The Zambia Consumers Association (ZACA) says it is greatly disappointed with the move by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) to increase the pump price of fuel. ZACA information and publicity secretary Juba Sakala says the move shows high levels of policy inconsistencies on the part of government. Mr Sakala adds that the increase in the pump price of fuel will ...

Raheem Sterling says he is relieved to have completed his protracted £49m move from Liverpool to Manchester City and is ready to consistently challenge for major honours. The England winger, 20, believes that he will improve as a player at Etihad Stadium after becoming his country’s most expensive footballer ever. “I’m just glad it’s all over and done with and ...

Controversial Slovenian pop group Laibach will be the first foreign band to perform in North Korea, director Morten Traavik has told the BBC. Mr Traavik has arranged for the group to play two concerts in Pyongyang in August in front of 2,000 people. The concert programme will include some of Laibach’s hits over their 35-year career and North Korean folk ...

Former MMD Eastern Province Chairman Kennedy Zulu says ideology of capitalism and socialism adopted by the Rainbow Party will not take them anywhere in Zambia’s political dispensation. Mr. Zulu says the people of Zambia are looking for issue based political approaches as opposed to reviving old ideas. Mr. Zulu says he finds it difficult to understand the Rainbow Party’s manifesto. ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned a third bailout of Greece may already be in jeopardy and attacked the deal offered by eurozone leaders. It said Greece’s public debt had become “highly unsustainable” and some form of debt relief was now required. Late on Tuesday, the IMF made public advice it had given to the Eurogroup of finance ministers ...

Government says it is working out logistics to auction thousands of seized Mukula tree logs. Lands deputy Minister Davies Mwango says his ministry has been inspecting all the seized Mukula tree logs in various parts of the country with the view of either exporting the logs or auctioning them. He says most of the intercepted Mukula logs are being marooned ...

People’s party president Mike Mulongoti says insinuations that he has been recruited to champion the cause of the Rainbow party are coming from people who are merely hallucinating. Mr. Mulongoti says his allegiance is with his party and the Zambian people, and that people accusing him of supporting the Wynter Kabimba led Rainbow party are confused. He adds that the ...

Chipata based civil rights activist Alick Mwanza has bemoaned the continued high cost of living in the country. Mr. Mwanza says while the Patriotic Front government promised to reduce the high cost of living in the country, the cost of living has continued to rise. He says this is very unbearable to the majority poor people in the country who ...

Bread of Life Church International Overseer Bishop Joe Imakando has encouraged Zambians not to give up in view of the economic challenges facing the country. Bishop Imakando says before every breakthrough there is always some shaking, and that that if the country endures the challenges it is going through without falling into temptation, things will turn around for the better. ...