Women for Change has strongly condemned and described as barbaric the stripping naked,torture and beating up of a young woman by thugs at Kulima Tower bus station for purportedly wearing what they perceived as indecent. Executive Lumba Siyanga says her organisation is deeply appalled by the action taken by the thugs which was a violation of fundamental rights of the ...

The National Council for Construction (NCC) says it has issued over 3,200 registration certificates to contractors for the 2015 registration period. This came to light today during the launch of the media awareness campaign for labour laws in the construction sector in Lusaka aimed at educating Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the construction sector of the need to ...

Senior Chief Nsokolo of the Mambwe speaking people in Mbala district has expressed fears that some foreigners may obtain the National Registration Cards if security is not intensified to verify information. Senior Chief Nsokolo said there is need to involve local traditional leadership to help in verifying information of their subjects seeking to obtain the NRC’s using village registers. The ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) says Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani is being hypocritical by suggesting that the Public Order Act is being implemented fairly. The UPND wonders why it has been so difficult for opposition political parties and the civil society to obtain permits to stage public processions if indeed the Public Order Act is being ...

Republican and PF President Edgar Lungu has with immediate effect appointed republican Vice-President, Inonge Wina, as PF Vice-President and Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula, as National Chairperson. Until their appointments, Mrs. Wina was the National Chairperson of the party whilst Dr. Simbyakula was the Chairperson for Legal and Disciplinary Committee. The appointments are pursuant to the powers vested in the PF ...

Napoli boss Rafael Benitez has emerged as a leading candidate to become the next Real Madrid manager. Current Real boss Carlo Ancelotti is widely expected to leave his post after this weekend’s final game of the season against Getafe. Talks between the parties are under way, with 55-year-old Benitez’s Napoli contract due to expire next month, although no agreement has ...

Four US presidents have joined stars including Steve Martin, Tina Fey, Jerry Seinfeld and Foo Fighters to pay tribute to TV host David Letterman on his final late night talk show. Letterman has bowed out after 33 years and 6,028 late-night broadcasts. He joked that physicist Stephen Hawking had calculated it “works out to about eight minutes of laughter”. He ...

Islamic State militants have seized the last Syrian government-controlled border crossing between Syria and Iraq, a Syrian activist group says. Government forces withdrew from al-Tanf – known as al-Waleed in Iraq – crossing as IS advanced, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. The loss of al-Tanf to IS follows the group’s takeover of the ancient city of Palmyra ...

Sub-Chief Natende of the Bwile people of Chiengi District has appealed to players in agriculture marketing to focus on purchasing Cassava in Luapula province as the marketing season opens. Sub-Chief Natende who is former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba says this is because it has now become clear that it will not be viable for the people of Luapula province to ...

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has welcomed government’s directive for refugees whose status is coming to an end to be adequately screened before their stay in the country is made permanent. Cabinet has directed the ministry of Home Affairs to ensure all refugees are adequately screened if they are to remain in Zambia starting next month with ...