The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has rejected the constitution amendment bill number 10 of 2019 in its entirety on the basis that it does not inspire workers. Addressing a media briefing after appearing before the parliamentary select committee where the union made its position known, ZCTU Secretary General, COSMAS Mukuka says none of the proposed amendments in the ...

President Edgar Lungu has called for other continents to be represented on the United Nations Security Council as the 7th session of the UN General Assembly opened in New York today, 17th September,2019. Speaking when outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Hidenobu Sobashima paid a courtesy call on him at State House to bid farewell, President Lungu says the global grouping ...

The Japanese government has signed a K5 million grant contract with the Association for Aid and Relief Japan for the implementation of the livelihood support project in Meheba local integration area in Kalumbila district. Speaking during the signing ceremony at the Japanese embassy in Lusaka, Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Hidenobu Sobashima says the grant assistance will help provide necessary agriculture ...

Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Lieutenant General David Muma has directed all formation commanders in the air force not to relent in implementing the 28 days detention of personnel involved in Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases in order to curb the vice. Speaking when he officially opened the 9th administration seminar in Lusaka, General Muma has noted that cases of ...

A 50-year old Zambian national has died in Durban, South Africa after he was found unconscious in his room at a guest house he was lodging. The deceased has been identified as Boniface Mbewe, an employee of a named mining company in Zambia. According to information made available to the Zambian Mission in Pretoria, the late Mr Mbewe who was ...

Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa says there will be no increase in fuel pump prices before the procurement of the next consignment of crude. Mr Nkhuwa has however, stated that the next consignment of crude oil the country will procure will be more expensive given the surge in global prices. He says government has nevertheless been looking at making adjustments to ...

Israelis are voting in their country’s second general election in five months. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the snap election after failing to form a governing coalition with a viable majority after April’s vote. The final opinion polls put his right-wing Likud party neck and neck with its main challenger, the centrist Blue and White party led by former military ...

The United Nations has emphasized the need for Zambia to implement an action plan to address climate change. Reacting to President Edgar Lungu’s address to parliament during the opening of the 4th session of the 12th National Assembly, UN Resident Coordinator Coumba Mar Gadio says this will help enhance crop production and ensure the country is food secure.  Ms. Gadio ...

The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has stopped sending patients abroad for cardiology specialist treatment. UTH  Cardiologist, Lorita Kabwe says  this is because the catheterisation laboratory which the facility uses for treating illnesses such as heart attack and breathing problems is now equipped with new machinery. Dr Kabwe told ZANIS in an interview that most heart illnesses and other conditions that ...

Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Chabuka Kawesha says the happenings in South Africa call for policy makers at higher levels to urgently put in place measures to arrest the situation as this is negatively impacting on trade. Mr. Kawesha has described the hijacking of four Zambian trucks in South Africa as sad and detrimental to trade, especially that ...