven decades. She gave her final performance last ...

The British government has awarded scholarships to 21 Zambians to study in the United Kingdom under the Chevening scholarship. Speaking at the send off ceremony of the scholars, British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane-Dyet said this is part of the overall package of development cooperation with Zambia. He says the British government sends over 40 students to the United ...

A Spanish top-flight game will be played in the US, the first time a La Liga match has taken place overseas. The plan is part of a 15-year partnership between La Liga and media company Relevent, which organises the International Champions Cup, to promote football in North America. La Liga president Javier Tebas called it a “ground-breaking agreement”. The Premier ...

Fourteen-year-old Briton Courtney Hadwin has made it through to the America’s Got Talent semi-finals. Courtney, from County Durham, wowed viewers with a storming performance of James Brown’s Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag in Wednesday’s live quarter-final. Fans include actress Sharon Stone, who tweeted: “You go girl!!” But some viewers questioned whether she’s more experienced than she appears after realising ...

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) which is one of the largest health research nongovernmental organizations has become the first medical laboratory to be accredited in the country by the Southern Africa Development Accreditation Services and the 24th in the SADC region. Speaking in Lusaka during the handover ceremony of the Lab accreditation certificate, SADCAS Chief Executive ...