Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection Minister Lloyd Kaziya has disclosed that government is holding consultations on the possibility of banning the production, distribution and use of plastic bags. In a ministerial statement to Parliament on the preparedness of government to avert water related diseases such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid, Mr Kaziya says the use of plastic bags is ...

Arsenal forward Theo Walcott is eager to continue his rich vein of form by scoring 10 goals before Christmas, which he plans to celebrate by receiving a coffee machine as a gift from his wife. The England international scored in Sunday’s 3-1 Premier League victory over Bournemouth to take his tally up to nine goals in 15 appearances this season. ...

Kanye West has been in the hospital for over a week now, and reports are claiming the situation with the rapper is so serious he may not be released soon. On Nov. 21, West was hospitalized after a reported meltdown at his personal trainer’s home. The hospitalization came after the star abruptly canceled the last 21 dates of his Saint ...

The Lusaka High Court has removed six respondents from the case in which UPND President Hakainde Hichilema is challenging the decision by the Constitutional Court not hear his presidential petition. This was after Lawyers for the state had earlier applied for a disjoinder of the first, second, third, fifth, sixth and seventh respondents on grounds that they cannot be sued ...

A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia. Colombia’s civil aviation body says only six people survived the crash, blamed on an electrical fault. The chartered aircraft, flying from Brazil via Bolivia, was carrying members of the Chapecoense team. The team had been due to ...

Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya says Government will support 1,609,187 farmers under the Farmer Input Support Programme in the 2016/2017 farming season Ms Siliya has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that of the total targeted beneficiaries, one million, six hundred and sixty six farmers will be supported under the conventional system in the sixty four districts while the remaining 602,521 ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has been charged by the Football Association for kicking a bottle in frustration during the 1-1 draw against West Ham at Old Trafford on Sunday. Mourinho, 53, who was sent to the stands by referee Jon Moss, was charged with improper conduct on Monday. He has until 18:00 GMT on 1 December to respond. It ...

US singer Colonel Abrams, a pioneer of house and dance music in the 1980s, has died at the age of 67. The musician scored his biggest hit in 1985 with the club single Trapped, which reached number three in the UK. Last year, it emerged he was living homeless in New York. Friends then launched a fundraising campaign to help ...

A plane carrying 72 people, including a Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia, officials say. Details are unclear but some reports say there are survivors. The chartered plane, flying from Bolivia, was carrying members of the Chapecoense football team, airport officials said. The team was due to play in the final ...

Msanzala Member of Parliament Peter Daka has observed the need for government to pay more attention to the road network in Eastern Province. Mr. Daka says the fact that 90 percent of the maize in the Province is produced by small scale farmers,it is important that roads to these farming areas are made passable. In an interview with QTV News, ...