Serena Williams says she is a victim of “discrimination” as she is the most drug tested American tennis player. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion made the claim in a tweet on Tuesday, after doping officials visited her. The American had previously expressed frustration about the volume of her tests earlier this month. “Out of all the players it’s been ...

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Jean Kapata has directed the Director of Forestry to ensure the decentralized forest and other natural resources management program which was being undertaken by the governments of Zambia and Finland from 2015 to 2017 is sustained. Speaking during the close of the decentralization forest and other natural resources management program, Ms. Kapata has noted ...

“The last time I did an interview this long, I was on cocaine.” It’s clear from the first minute of Demi Lovato’s official documentary, released last October, that the singer has no problem being open about her addictions. The previous interview she refers to was for another documentary – 2012’s Stay Strong – in which she spoke of her “daily ...

Pakistan has been hit by violence on the day of its general elections – with at least 31 dead in the worst attack. A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a polling station in the city of Quetta. The Islamic State group said it had carried out the attack. Elsewhere, minor blasts and clashes left several injured and two dead. ...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says Zambia’s recent enactment of the public financial management Act is an important step in the right direction. Speaking during the official launch of the USAID Accountable Governance for Improved Service Delivery (AGIS) Project in Lusaka, USAID Zambia Mission Director Patrick Diskin says this highlights a strong commitment to enhance government effectiveness, ...

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General, Kingsley Chanda has clarified that Pay As You Earn (PAYE) refund, mostly mistaken by Zambians as a pension or guaranteed refund of all PAYE paid during one’s employment, is not refundable at all. In a statement, Mr. Chanda explains that what is refundable is not the tax paid during employment, but the overpayment on ...

Three members of the same family in Lusaka’s Misisi Compound have died of suspected suffocation following a fire outbreak which burnt property in their sitting room. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has identified the deceased as Gezani Zulu aged 35, his daughter Naomi Zulu aged 16 and son Titus Zulu aged 13. Ms Katongo says the neighbors could not notice the ...

Chief Government Spokesperson, Dora Siliya says she is not aware that President Lungu has assigned five cabinet Ministers to travel to China to hold strategic consultations with Chinese authorities, financial institutions and companies doing business in Zambia to discuss the debt restructuring programme. Earlier this month, Presidential Press Aide, Amos Chanda issued a statement to the effect that President Lungu ...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) says it in the first half of 2018 confiscated and destroyed various goods worth eighty-eight thousand, five hundred kwacha (K88, 500) across the country, most of which had expired or were about to expire. CCPC Executive Director, Chilufya Sampa has told a media briefing that carbonated drinks topped the list of the goods ...

The Human Rights Commission is urging all registered voters in areas where local government by-elections are taking place tomorrow to turn up in large numbers to exercise their democratic right to vote. And the Commission has commended the Patriotic Front and the United Party for National Development for their public commitment to ending violence and maintaining law, order and peace ...