The Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development has embarked on a project to build houses for the aged in society. Minister of housing and infrastructure development Ronald Chitotela says his ministry will start 10 houses in priority areas in the country. He says his ministry has engaged the ministry of community development and social welfare to advice on the 10 ...

The Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) has handed over K38, 000 to Chikonkomene Railway Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Limited in Chisamba district of Central Province for the construction of the Chikonkomene Railway Station passenger waiting hall. ZRL Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Musonda says this is the first ever passenger waiting hall at Chikonkomene Station and would therefore add value to the community. ...

Patriotic Front Lunte Member of Parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya says there is need for Civil Society Organizations and Students to find better ways of engaging government whenever they are aggrieved as opposed rioting. Mr. Kafwaya says Civil Society Organisations should equally not be politically inclined, but ensure their voices are in tandem with the aspirations of those they represent in the ...

President Edgar Lungu has been urged to re-instate Students’ Unions in order to ensure continued progressive dialogue in higher learning institutions such as Universities. Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) Executive Director, George Hamusunga says the continued intolerance of divergent views by government and the banning of students’ unions by the Minister of Higher Education is the cause of problems at ...

Minister of Transport and Communication Brian Mushimba says the national airline will be launched in the first quarter of 2019. Mr Mushimba has told Parliament in a ministerial statement on the progress made towards the launch of the national airline that the exact date will be communicated once the board is constituted and management of the Zambia Airways 2014 Limited ...

Just three months on from the bitter disappointment of losing a first World Cup semifinal for 28 years, England visit Croatia on Friday in the Nations League seeking not only revenge, but also a long-term solution to a familiar shortcoming. For all the progress made by the Three Lions in a glorious Russian summer, a familiar lack of midfield authority ...

Thembinkosi Lorch was about to walk onto Orlando Pirates’ training grounds when he received a call from his team manager, Floyd Mbele bearing news which took him by total surprise. “Mr Mbele called me on Tuesday morning and said that I would not be training with the team this week as coach (Stuart) Baxter wanted me in the Bafana Bafana ...

Rihanna has joined a number of celebrities urging their followers to register to vote in the US. It comes after Taylor Swift broke her political silence and joined Chance the Rapper and John Legend by campaigning. The registration period has or is about to run out in a number of states ahead of the November mid-terms. Rihanna wrote to her ...

Austin Powers actor Verne Troyer’s death has been ruled a suicide by a coroner in Los Angeles. The actor, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films, died in April at the age of 49. Troyer, who was 2ft 8in (81cm) tall, also played Griphook in the first Harry Potter film. Following an autopsy and further tests, the ...

The man said to be Africa’s youngest billionaire has been kidnapped by masked gunmen in Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam, police say. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was abducted outside a swanky hotel gym where he was going for his routine morning workout. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident and two of the abductors were believed to ...