Tourism and Arts Minister Charles Banda says he intends to study the 50 percent partnership offer by Mushingashi Game Farm to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW). Mr. Banda says he wants to have a good understanding of the partnership. Speaking during a meeting at his office with representatives of the DNPW, Mr. Banda said government’s position is ...

Minister of commerce, trade and industry, Christopher Yaluma says government will continue implementing measures aimed at promoting value addition and improving the competitiveness of the country so that local industry can take full advantage of the market access provided through the Tripartite Free Trade Area. Speaking during a sensitization meeting on the tripartite free trade area in Lusaka, Mr. Yaluma ...

Government has been called upon to consider exempting farmers who contributed the K400 requirement towards the e-voucher system and did not redeemed their farming inputs from paying another K400 in the coming farming season. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development, Moono Mapani says it would be day light robbery if the government goes ahead and asks the farmers who ...

Transport and Communications Minister, Brian Mushimba has disclosed that 613 vehicles were impounded in 2017 for having illegal number plates. And Mr Mushimba has told Parliament in response to a question asked by Monze central Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu that number plates such as ECL 2021, Commando 1 and Number one bootlicker are illegal. Mr Mushimba, however, states that ...

The University of Zambia and the Zambia Police Service have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to train Police officers in various programmes. The MoU will enable Police officers to explore various collaborative initiatives for the growth and mutual benefit of the two institutions, boost provision of higher education through research, training and technological development in areas of security management. UNZA ...

The Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) is saddened that by the indiscriminate export of non-ferrous scrap abroad and to neighboring countries which it says is having serious detrimental effects on the local foundry industry. The association says this is regrettably creating an untenable situation where local foundries must compete with foreign firms and/or individuals to access basic raw materials which ...

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources will this year produce and issue 300,000 certificates of title to properties on state land in selected cities and towns, Lands Minister Jean Kapata has disclosed. Speaking during the launch of the National Titling Centre in the Lusaka show grounds, Ms Kapata said the annual target and performance of title deeds to be ...

Rescuers are racing against the rains to free 12 boys and their football coach, who are trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand. A deluge is expected to hit in a matter of days that could force the water level up, threatening to flood the pocket where the group took refuge. The teenage boys and their 25-year-old coach have ...

England defender John Stones has described World Cup last 16 opponents Colombia as “probably the dirtiest team I have ever come up against” in the latest salvo in the bitter fall-out from England’s victory over the South American side. Colombian players have complained that the American referee Mark Geiger was biased towards England while their coach Jose Pekerman said football ...

Sweden’s strong collective is aiming to make life difficult for their more illustrious English counterparts when the two sides meet in their World Cup quarterfinal clash on Saturday. The Swedes trained at their hotel on the Black Sea before departing for Samara where they will face England in their first World Cup last eight match since 1994, when they came ...