Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says officers are not happy with the retiring of four of their colleagues in Sesheke, fearing that it could happen to any of them at any time. And Katongo has lamented that cadres have no respect for the police, suggesting that the service would operate much more effectively as a force....

Zimbabwe has withdrawn from hosting this year's COSAFA Cup set to take place from 19 May to 1 June. According to the BBC Sports, Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth, Sports, Art and Recreation, Hon. Kirsty Coventry announced on Monday that unpreparedness and wrong timing have worked against the hosting of the tournament. "We will not be...

The shareholding wrangle in the Zambezi Portland Cement (ZPC) saga has taken a different twist with the rejection of Phesto Musonda as interim joint chief executive officer by the Antonio Ventriglia management. Finsbury Investments Limited announced the appointment of Musonda as interim joint interim chief executive officer following the judgement passed by the Court of...

The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has extended the grace period for usage of plastic carrier bags granted to selected chain stores that had applied for an extension in order to finish their old stocks. In a statement, ZEMA acting Director General Simon Mwansa stated that the chain stores had been given two weeks in...

Sinda agro dealers say government’s delayed payment to activate farming inputs through the electronic voucher system has contributed towards their failure to supply farmers on time. Speaking during a dialogue meeting between District Commissioner Paradious Sakala and agro dealers in Sinda, Judo Limited company director Justin Tembo explained that the non-payment of monies to them...

World Vision, through the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project, has drilled its first borehole in Muloongo Village, Southern Province, out of the 300 boreholes to be done this year across the country. And National Director of World Vision John Hasse said the WASH programme, worth US$6 million, would provide clean water for up to...

Director of National Parks and Wildlife in the Ministry of Tourism Paul Zyambo has refuted claims published by the Zambia Daily Mail on February 15, 2019, alleging that some people were airlifting wild animals from Zambia. In a statement issued by Ministry of Tourism and Arts Public Relations Officer Sakabilo Kalembwe, the director stated that...

Police in Lusaka have apprehended six suspects in a case in which some armed robbers broke into an officers house, stole some items and shot his wife in the process. In a statement, police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo stated that various items were also recovered. "Refer to a report of Aggrevated Robbery and Murder which...