The Zambia national team will face Gabon today in an international friendly match in Libreville. Coach Wedson Nyirenda has carried a squad comprising local players with his eyes on the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mozambique next Saturday in Ndola and also the Cosafa Castle Cup billed for this month end. The team is also without Zanaco and Zesco ...

The 2016-17 Uefa Champions League final pits the season’s top scorers, holders Real Madrid, against a Juventus side who have conceded just three goals en route to Cardiff. Both clubs have plenty of recent final experience to draw from. Defending champions Madrid – bidding to become the first team to retain the trophy in the Uefa Champions League era – ...

Economic and Equity Party (EEP) President Chilufya Tayali has charged that President Edgar Lungu is part of the mess in the Zambia Police Service. Mr. Tayali says if the Police are abusing the law, the President as commander-in-chief of the armed forces cannot be spared from blame. He says the President has an obligation to make sure that the police ...

A former Commissioner on the Mung’omba Constitutional Review Commission says there is need to consider including the clause on the appointment of Ministers outside Parliament in the constitution during the amendment of the constitution. William Harrington says appointing Ministers from outside Parliament is the only solution to recent concerns by President Edgar Lungu over the failure by some Minister to ...

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri says his team need to be “fiendish” to beat Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final. Allegri, whose team are playing in their second final in three years after losing to Barcelona in 2015, said Real start as favourites but his team were capable of pulling off a surprise. “We have worked hard all year and ...

Ticketmaster has asked for fans to be patient as it works through the applications for One Love Manchester. Ariana Grande, Little Mix and Justin Bieber are among the stars at Sunday’s concert, which will benefit the victims of the Manchester suicide bombing. Fans who were at Grande’s show on the night of the attack have been offered free places to ...

China, the EU and India, which along with the US make up the four biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, have restated their commitment to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. Top EU official Donald Tusk said at a summit with China that Brussels and Beijing would step up co-operation. Mr Trump announced the US was leaving for economic reasons, ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency(RTSA) has suspended the road service license for Kapena Bus Company for violating the conditions upon which the operator’s license was granted. The Agency has since given the bus company 24 hours to cease operations. On 23rd  May, 2017, a Scania Marcopolo Bus registration number ABP 6303 operating under a road service license No. 163140 ...

Ministry of Labour and Social Security Permanent Secretary Barnaby Mulenga says government has identified the informal sector as one of the avenues to combating the menace of unemployment in the country. Speaking when he officiated at the Tripartite Plus Dialogue on the Youth Future of Work organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Lusaka today, Mr. Mulenga says government ...

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda has disclosed that the authority has raised over K480.9 million in revenue from January to May this year. And Mr. Chanda has also disclosed that the authority has so far raised K105 million from the amnesty on tax defaulters which was launched in April. The ZRA Commissioner General said this when Finance ...