Former Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba has charged that President Edgar Lungu’s speech to open Parliament has not given any hope to the Zambian people. Mr. Kalaba who is also Bahati Member of Parliament thinks that President Lungu’s speech lacked urgency. He says owing to the many economic and political challenges Zambia is currently faced with, President Lungu should have ...

Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Li Jie has described as redundant concerns that Zambia’s strengthening practical cooperation with China will increase its debt burden. Addressing the media in Lusaka, Mr.  Li said his country insists on putting the interest of its people and Zambians in the first place while boosting cooperation for the people’s well being. Mr. Li says the Chinese ...

President Edgar Lungu has officially opened the third session of the 12 national assembly. And  President Lungu has ignored calls that he discloses Zambia’s actual debt in his speech to open Parliament today. President Lungu however says the debt Zambia has contracted was necessary to support government’s ambitious agenda of laying a solid foundation for the future growth of the ...

Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah have the perfect stage to end their unexpected slumps when the superstar strikers go head to head at Wembley on Saturday. Just four months ago, Tottenham striker Kane and Liverpool forward Salah were being hailed as Europe’s most feared marksmen after the pair tore through Premier League defences on a weekly basis. Yet they go ...

Cape Town City will aim to add to Kaizer Chiefs’ woes in the Absa Premiership when the teams meet at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, 15 September 2018. Kick-off is at 3pm CAT. City come into the game having played to a 2-2 draw away to Free State Stars in their last league outing. The Cape side needed winger Craig ...

Henry Cavill’s cryptic response to rumours he’s hung up his Superman cape has prompted fan reactions ranging from “I am so confused” to “don’t leave us”. His Instagram video sees him stare into the camera, slowly lifting and then lowering a boxed Superman doll, while The Blue Danube – which features barking dogs – plays in the background. It follows ...

The old man lies in the hospital bed, drawing his last, rattling breath as he fades away from life. The film camera, positioned just next to him, keeps rolling. We see the nurses move him to another room before they gently clean his body. “Nobody wants to die but it’s a natural thing, we are biologically determined to die,” says ...

The US President Donald Trump said Washington is under “no pressure” to achieve a trade deal with China as the prospect of new tariffs loom. The comments come amid reports the two sides could resume talks to stave off a third round of US tariffs. China welcomed the offer of talks and said the two countries were discussing the details, ...

The outer bands of Hurricane Florence are lashing parts of the US East Coast. Officials warn of life-threatening storm surges in both North and South Carolina as the hurricane moves towards land with maximum sustained wind speeds of 90mph (150 km/h). More than 100,000 homes are already without power as weather conditions begin to worsen. Officials have warned the storm ...

Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has disclosed that the number of people on anti-retroviral drugs in Lusaka has increased from 70 to 86 percent. And Dr Chilufya says government is on the right track to ensuring that there is universal access to safe drugs manufactured locally. Speaking when he commissioned the first ever 9 million united states dollars anti-retroviral and ...