A 25-year-old man identified as Ryan Kabanda has been crashed to death after throwing himself in front of a moving Livingstone bound train. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo says the incident occurred early this morning around 07:10 hours at Kaazmein rail crossing in Batoka. She says the deceased is suspected to be a mental patient. Ms Katongo says the body of ...

The UK government has frozen direct financial aid to the Zambian government over concerns about corruption. The alleged multi-million dollar fraud involves the creation of shell companies and the diversion of money meant for poorer families, the journal Africa Confidential reports. Ireland, Finland and Sweden have also suspended aid. The British High Commissioner to Zambia, Fergus Cochrane-Dyet, confirmed the aid ...

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has reiterated his commitment to closely working with civil servants in the province to ensure effective service delivery to the people. The minister said this after he conducted impromptu visits at the university teaching hospital and levy mwanawasa teaching hospital last night. Mr. Lusambo was elated by the general situation at the two health institutions ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has charged that Zambians risk being squatters in their own country if the country’s land administration challenges are not addressed. FODEP Executive Director Chimfwembe Mweenge notes that there is a golden rush for Africa’s natural resources, Zambia inclusive by people with money for the sole purpose of making multiple profits. Mr. Mweenge has told ...

Opposition United Party for National Development leader, Hakainde Hichilema has called on the Patriotic Front government to immediately pay local contractors and suppliers of goods and services as opposed to giving preference to foreign firms. Mr. Hichilema says he is aware that local contractors and suppliers of goods and services have not been paid their monies for the services rendered ...

Zambia’s high commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba as appealed for patience from families of the accident victims which happened in Limpopo province, South Africa. Mr Mwamba says the remains of the accident victims will be flown to Zambia once all mandatory procedures had been completed. He says the process of identifying the deceased and conducting of postmortem has to ...

Chief Chikanta of the Tonga speaking people in Kalomo District has opposed government’s decision to relocate his subjects from the forest hills in his chiefdom to another place. Recently the department of forestry recently issued an eviction notice to people living around Kalomo hills forestry. But chief Chikanta says traditional leaders in the district have rejected the notice saying they ...

The Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuted claims that it has received funding from a western government to condemn the growing dominance of China in Africa. Secretary General Mwenya Musenge says the suggestion by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) that the anti China crusade the NDC has mounted is being driven by imperialists nations are false. And Mr. Musenge ...