Lusaka High Court Judge Mungeni Mulenga has set aside the application by Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa to join the consent judgment that declared Defence and Justice Minister Edgar Lungu as the duly elected Patriotic Front president. This is was after Mr. Lungu’s lawyers filed a preliminary issue before Judge Mulenga who was due to hear in chambers Mr. ...

The Zambia National Soccer team this morning visited Changwe Kalale at UTH. Kalale was injured in a road accident on Sunday. Chipolopolo Assistant Captain Nathan Sinkala presented a Chipolopolo shirt and match ball to Kalale as a birthday present. Also present was Chipolopolo head coach Honour Janza, his Assistant Chintu Kampamba,Team Manager Lusekelo Kamwambi,Equipment Manager,Lukonde Kaseko, Goalkeeper coach Yona Phiri,Physiotherapists ...

United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema has come to the defence of Acting President Guy Scott who is facing calls to resign from his position. Mr Hichilema says there is no need for abrupt changes in the government structure such as the agitation to have Acting President Guy Scott removed unconstitutionally and replaced. He says Dr Scott he ...

Government and other relevant stakeholders have been called upon to consider formulating laws that will allow prisoners to take part in elections. Prisoner Reintegration and Empowerment Organization (PREO) Executive Director Derrick Malumo says inmates are being denied of their right to chose leaders of their own choice. Mr. Malumo says prisoners feel left out of the governance and development activities ...

Patriotic Front Mpulungu Member of Parliament Freedom Sikazwe says the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) should be prepared for a rude shock after the January 20th presidential by-election. Mr. Sikazwe who is also Northern province Minister says the UPND is busy sending wrong information to the media that it had successful rallies in Northern Province when most of ...

Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has disclosed that Tuberculosis (TB) still remains a difficult disease to treat in Zambia. Dr. Kasonde says though the ministry of health has made significant strides in the treatment of patients with early stages of TB, more has to be done to ensure lives are saved. Dr. Kasonde points that the major challenge has been treating ...

Government has revealed that 90 percent of works pertaining to the installation of mobile communication towers across the country aimed at reducing the cost of doing business have been done. Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga says about one hundred and eighty three towers are now fully functional. Mr. Mukanga says works on about twenty mobile communication towers ...

Former Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) President Reuben Lifuka says presidential candidates participating in the forthcoming presidential by-election should distance themselves from any form of corruption. Mr. Lifuka says there is need for those aspiring to be in leadership to be role models in the fight against corruption by denouncing acts of corruption. Mr. Lifuka says Zambia must move a step ...

Sony Pictures has cancelled the planned US release on 25 December of the film The Interview, after major cinema chains decided not to screen it. The film is about a fictional plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Hackers have already carried out a cyber attack on Sony and warned the public to stay away from cinemas screening the ...

Cuban President Raul Castro has urged the US to end its trade embargo after the two countries opened formal talks on restoring diplomatic relations. He said the five-decade embargo “caused enormous human and economic damage”. But only the US Congress has the power to lift the embargo, and correspondents say many Republicans are still deeply opposed to this. On Wednesday, ...