Zambia wrapped-up their three-day preparation ahead of this weekend's international friendly against hosts Zimbabwe with a training game win over league side Lusaka Dynamos. Chipolopolo beat Dynamos 3-0 in a practice match played at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka. Nkwazi striker Justin Shonga, ZANACO defenders Taonga Bwembya and George Chilufya scored a goal each....

ZANACO PLC has patted a shot in the arm of the 2017 Mopani/Redpath Zambia Golf Open Championship with a US$20,000 donation. The 2017 Zambia Open, that will have a total prize money of US$140,000, will be held at Nkana Golf Club in Kitwe from June 1-4. Acting ZANACO managing director and chief executive officer Lishala...

Mwansabombwe PF member of parliament Rodgers Mwewa says it is unacceptable for UPND president Hakainde Hichilema to refer to Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini as a cadre. Speaking when he rose on a point of order in Parliament yesterday, Mwewa sought Speaker Matibini’s ruling on whether or not the opposition leader was...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda has announced that government will spend K2 million to consult citizens on whether or not to leave the International Criminal Court. Lubinda told journalists at a briefing yesterday that the consultations would be conducted in 30 districts across the country. He said citizens would be required to make their submissions to...

Fisheries and Livestock Minister Michael Katambo has indefinitely extended the fishing ban on Mongu-Luapula fishery owing to a cholera outbreak. Katambo, who is also Masaiti PF member of parliament, told the House in a ministerial statement that the fishing ban had been effected following a declaration of a cholera epidemic in Nchelenge and Chiengi districts...

The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has stopped Puma Energy Zambia and Spectra Oil from constructing new service stations on grounds that they had disregarded environmental regulations. ZEMA had issued decision letters to the two Oil Marketing Companies on November 11, 2016 after the completion of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process for construction of...

Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini says members of parliament have been abusing points of order in the House. In his guidance yesterday, Speaker Matibini said he would be strict on allowing points of order and told members from both sides to quote the exact standing orders which necessitated their points of order....

Civil Society for Poverty Reduction executive director Patrick Nshindano says government has not done enough to alleviate poverty in the country. In an interview, Nshindano noted that government had acknowledged this in a speech presented to Parliament by President Edgar Lungu last Friday. “Given the high poverty levels in Zambia, all successive governments have not...