Number of View: 37 Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge has advised Zambians to change their mindset and begin to plan for their death by signing up for a funeral insurance service. He notes that insuring ones life will ensure a dignified funeral and burial while at the same ensuring that surviving members of the family do [...]
Number of View: 32 Anglican Priest Father has commended the Zimbabwean government for adopting a constitution. He has since urged President Michael Sata and his government to emulate Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe who has signed his country’s new constitution into law. The clergy says President Mugabe should be commended for giving the people of Zimbabwe [...]
Number of View: 80 Zambian Breweries Plc has officially opened its new One million hectolitre plant at its Ndola Brewery this morning. Republican Vice President, Dr Guy Scott, was on hand to open the brewery together with the SABMiller Africa Managing Director, Mr. Mark Bowman. Speaking when he opened the plant, Dr. Scott commended Zambian [...]
Number of View: 98 The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) says government’s decision to remove subsidies from fuel is timely especially that it has tried to mitigate the impact of this action by the removal of the five per cent import duty that was chargeable on crude feedstock and the reduction in the [...]
Number of View: 40 All the five aspiring parliamentary candidates for the forthcoming Feira Parliamentary Constituency in Luangwa District have successfully filed in their nomination papers today. And all the aspiring candidates have expressed confidence of scooping the seat that fell vacant following the defection of the incumbent, Patrick Ngoma, to the ruling Patriotic Front [...]
Number of View: 53 The National Restoration Party NAREP has asked the Patriotic Front leadership to condemn the conduct of its cadres yesterday when a group of PF cadres harassed opposition MMD Leader Nevers Mumba and MMD Die Hard Youth National Coordinator Bowman Lusambo. NAREP National Secretary Reverend Jevan Kamanga says silence on the part [...]
Number of View: 43Should Game of Thrones fans be bracing for an early spring? Series producer Frank Doelger said in a recent interview that he expects the HBO fantasy drama to run seven seasons. “[The number of seasons] is being discussed as we speak. The third season was the first half of book three, season [...]
Number of View: 45Rocker Jon Bon Jovi has opened up about what he calls his “worst moment as a father,” the day his 19-year-old daughter overdosed on heroin. “It was horrible, a horrible moment. It was my worst moment as a father,” he told UK newspaper the Daily Mirror today. The 51-year-old rocker recalled getting [...]
Number of View: 49A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport as eyewitnesses reported seeing the aircraft “on fire” flying over central London. A man who only gave his first name as Jamie told Sky News: “As you looked up you could just see the flames being chucked out [...]
Number of View: 44Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street. Counter-terrorism officers are leading the investigation into the “shocking and horrific” murder in Woolwich, southeast London as the Prime Minister meets his top advisers to address potential security implications. [...]
Number of View: 42 President Michael Sata has said Zambia will not support calls for all African countries to use one passport for Africans to move freely around the continent and to enter other continents. President Sata said the issue of African countries using one passport will promote crime and other vices on the continent. [...]
Number of View: 51One of South Africa’s leading anti-apartheid stalwarts has lambasted his country’s police force after a string of accusations about their brutal methods – including torture. Ronnie Kasrils, who served in the first democratically-elected South African Government, told Sky News: “This is not what we fought for. The Nelson Mandela I know would [...]
Number of View: 33 Young Africa Leaders Initiative YALI has demanded that President Michael Sata addresses the people on his decision to remove subsidies. YALI Board Chairperson Andrew Ntewewe says directing ministers to go round explaining governments resolve to remove subsidies will not mean anything as they will only mislead the people. He says what [...]
Number of View: 59 The Center for Elections and Governance has advised the opposition United Party for National Development UPND not to take advantage of the prevailing tension in the country to push for protests. CEG Chairperson Misheck Mwewa says though Zambians have a democratic right to conduct protests, it is wrong for the opposition [...]
Number of View: 36Details are emerging of how teachers saved the lives of their pupils during the devastating tornado in Oklahoma which claimed at least 24 lives. As the search effort winds down with rescuers saying they are “98% sure” they will find no more survivors in the aftermath of the massive twister that destroyed [...]
