The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has given the developers of the infrastructure around Woodlands Stadium Seven days to show cause why legal action should not be taken against them after interim inspections revealed that the developer was conducting demolition works for alterations to the existing structure without a permit from the council. Council Public relations manager George Sichimba says the ...

The Economics Association of Zambia leadership has been advised to remain an objective and neutral player in safeguarding the economy from further deteriorating by avoiding making alleged careless comments that are misleading. Commenting on the recent statement attributed to EAZ President Dr. Lubinda Habazoka in which he called on government to consider nationalizing the mines without compensation, MMD youth Prince ...

Republican Vice President Inonge Wina says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) cannot reschedule the District Delimitation sittings, as this will have an adverse impact on other key electoral activities such as voter registration. The Vice President said this in a Ministerial Statement in Parliament on a point of order raised by Leader of the opposition Jack Mwiimbu on Friday, ...

Parliament has unanimously resolved to urge the government to prohibit internet service providers from prescribing expiry dates on internet bundles purchased by customers. The motion was moved by UPND Nalikwanda Member of Parliament Geoffrey Lungwangwa and seconded by PF Kasama central Member of Parliament Kelvin Sampa. And winding up debate on the Motion, Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says ...

Antoine Griezmann’s move to Barcelona could be blocked in a row over the fee, La Liga president Javier Tebas says. Atletico Madrid complained after Barca announced they had signed the France forward, having activated his 120m euro (£107m) release clause on 12 July. The clause dropped from 200m to 120m euros on 1 July, but Atleti claim the deal was ...

Comedian and broadcaster Sir Michael Palin is to have surgery to fix a “leaky valve” in his heart. The Monty Python member discovered a problem with his mitral valve – a small flap that stops blood flowing the wrong way around the heart – five years ago. It had not affected his general fitness until earlier this year, he said. ...

Boris Johnson has said he wants to “change the country for the better” after he became the UK’s new prime minister. Speaking outside Downing Street, he said the UK would leave the EU on 31 October “no ifs, no buts”, adding: “The buck stops with me.” “The doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters” who said it could not be done were ...

The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says Zambia has little choice, but to increasingly embrace Agriculture Value Chain Development as a platform for spurring economic growth and addressing the challenge of rural poverty. Speaking at the stakeholders dialogue meeting on linkages between agriculture and manufacturing/value chain addition and its potential for national development, JCTR Programme Manager Innocent Ndashe says ...

The opposition UPND says its candidate in the Kamabilumbu ward by-election in Kaoma who has resigned to join the ruling Patriotic Front has been bought. UPND candidate Misheck Mundandwe yesterday, 23rd July,23019 wrote to the returning officer announcing his resignation stating that he had been advised to work with President Edgar Lungu. But UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka has told ...

The opposition Rainbow Party has given government the backing to table the Constitution Amendment Bill 2019 in Parliament as adopted by the National Dialogue Forum (NDF). Party Secretary General Wynter Kabimba says having participated in the NDF, his party stands by all the resolutions adopted by the forum. Mr. Kabimba says his party particularly supports the reintroduction of the position ...