South Africa’s football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has died after being shot, South African police say. The incident reportedly happened at Meyiwa’s girlfriend’s house in Vosloorus, south of Johannesburg. The 27-year-old played for Orlando Pirates and had played in South Africa’s last four Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. On Saturday, he was in action for his club, when they ...

Bishop Lenson Bwalya of Elshadai Pentecostal Church in Lusaka has appealed to young people to desist from posting nude pictures on social media. Bishop Bwalya has told qfm news in an interview that it is unfortunate that young people are now in the forefront of circulating nude pictures and other sinful material on social network. Bishop Bwalya stresses that Zambia ...

The Grain Traders Association of Zambia (GTAZ) has opposed the reintroduction of crop levy saying it will bring into effect additional taxes that will increase the cost of doing business in the country. GTAZ executive director Jacob Mwale says that reintroducing the crop levy would mean that the private grain traders will be paying more to move products from one ...

Governance Activist, Maurice Malambo, says stakeholders should not reprimand the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI’s) proposal to hold the referendum alongside the 2016 General Elections. YALI has maintained that the country must consider hosting a referendum for adopting the new constitution alongside the 2016 general elections now that government has released the final draft constitution. Mr. Malambo says YALI is ...

Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) says the removal of subsidy on fuel has adversely affected the operations of private milling companies as transportation costs are consuming a larger chunk of their profits. MAZ President Allan Sakala says the millers are spending colossal amounts of income on ferrying raw materials to milling plants and this had resulted in increased costs of ...