Mazabuka Town Clerk Wisdom Bwalya has confirmed that Mazabuka has received its share of the 2014 Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Mr. Bwalya says the council has since embarked on the implementation of developmental projects using the funds. He says the council is first concentrating on completing the projects which were pending before embarking on new projects. Mr Bwalya points out ...

Operation Young Vote has accused the ruling Patriotic Front of having well schemed plans to seriously divide the nation with impunity. OYV Executive Director Guess Nyirenda in a statement says it is quite disheartening to note how the top leadership in the ruling is treating and insulting citizens with impunity. Mr Nyirenda says there is no way PF Secretary General ...

The opposition UPND has warned of unspecified reaction to any attempt to eliminate its leader Hakainde Hichilema. This follows Wednesday’s attack in Kitwe on Mr Hichilema and his entourage allegedly carried out by PF cadres who are reported to have aimed at causing harm to the UPND leader. UPND National Chairperson Mutale Nalumango has since warned the PF to stay ...

Vice President Inonge Wina has observed that the current power deficit in the country has the potential to undermine government efforts to eradicate poverty and promote economic stability for sustainable development. Speaking when she met visiting United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark, Ms. Wina says Zambia’s climate sensitive sectors such as energy, food security, water among others have ...

The Human Rights Commission has welcomed the guidance provided by President Edgar Lungu regarding the planned meeting of Tonga speaking people scheduled to take place in Monze over the weekend. Commission Director Florence Chibwesha says the commission believes that effective administration of the Public Order Act needs political leadership at the highest level as has been demonstrated by President Lungu ...

Pardoned convicted child defiler musician Clifford Dimba alias General Kanene has promised not to let President Edgar Lungu down. Speaking to Journalists at Kabwe’s Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison today after receiving a presidential pardon, Dimba who was serving an 18 year sentence with hard labour for defiling a 14 year old girl said he is honored to be made the ...

GB v France Davis Cup quarter-final on the BBC Venue: Queen’s Club Dates: 17-19 July Coverage: Live on BBC Two, HD, Red Button, Radio 5 live, 5 live sports extra, online, mobile, the BBC Sport app and Connected TV. When you lose a Wimbledon semi-final it’s tough to put that out of your mind after just a few days, but ...

Johnny Depp’s wife, actress Amber Heard, has been charged with illegally smuggling dogs into Australia. Ms Heard came under fire for failing to declare Pistol and Boo, the couple’s Yorkshire terriers, to authorities on their arrival in Brisbane in April. This week she was charged with two counts of illegally importing the dogs into Australia and one count of producing ...

Eurozone ministers have agreed to give Greece a €7bn (£5bn) bridging loan from an EU-wide fund to keep its finances afloat until a bailout is approved. The loan is expected to be confirmed on Friday by all EU member states. In another development, the European Central Bank agreed to increase emergency funding to Greece for the first time since it ...

Police in Lusaka arrested Post Newspapers Editor-in-Chief Fred M’membe and Reporter Mukosha Funga and charged them with the offence of publishing classified information under the State Security Act. This is in relation to an article published in the Post on 17th April 2015 in which it was reported that Anti Corruption Commission Director General Rosewin Wandi had written to President ...