Thousands of fans are expected to pay their respects to Aretha Franklin, the so-called Queen of Soul, who died nearly two weeks ago. Franklin’s body will lie in state for two days at an African American museum in her home town, Detroit, before her funeral there on Friday. The museum also hosted civil rights activist Rosa Parks’s viewing in 2005. ...

The High Court Sittings in Mansa District in Luapula Province has sentenced a 27 year old woman to three years suspended sentence for Unlawful Abortion. Before Ndola High Court Judge was Nancy Kunda a peasant farmer of Chabala Village in Chief Kasoma Lwela’s Chiefdom in Chembe District who was charged with Abortion contrary to section 152(1) of the penal code ...

Government has been advised to be wary the solution to Zambia’s debt distress still lies within the Country. Financial analyst Grawford Mukando believes that Zambia has the capacity and necessary resources to offset its current debt stock. Mr. Mukando says this is provided if government makes the right investment decisions as well as fully diversify the economy away from mining ...

East Coast fever, a disease of cattle, has broken out in Shibuyunji District of Central Province killing over 60 animals. Shibuyunji District Livestock and Fisheries Coordinator Richard Makanda disclosed this to ZANIS. Mr. Makanda says the deadly cattle disease, which also attacks goats, is at 96 percent prevalence rate. He states that the outbreak is therefore a danger to livestock in ...

The Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) and the Church have been advised to realize that it is not too late for them to work together in the national dialogue process. Presence of God Ministries founder Christopher Kunda has urged both the ZCID and the Church to swallow their pride. Apostle Kunda says there is need for the two to speak ...

Kansanshi Mining PLC Public relations Manager Godfrey Msiska says that the mining firm is committed to leaving its catchment area better a place that it found it. Recently save Environment people agency expressed fear that Northwestern Province Risks becoming a ghost town if mining firms are not investing in infrastructure development. Mr. Msiska however, a says the mining firm is ...

The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the Statutory Instrument (SI) that introduced a 30 ngwee a day tariff on Internet calls will be an additional cost in terms of doing business. ZACCI president Michael Nyirenda has disclosed that through surveys that ZACCI has conducted in the ICT sector, it has been discovered that that currently government is taxing ...

The United Prosperous and peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) has  urged government to stop using the Food Reserve Agency( FRA) to indirectly tax farmers. UPPZ president Charles Chanda says he does not understand why government would want to tax people who are feeding the nation. Mr. Chanda  says his party has now established that each farmer in Zambia is paying 17 percent ...

Multi Choice has partnered with the Zambia Institute of Mass Communication (ZAMCOM) in the implementation of the Company’s Talent Factory Academy. The Southern Region Multichoice Talent Factory  will bring the best of creative ability from 20 young men and women picked from the Southern Africa Countries which include Angola, Namibia and Zambia among others. In the Partnership, Multichoice will refurbish ...

SANLAM Life Insurance Zambia has today signed its first ever collective agreement with the Zambia Union for Financial Institutions and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW). The two year collective agreement for improved conditions of service and increased salaries based on performance for unionized workers at the institution is effective today 27th August 2018. Speaking during the signing ceremony in Lusaka, SANLAM Life ...