Houston Rockets guard James Harden has become the first player in NBA history to score at least 30 points against all 29 opponents in a single season. The reigning NBA MVP scored 31 points in a 121-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks – the 48th time in 67 games this season that he has managed at least 30 points. Harden, ...

British actress Jodie Comer has beaten her Killing Eve co-star Sandra Oh to be named best female actor at this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) awards. Lesley Manville, Lorraine Kelly and comedian Romesh Ranganathan were among others honoured at the London event. Actor Lennie James was awarded for writing Sky Atlantic’s Save Me, which was also named best drama series. ...

Mozambique’s port city of Beira is reeling from the damage inflicted by Cyclone Idai. So far 200 people have been confirmed dead in the southern African country, along with another 100 in neighbouring Zimbabwe, but the death toll could be much higher. Those who survived the disaster have had little reprieve to mourn the loss of their loved ones or ...

The Swedish government has committed 2.25 billion Swedish Kronor about K3 billion in its 2018-2022 development cooperation strategy for Zambia. Swedish State Secretary for International Development Per Olsson Fridh and Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe have since signed a bilateral agreement for the cooperation strategy. The new strategy which is aligned to Zambia’s 7th National Development Plan, AU Agenda 2063 ...

Ministry of Health through Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority has withdrawn Gentamicine drugs from all Public health facilities. Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya says ZAMRA received 32 suspected adverse drug reaction reports from January 2019 and Gentamicine injection was found among the suspected batches. Giving a ministerial statement in parliament, Dr Chilufya says a precautionary measure, the ministry through ZAMRA quarantined ...

Luapula province Minister Nickson Chilangwa has been suspended from the National Assembly for seven days without pay for disrespecting First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Namugala. This was after the house unanimously resolved to have the Kawambwa Member of Parliament suspended effective 20th March,2019. Mr Chilangwa disrespected the deputy Speaker by pointing a finger at her and retorting ...

President Edgar Lungu says Prime TV’s 30 days suspension is not harsh. Recently, Prime TV Proprietor Gerald Shawa described the 30 day suspension imposed on the station by the IBA as harsh. President Lungu says he will not allow Media Institutions to ruin the peace the country has enjoyed for many years. Speaking when he met the leadership of the ...

Government has commenced phase one of the constitution refinement process by engaging Members of Parliament. The two day workshop for Members of Parliament on international standards and best practices which will guide the review of the Public Order Act has been organized by the Ministry of Justice. Officiating at the opening of the workshop, Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick ...

Zambia’s High Commissioner to Kenya Brenda Muntemba Sichilembe has died three weeks after being involved in a tragic accident which happened on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway on her way to Nairobi from Machakos. The accident happened last month when an oncoming lorry rammed into the vehicle she was traveling in together with her Botswana counterpart Duke Lephhoko. Ms Muntemba 49 died ...

A father and son from Syria have been buried in the first funerals for those killed in the New Zealand mosque shootings that left 50 people dead. Khaled Mustafa, 44, and Hamza, 16, came as refugees to New Zealand last year. Islamic tradition calls for bodies to be buried as soon as possible, but the burials have been delayed by ...