Government says the use of electronic tourism platforms has contributed to the increase in tourism inflows in the country in the recent years. In 2017 Zambia recorded 1,083,317 international tourist arrivals compared to 956,332 international arrivals recorded in 2016 representing a 13.3 percent increase. in a speech read on his behalf by acting permanent secretary in the ministry of Tourism ...

The Lusaka Magistrates Court has convicted a police officer and jailed him for six months with hard labour for corruption involving K5,000. Akayombokwa Siyomunji, 36,of farm no. 196 a mungwi road, lusaka west, was arrested by the anti-corruption commission in may, 2015 and charged with two counts of corrupt practices contrary to section 19(1) as read with section 41 of ...

The Ministry of Justice says it will go ahead with the tabling of the constitution amendment bill in parliament should the national dialogue process delay. Speaking at the Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) and Fredric Ebert Stiftung (FES) discussion forum in Lusaka, Ministry of Justice director for Governance, Charm Kalimbika has since urged the Zambia ...

A tourist cyclist from Scotland has died after being hit by a vehicle which was being driven by an inexperienced driver in Kalomo. Confirming the development in a statement, Southern Province Police Commissioner Bonnie Kapeso says Kalomo traffic police recorded a fatal road traffic accident which occurred yesterday around 17:30 hours along great north opposite Kalomo high school. Mr. Kapeso ...

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo will be available to play former club Manchester United next month after Uefa ruled he must serve only a one-match ban for his Champions League red card. The Portugal captain, 33, was sent off during Juve’s 2-0 win over Valencia last week after appearing to pull defender Jeison Murillo’s hair. It was the first Champions League ...

Germany has beaten Turkey to host Euro 2024 after a vote by Uefa’s executive committee on Thursday. The two countries made final bid presentations before voting took place in Nyon, Switzerland. The decision means Germany will stage the European Championship for the first time as a unified country, with West Germany having hosted the 1988 tournament. Turkey is yet to ...

India’s top court has ruled adultery is no longer a crime, striking down a 158-year-old colonial-era law which it said treated women as male property. Previously any man who had sex with a married woman, without the permission of her husband, had committed a crime. A petitioner had challenged the law saying it was arbitrary and discriminated against men and ...

Economist Lubinda Habaazoka has told off mining companies to stop bullying government on taxation. Reacting to a statement by the Chamber of Mines in which they are seeking to increase loss carry over’s from 7 to 10 years and demanding the vat refund arrears to be repaid, Dr Habaazoka says mines should stop holding government at ransom. He says mines ...

The annual rate of inflation for the month of September 2018 has dropped to 7.9 percent from 8.1 percent. Speaking at media briefing, Central Statistical Office Acting Director for Statistics Goodson Sinyenga says this means that on average, prices of goods and services increased by 7.9 percent between September 2017 and September 2018. Mr. Sinyenga says has attributed the decrease ...

The Non-governmental Gender Organisation Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has charged that political parties are taking advantage of the constitution’s silence on the need to have a gender balanced leadership to sideline women from assuming high party positions. NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale tells QTV News that this development is disadvantaging women with the ability to lead political parties at higher levels ...