Vice president Inonge Wina has called for concerted efforts from both the village headmen and the chiefs if encroachments in the boundaries of traditional land are to be curtailed. Mrs Wina said encroachments should be curtailed because settlers need to be given authority by the traditional leadership before they could settle in a chiefdom. The vice president said this when ...

Chief Chamuka of the Lenje speaking people in Chisamba district has urged fellow traditional leaders in the country to be custodians of positive cultural practices that can help fight child marriages in the country. Speaking in Lusaka during his inauguration as a regional traditional leader champion for the 18+ (plus) ending child marriage programme, Chief Chamuka says traditional leaders should ...

Freedom fighter mama Chibesakunda Kankasa has died. Mama Kankasa died in South Africa where government had evacuated her for specialized treatment on 6th october,2018. And chief government spokesperson Dora Siliya says government has received the passing of Mama Kankasa with great sadness. Ms Siliya says late Mama Kankasa will be remembered as a pioneer for women in politics. She notes ...

Minister of General Education David Mabumba has announced the lifting of the suspension on the 2018 examinations for grades 7,9 and 12. The exams were suspended following the leakage of examination papers. Speaking during a media briefing, Mr. Mabumba says examinations will resume on Wednesday 31st October and will run up to 30th November 2018. He says grade 12 examinations ...

A family man Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was a family man and father-of-four. His children are all involved in the King Power company. Hundreds of people have been queuing up this morning to lay their flowers, soft toys and scarves, and the Srivaddhanaprabha family took time to look over them as they went to lay their own wreathes. The Leicester City owner’s ...

An Indonesian airliner has crashed into the sea with 189 people on board. The Boeing 737, owned by the low-cost airline Lion Air, went down after taking off from the capital Jakarta. Flight JT 610 was headed for the western city of Pangkal Pinang. Rescuers have recovered some bodies and personal items, including baby shoes. There is no sign of ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told her CDU party that she will not run for re-election as its chairwoman in December, sources say. Her decision comes after her party suffered heavy losses in regional elections that threatened the stability of the governing coalition. Mrs Merkel has been chair of the CDU since 2000, becoming one of its longest-serving chairpersons. She ...

Northern Province Minister Brian Mundubile says the new runway being constructed at Kasama airport may not be ready for use before Provincial Investment Expo next month. Mr. Mundubile says consultants have informed his administration that in view of the early onset of rains, the contractor working on the runway will need clear days to complete the construction works. In an ...

Indaba agricultural policy research institute (IAPRI)   executive director, Chance Kabaghe has encouraged farmers in the country to prepare adequately for a possible El-Niño. The world meteorological organization has forecasted a 70% chance of an El Niño weather condition developing by the end of this year. The last El Niño occurred between 2015 and 2016 and impacted weather patterns around the ...

Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili has described as madness the 48-hours ultimatum given to him by Lusaka lawyer Lewis Mosho to pay K5 million in Court costs or face bankruptcy proceedings. The Court costs arise from a matter in which Mr. Kambwili and his Mazabuka counterpart Garry Nkombo filed an application to join proceedings in which Lusaka resident Robert ...