Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila has warned that his ministry will not tolerate acts of political violence regardless of who is involved. In a ministerial statement on the incident in Kitwe in which suspected PF cadres attacked UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s entourage, Mr Mwila says this is evident by the action the Police took throughout the incident including the arrest ...

Medical Stores workers have been awarded a 10% salary increment. Speaking during the signing of the collective agreement with the Natinal Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers in Lusaka today, Medical Stores Managing Sirector Dr. Boniface Fundafunda says the lowest paid unionized worker will get a basic salary of K3,310 with the highest paid getting K6,506 besides housing and transport ...

Three people died on the spot after being hit by a Toyota Vista Registration number ACP 1880 in Mbala as they were walking along the road. Police Spokesperson Charity Chanda in a statement says two others who include a nine months old baby sustained injuries in the accident. Ms Chanda says the baby was on the back of one of ...

President Edgar Lungu has been challenged to tell the nation whether he is drawing a salary as he continues to serve as Defence Minister. The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says it does not understand why it has taken the President long to appoint a Defence Minister. Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says his organization believes ...

The Non Governmental Organisation Coordinating Council (NGOCC) says it has been vindicated by reports that pardoned child defiler Clifford Dimba alias General Kanene has been involved in a Gender Based Violent (GBV) case. NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale says the revelation proves that Dimba needed to reflect on his actions and face the consequences of his action since the courts ...

Yorkshire batsman Jonny Bairstow has replaced Gary Ballance in the England squad for the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston, starting on 29 July. The inclusion of Bairstow, 25, is the only change to the squad beaten by 405 runs in the second Test at Lord’s where Australia levelled the series at 1-1. Bairstow, who has 14 Test caps, has scored ...

Pop star Taylor Swift is leading the pack for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards with nine nominations, followed by Ed Sheeran with six and Beyonce and Mark Ronson with five. Swift’s superhero-themed video for Bad Blood is up for video of the year. It will compete with Beyonce’s 7/11; Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud; Ronson’s Uptown Funk, featuring Bruno Mars, ...

A suspect has been identified in the suicide bomb attack that killed 32 young activists in Turkey, the country’s prime minister has said. Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking near the scene of the blast in Suruc near the Syrian border, said the suspect’s international and domestic links were being investigated. He said there was a “high probability” the Islamic State group was ...

The Zambia National Women’s Lobby says convicted defiler Clifford Dimba alias General Kanene has proved to all Zambians that he was not worthy of the prerogative of mercy extended to him by President Edgar Lungu as he has not reformed. The women’s organisation is disappointed that Dimba violently attacked his wife three days after being released from prison. Women’s Lobby ...

MMD President Nevers Mumba has warned the Patriotic Front (PF) against actions likely to threaten the peace and stability that Zambians have enjoyed for 50 years. Commenting on the scuffles involving PF cadres who attempted to attack UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema, causing injuries to members of his entourage in Kitwe, Dr. Mumba has cautioned the PF political leadership to do ...