General News

Vice President Inonge Wina is in India for a scheduled medical review. Government sources revealed that Mrs Wina left Zambia on Friday and will remain in India for unspecified period of time. She was last in India in February this year after she was evacuated to...

The Ndola High Court has sentenced a 19-year-old girl to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour, for smoking marijuana. High Court Judge Yvonne Chembe sentenced Mutika Mungwila to a ten-year jail term as part of her reformation. Mungwila was convicted by the Ndola Magistrate Court for...

The Patriotic Front has called on all stakeholders to heed President Edgar Lungu's call on the nation to prepare and respond to Climate Change by way of mitigation and adaptation. PF Media Director Sunday Chanda says Zambians must ensure climate change takes centre stage of...

South African Police in Gauteng Province have recovered the four Zambian trucks that were hijacked in that country in the early hours of Sunday. Three of the trucks were found abandoned in the industrial area of Steeledale, about 15 kilometers from the hijacking...

National Democratic Congress President Chishimba Kambwili will this morning appear for questioning at the Drug Enforcement Commission in connection with allegations of drug trafficking involving President Edgar Lungu and Businessman Valden Findlay. According to the NDC Media Team, Mr Kambwili will appear before the Drug...

Campaigners for the protection of Forest 27 have started the process of petitioning the International Criminal Court in the Hague and The Global Environmental Crimes Tribunal seeking sanctions against individuals that have obtained plots in the Forest Reserve. It is believed that some influential figures...

The Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company says it will effect a citywide water rationing process to ensure equitable water supply. Company Managing Director Jonathan Kampata has attributed the reduced water supply the city is currently experiencing to poor rainfall that characterized the 2018/2019 rainy season...

Four Zambian trucks belonging to different companies in Zambia have been hijacked in Johannesburg, South Africa by unknown people. The trucks that were coming from Zambia to South Africa carried different vehicle engines for reconditioning in wadeville and Kempton park garages in South Africa. According to...

The Chief Executive Office of Top Star Communications Company Limited Chinese, has been deported. He was deported on Thursday, 12th September, 2019 under a warrant signed by Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo because there were reasonable grounds to believe that his presence in Zambia...

Minister of General Education David Mabumba says the government is implementing measures aimed at enhancing access to education for all children in the country. Mr. Mabumba said the school feeding programme is one effective way that has been done to ensure an increased enrolment number...

South America's mineral-rich country, Suriname, is looking for opportunities to attract Zambia's mining experts who can develop its mines. Zambia's Ambassador to Brazil with extra-accreditation to Suriname, Dr. Alfreda Kansembe said in Brasilia that Suriname's request has been tabled awaiting a proactive response from Zambia. The...

Zambia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Emmanuel Mwamba has described the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, as one of the champions of Africa’s liberation struggle against colonial rule. Speaking after signing the book of condolence in honor of President Mugabe at the Zimbabwean Embassy in Addis Ababa,...

Zambia Alliance for Youths With Disability (ZAYWD) Secretary-General Frankson Musukwa has called on the government to come up with a law that will allow people living with hearing impairment to acquire a driver’s license. Mr. Musukwa complained that Zambia is the only country in the...

Kanyama Area Member of Parliament Elizabeth Phiri has called on the business community operating in Kanyama constituency to come up with social responsibility programs aimed at bringing development to the area. Ms. Phiri observed that the government alone cannot respond to the needs...

Robert Mugabe’s family say they are shocked at not having been consulted by the government about arrangements for the funeral of the former Zimbabwean president. Mr. Mugabe, who was 95, died last week while undergoing medical treatment in a Singapore hospital. His body is being...