Government has launched the national policy on nongovernmental organizations which repeals the controversial NGO Act number 16 of 2009 which most NGOs described as a bad law meant to punish them. Speaking during the launch of the national NGO policy under the theme: “A coordinated NGO sector for citizens wellbeing”,Vice President Inonge Wina says the policy will provide guidance to ...

Manchester United are in trouble and fans of Italian champions Juventus are right to dream of signing Paul Pogba, France’s World Cup-winning coach Didier Deschamps said on Wednesday. “All of Manchester United are in trouble. Pogba is still the same and is one of the best midfielders in the world,” Deschamps told Italian newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport of the tensions ...

Taylor Swift not only opened the American Music Awards with a fiery performance of I Did Something Bad, but she went on to dominate the show. The star won four trophies, including artist of the year, making her the ceremony’s most-decorated female ever. She now holds 23 AMAs, beating a record previously held by Whitney Houston. Swift, who recently broke ...

Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dora Siliya, has advised young people in the creative arts in the Southern African region to work together to grow the industry. Ms. Siliya says this is one of the ways they can help create the much needed jobs among talented young people in the region. She notes that no government in the region is ...

Turkish media outlets have published CCTV footage which they say shows evidence of a plot linked to missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. It shows purported Saudi intelligence officers entering and leaving Turkey via Istanbul airport. Mr Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi monarchy, entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October and has not been seen since. Turkish authorities ...

UPND Monze central Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu has accused the Times of Zambia of being discriminative against local languages in their publication. Rising on a point of order in parliament, Mr. Mwiimbu referred to an article published in the Times of Zambia on 9th October 2018 which was translated in Chinese. Mr. Mwiimbu has questioned how the public newspaper ...

A man of Petauke district in Eastern Province has been sent to 40 years imprisonment with hard labour for defilement by the Chipata High Court. Facts before the court were that Sydney Chilambwe on May 25, 2017 had canal knowledge of a minor below the age of 16 contrary to the laws of Zambia. Chilambwe was committed to the high ...

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says government will leave no stone unturned to get to the bottom of what led to the fracas at the University of Zambia which left one student dead due to suffocation and another with spinal injuries. Mr. Kampyongo has since appealed for calm among the family members of the deceased and injured student and the ...

Government has been advised to take seriously the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) Financial Stability Report which has warned of a potential global financial crisis. The latest IMF’s Financial Stability Report has cited dangerous undercurrents, growing trade tensions between the US and China, and disorderly Brexit as the rising threats to the world economy. Former Minister of Finance Ng’andu Magande ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to ensure government comes up with an effective quick response to prevent the spread of the Cassava Brown steak virus in the Country. Sub- chief Natende of Chiengi District in Luapula Province Katele Kalumba says traditional leaders in the province are worried how prevalent the Brown steak virus has now become. He says ...