By Chileshe Mwango The Ministry Of Fisheries And Livestock says there is still a fish deficit of about 200,000 metric tonnes of fish to satisfy the local market despite ongoing investments in aquaculture fishing. Ministry Project Coordinator, Dr. Alexander Kefi told Phoenix News at the just ended Copperbelt Expo that the country has a fish […]
By Patricia Mbewe Water troubles have continued at Lake Kariba with water levels continuing to drop on a weekly basis. According to information obtained from the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), the lake level continued receding, dropping by 10 centimeters in the course of the week, before closing at 479.48 meters on 27th June 2019 compared […]
By Patricia Mbewe A man of Lusaka’s Mtendere compound has broken his lower limbs in a failed attempt to steal from a moving motor vehicle last night. The suspect identified as Solomon Mubita is alleged to have jumped from Misisi Foot Bridge on Kafue road taking advantage of trucks slowing down and in the process […]
By Prudence Siabana Transparency International Zambia has demanded that the process of investigating Road Transport and Safety Agency Chief Executive Officer Zindaba Soko be done in an independent and transparent manner. TIZ president, Rueben Lifuka in an interview with Phoenix News says whenever corruption or money laundering occurs, it must be investigated thoroughly regardless of […]
Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa has arrived in Lusaka to receive an honorary degree and to attend the 48th Special Graduation Ceremony of the University of Zambia. He will be conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Law Degree by the same institution together with president of Zambia Edgar Lungu. “The President (Mnangagwa) will attend the 48th Special […]
A 28-year -old woman of Chama district in Muchinga Province, has died after being attacked by a buffalo. Chama South Constituency Member of Parliament Davison Mung’andu has confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS ) in Chinsali . Mr. Mung’andu identified the woman as Zick Zimba of Kapichila […]
Government says more jobs for Zambians are now being created because of a favorable business environment it has created in the country. Southern Province Minister Edify Hamukale says the government remains focused on job creation as a means to fight poverty among the vulnerable groups in the country. The Minister was speaking in Monze when […]
(CNN) – Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of one of hip-hop’s most seminal and iconic figures, has died at age 69, the Marin County, California, sheriff’s office said Tuesday. Though she is best known as Tupac Shakur’s mom, Shakur Davis also was a Black Panther as a young adult and an activist and philanthropist in […]
Former Zambia National Soccer team captain Dickson Makwaza has died at the age of 76. The former KK 11 skipper past away this morning at Ndola Teaching Hospital where he was admitted following an illness. Makwaza who captained Zambia at the 1974 Africa Cup where they finished in second place, was the father to former […]
Religious Affairs Minister Godfridah Sumahili has charged that she will not condone entertainment personalities that undermine the countries morals and values. Speaking at a joint press briefing with PR Media, Ms. Sumaili says inviting people with questionable characters may corrupt Zambia’s Christian morals. PR Girl Media Co Founder Chishimba Nyambe says her team invited South […]