Manchester United have named former player Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as caretaker manager until the end of the season, a day after sacking Jose Mourinho. Solskjaer spent 11 seasons at Old Trafford, scoring the winning goal in the 1999 Champions League final. The 45-year-old takes over with United sixth in the Premier League. “Manchester United is in my heart and it’s ...

The Zambia Institute of Environmental Management (ZIEM) has expressed concern with the non-compliance to environmental regulations by some mining companies in the country. ZIEM Executive Director Morgan Katati has attributed this to the weakness in regulations. Mr Katati has noted the need to change how environmental regulations compliance in the extractive industry is monitored. He explains that presently, government relies ...

Voting is taking place in Madagascar in a run-off election between two former presidents – Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina. More than 10 million people are eligible to vote, but there was a 45% absentee rate in the first round of the poll on 7 November. Mr Ravalomanana was elected in 2002 but was ousted seven years later after protests ...

The Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company have signed a US$150 million partnership with Zambian Breweries aimed at increasing and improving water and sanitation coverage in Lusaka’s George Compound under the Lusaka sanitation program. Speaking during the signing ceremony, Company Managing Director Jonathan Kampata says the George Water Supply Scheme will see an increase in communal water points and help increase ...

South African prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for Zimbabwe’s ex-first lady, Grace Mugabe, for allegedly assaulting a model in 2017, police say. The move comes after a court annulled her diplomatic immunity in July. South Africa’s government was criticised for letting Mrs Mugabe leave the country after the alleged assault. Gabriella Engels accused Mrs Mugabe of beating the “hell ...

The Ministry of Finance expects the fiscal deficit outturn for 2018 to be around 7 percent of the country’s GDP. And government expenditure in the third quarter of 2018 was 9.4 percent below the period target. Permanent Secretary for Budget and Economic Affairs, Emmanuel Pamu says government targeted to spend k51.4 billion from January to September, but that the outturn ...

A skills-based immigration system will be introduced to “get control over our borders” when free movement from the EU ends, the home secretary will announce. It will focus on people’s “talent and expertise… rather than where they come from”, Sajid Javid will say later. The system – to be phased in from 2021 – would scrap the cap on high-skilled ...

Government has been called upon to expand the scope of fiscal discipline by cutting down on all avoidable expenditures. MMD Felix Mutati led faction National Secretary Raphael Nakachinda is particularly urging government to further streamline expenditure on all government trips. Mr. Nakachinda, who is also a nominated member of parliament, has observed that government is still paying for trips for ...

Zimbabwe’s military used “unjustifiable” force against opposition protesters in the wake of this year’s presidential election, an inquiry has found. Six people were killed after troops intervened to curb protests in the capital, Harare, on 1 August. The independent commission said the army had acted disproportionately when it fired on fleeing demonstrators. But it blamed some opposition figures for inciting ...

Former Minister of Finance Ng’andu Magande has charged that President Edgar Lungu’s unguarded public utterances have contributed to increased cases of misappropriation of public funds in 2018. Mr. Magande states that by reciting the Bemba saying, ‘Uubomba mwi bala alya mwibala’ early this year, President Lungu, in a way, opened the door for mismanagement of public funds. In an interview ...