Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe has “categorically” denied any form of cheating. The 41-year-old Briton said questions raised during a parliamentary select committee “effectively implicated” her in the Sunday Times’ allegations of blood doping in athletics. Jesse Norman MP suggested London Marathon winners and medallists and “potentially British athletes” were under suspicion. Radcliffe was not specifically named. But she ...

Sam Smith has recorded the theme song for upcoming James Bond movie Spectre. The track is called Writing’s on the Wall and will be released on 25 September. Smith said: “This is one of the highlights of my career.” “I am so excited to be a part of this iconic British legacy and join an incredible line up of some ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has commissioned the more than K400 Million worth heavy duty earth moving machinery and agricultural equipment government has procured for the Zambia National Service. And President Edgar Lungu has placed the Rural Roads Unit (RRU) under the Zambia National Service detaching it from the Ministry of transport, works, supply and communications. Speaking during the commissioning of ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs says the creation of new districts will help people living in remote parts of the country obtain green National Registration Cards (NRCs). Ministry Spokesperson Moses Suwali says it has been a challenge for people living in remote areas to get National Registration Cards because of the distance they have to cover to get to the ...

Siavonga District Commissioner Lovemore Kanyama says child marriage deprives the girl child of her basic rights to health, education and a chance to prosper. Mr Kanyama adds that child marriage also holds back families and communities at large. He states that while progress has been made in addressing the issue of child marriage in Siavonga district, much more needs to ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) has called on President Edgar Lungu to with immediate effect dismiss Luwingu District Commissioner (DC) Patrick Chanda for engaging in active politics in the ongoing campaigns for the Lubansenshi parliamentary by-election. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape says the Civil Service code of conduct is clear on civil servants who actively engage in Active ...

Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali has observed that Zambians are not benefiting from infrastructure development projects government has embarked on. Mr Tayali observes that almost 90 percent of the projects in the country are being undertaken by foreigners who are externalizing most of the income back to their home countries. Mr. Tayali notes that the Zambian people are in ...

Promoters of the Zambia- Angola Oil Pipeline (AZOP) Basali Ba Liseli Resources have dismissed as distorted information suggesting that President Edgar Lungu is involved in the deal to construct an oil pipeline from Lobito Bay in Angola to Lusaka. Reacting to today’s front page story in the Post headlined “Lungu, Santos strike Oil Deal”, Basali Ba Liseli Resources says neither ...

The Zambia Tax Platform (ZTP) says it foresees government facing tremendous pressure to raise revenue for the 2016 national budget. ZTP a consortium of civil society organization that include the JCTR, CSPR, CCZ, CSO-SUN, PSP, CTPD, NGOCC, ActionAid Zambia and Save the Children in Zambia, is basing its prediction on the 2016 instruments government has availed. ZTP Chairperson Isabel Mukelabai ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia and Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani to intervene in the matter Police in Luwingu are seeking the arrest of UPND candidate in the Lubansenshi parliamentary by-election Patrick Mucheleka. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi says Mr Mucheleka should be allowed to freely canvass electoral support ahead ...