Efforts to locate victims and wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501 which crashed into the Java Sea in Indonesia on Sunday are being hampered by stormy weather and strong tides. Indonesian officials have confirmed that remains and debris found in the waters off Borneo are from the plane. The authorities say that seven bodies have now been retrieved. The Airbus A320-200, ...

Striker Patrick Ngoma missed Zambia training on Tuesday after suffering an injury. Zambia team physician Doctor Joseph Kabungo said the Red Arrows and Zambia Under-20 strikers’ injury is not very serious. “Patrick sat out of training today due to a slight ankle problem but it is nothing serious,” Kabungo said. “The other 23 players are fine and training just fine.” ...

Youths for Transparency and Integrity (YTI) has encouraged government to remain firm on the new mining taxation regime. YTI Executive Director Bright Muchimba says foreign owned companies have not exhibited exceptional levels of integrity in the past and therefore government should find ways of getting a fair share from the country’s mineral wealth through taxation. Mr. Muchimba says government should ...

Political analyst Dante Saunders says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema would win the presidential election if it was to be held today going by the support he is presently receiving. Mr. Saunders says from his own assessment of the country’s current political landscape, Mr. Hichilema would win by at least 60 percent of the national vote. Mr. Saunders has however told ...

Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza has encouraged people to turn out in numbers and vote in the 20th January presidential election. Reverend Mwanza says it is important that people turn out in large numbers to vote for the candidate of their choice as God directs them. He says every Zambian is affected either negatively or positively ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has appealed to all political parties to review their constitutions ahead of the 2016 tripartite elections to make them more user-friendly and democratic. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi in an end of year statement notes that 2014 was characterized by political confusions caused, partly by defective party constitutions, limited intra-political party democracies and poor ...