Report by Albert Mpezeni The final list of nominees for the fourth Mosi Lager Zambian Music Awards (ZMAs) has been unveiled with the winners expected to be announced on 11th April 2015. Like last year, the ZMAs have a total of 34 categories divided into the populist and technical industry clusters. Announcing the development at Lusaka’s Intercontinental Hotel on Friday, ...

President Edgar Lungu has appointed Dr. Denny Kalyalya as Governor of the Bank of Zambia with immediate effect, replacing Dr. Michael Gondwe who will be assigned a new role elsewhere. The three-year contract appointment is pursuant to the powers vested in the President under Section 10 of the Bank of Zambia Act Number 43 of 1996. President Lungu notes that ...

The women’s movement is pleased with the continued appointment of women to decision making positions by President Edgar Lungu. In a statement on behalf of the women’s movement, NGOCC Chairperson Sarah Longwe says President Lungu’s recent appointment of six women, including the Vice President to his Cabinet,though not enough, is a step in the right direction towards meeting the SADC ...

The Zambia Redemption Front (ZRF) has observed that Southern province has not been ably represented in the Cabinet constituted by President Edgar Lungu. ZRF President Kelly Walubita Junior says this has the potential to bring about the tribal disunity witnessed in the 20th January, 2015 presidential by-election. Mr Walubita says President Lungu should therefore consider including the leadership from southern ...

The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) says it is suicidal and totally unproductive for President Edgar Lungu to surround himself with men and women who are ill prepared in their various assigned roles. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza in a statement says it is clear that most of President Edgar Lungu’s Cabinet appointments have been done on patronage and political ...

A total of 66, 971 candidates who sat for the 2014 Grade 12 examinations have obtained school certificates. Of the 66, 971 candidate who have obtained school certificates, 38, 992 are boys while 27, 979 are girls. This is from the 122,056 candidates that entered for the exams out of whom only 119,862 sat for the exams. Speaking at a ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu this morning left for Angola on an official visit as some overzealous Police officers and Airport staff at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport blocked Journalists from covering his departure. Panic gripped the officers involved when President Lungu inquired on the absence of the national broadcaster, ZNBC. Journalists including one from QFM tried to reason with the uncompromising ...

Harry Kane set for England call-up after Roy Hodgson praise England manager Roy Hodgson has all but confirmed Tottenham striker Harry Kane will be in his squad for next month’s double-header with Lithuania and Italy. Hodgson described the 21-year-old, who has scored 23 goals in 35 games this season, as combining “everything you’re looking for in a centre forward”. “Is ...

Steve Strange, lead singer of 1980s pop band Visage, has died aged 55 following a heart attack, his record label says. The Welsh New Romantic icon – best known for the hit Fade To Grey – died in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Ex-Visage bandmates Midge Ure and Rusty Egan said they were “devastated” to hear of his “untimely passing”, ...

  New shelling has been reported in the rebel-held east Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, shortly after the peace deal reached in Minsk. There are no confirmed reports of casualties. Both cities are near the front line where the pro-Russian rebels face government forces. The ceasefire agreed in the Belarusian capital is to begin in eastern Ukraine after midnight ...