The matter in which nine patriotic front members of parliament are seeking leave to challenge the decision by speaker of the national assembly nelly mutti to bar them from attending parliamentary business has been indefinitely. Ms Mutti in her ruling of 8th December, 2021 ordered Kabushi member of parliament Bowman Lusambo and eight other mps whose seats have been nullified ...

The water resources management authority (WARMA) has noted a decline in the water table in some places, a trend which continues as a result of the dry spell being experienced in the country. WARMA director general engineer Kenneth Nyundu says this is because ground water is replenished by rainfall. Eng. Nyundu says it was expected that by now, the first ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has directed acting secretary to cabinet Patrick Kangwa to ensure that guidelines and procedures are set and effected in January 2022 to commence the process of reuniting public service workers separated from their families due to transfers. The head of state regretted that families were separated by illogical human resource reasoning that saw civil servants separated from ...

Police in Lusaka have detained opposition patriotic front chairman for information and publicity Raphael Nakacinda after charging him with the offence of defamation of the president. PF Mporokoso member of parliament and leader of the opposition in parliament Brian Mundubile who had accompanied Mr Nakacinda to Chelston police station for questioning says he has not been officially arrested, but is ...

The new coronavirus variant omicron is spreading across the globe at an unprecedented rate, the world health organization (WHO) has warned. Cases of the heavily mutated variant have been confirmed in 77 countries. But at a press conference, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was probably in many others that had yet to detect it. Dr Tedros said he ...

A South African court has ruled that the country’s former president Jacob Zuma should be returned to prison, saying his medical parole was “unlawful”. The time he has spent out of prison should not be counted in his 15-month sentence, the pretoria court ruled. Mr Zuma was released on 5 September for an undisclosed medical condition. He had been jailed ...

Tourism minister Rodney Sikumba has challenged Multichoice Zambia to seize the opportunity to film all sites and scenes in the tourism sector for content development and tourism promotion. speaking during a courtesy call by the Multichoice Zambia management team this morning, Mr Sikumba says the ministry is ready to engage operators and partners in the various sites to create a ...

The Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has appealed to the government to strengthen preparedness for the country in view of the possible drought the country might experience. SACCORD executive director Boniface Cheembe says this preparedness is important as it will help the country to be able to manage or mitigate the conflicts that are likely ...

Zambia national health research authority director professor Godfrey Biemba has called for the institutionalization of research in Zambia which he says will help the country come up with home grown solutions to the many public health threats the country is facing. Professor Biemba says the status quo is not healthy as most of the research done in Zambia is meant ...

Sergio Aguero has announced his retirement from football within six months of joining Barcelona from Manchester City. Aguero, 33, made only five appearances for the Catalan side as a result of injuries and health problems since moving to Spain. He was taken to hospital on 30 October after experiencing “chest discomfort” during a 1-1 draw with Alaves. Aguero finishes his ...