Zambia have retained eight players from their African Nations Cup-winning squad of three years ago in their final 23-man list for this month’s tournament in Equatorial Guinea with Rainford Kalaba chosen as captain. The team has undergone a dramatic transformation since Zambia won the continental championship in Gabon in 2012. Among those left out of the squad named on Wednesday ...

Forum for Democratic Alternative (FDA) president Ludwig Sondashi says he will introduce a clause in the constitution to ascertain the health of all presidential aspirants if voted into office. Commenting on Patriotic Front President Edgar Lungu’s challenge to other presidential candidates to go for medical tests, Dr. Sondashi says he is personally ready to do a medical test and allow ...

Kabwata Member of Parliament Given Lubinda says he is 100 percent confident that Patriotic Front President Edgar Lungu will carry the day come 20th January, 2015. Mr. Lubinda says the ruling party is getting back to the people and reminding them of the various developmental projects the PF has embarked some of which still need to be completed. Mr. Lubinda ...

Political activist Dante Saunders has observed that it is not possible for any political party that will form government after the 20th January presidential to resolve the issue of the Barotseland Agreement before 2016. Mr. Saunders says the issue of the Barotseland Agreement provides more lessons to be learnt and cannot be an issue that can be resolved overnight. In ...

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Executive Director Neo Simutanyi has observed that the 2015 presidential election has provided an opportunity for the Zambian media to be more vibrant than ever before. Dr. Simutanyi says the vibrancy the media has shown during this election is the first to be witnessed since the country became independent in 1964. He says much as ...