Fifty six (56) Zambia Army personnel have sustained injuries and are admitted to Maina Soko military hospital after an Army Marcopolo bus registration number AF 1280 in which they were in overturned in Lusaka today. Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says the accident occurred this morning around 06:30 hours along Mungwi road opposite Celene’s Private school. Mr Hamoonga says the accident ...

Government has assured that it will soon embark on the construction of Maramba Stadium in Livingstone whose works have stalled for years. Minister of Youth, Sport and Arts Elvis Nkandu says Government wants to ensure Maramba Stadium is completed and ready for use not long from now. Mr Nkandu said Government will allocate funds as well as utilise the 300,000 ...

WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said it is better to “cancel now and celebrate later, than to celebrate now and grieve later” in the context of rising Omicron cases over the festive period. He said the “fastest way” to get back to normal was to “make the difficult decisions that must be made to protect ourselves and others” ...

Parliamentary has unanimously ratified the presidential appointments of Justice Dr Mumba Malila and Vincent Malambo as Chief Justice and member of the Judicial Complaints Commission respectively. The motion for the adoption of the report of the parliamentary select committee appointed to scrutinize the presidential appointments of Dr Malila and Mr Malambo was moved by Katombora Member of Parliament Clement Andeleki ...

Government says it wants a win-win situation in the mining sector to grow the country’s economy. Mines Minister, Paul Kabuswe, says the government’s desire is to see investors happy while local communities and government benefit from the mining proceeds. ZANIS reports that Mr Kabuswe was speaking when he held a meeting with the management at SUN-HE Manufacturing Limited, a mining ...

A marauding lion in Kauka village of Shambala Ward in Itezhi Tezhi district has attacked three people leaving them with injuries. One of the victims Herbert Muchindu narrated that the lion was first spotted in the night when it attacked and killed some pigs within Kauka village. Mr. Muchindu said alert villagers chased the lion but latter in the morning ...

The case in which opposition Patriotic Front (PF) Member of the Central Committee in-charge of Information and Publicity Raphael Nakacinda is charged with Defamation of the President has failed to take-off at the Lusaka Magistrates Court today. This after the State failed to present the docket before court in order for Mr Nakachinda to take plea. When the matter came ...