Republican President Edgar Lungu says he will remain in office beyond 2016 and that the PF will be in office for quiet sometime. President Lungu says this is contrary to suggestions that the PF will exit office after next year’s general election. He says the PF is in office to transform the country’s political landscape. President Lungu has since advised ...

The BBC is expected to argue the case for popular shows like Strictly Come Dancing and Sherlock as it responds to a government green paper on its future. The broadcaster will argue the public “wants and expects the BBC to deliver entertainment,” amid suggestions it is too focused on ratings. It will also make a case for the popular music ...

Russia’s growing military involvement in the Syria conflict is expected to be high on the agenda of Nato defence ministers meeting in Brussels. It comes after Nato member Turkey said Russian jets had violated its airspace. Russia has fired missiles from a warship in addition to air strikes to support Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. But Moscow denies Westerns accusations that ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia has appealed to politicians seeking public office to stop making promises to the Zambian people that they will not be able to fulfill. EFZ Executive Director Reverend Pukuta Mwanza notes that political temperatures have begun to rise ahead of the 2016 elections with politician beginning to make promises they cannot fulfill. He has advised politicians ...

The ruling Patriotic Front says it is not bothered by some opposition political parties intending to shun this month’s national day of prayer and fasting because it suspects that not all are Christians. PF Secretary General Davies Chama says his party does not understand how any political party can shun such an important undertaking when Zambia is a Christian nation ...

Economic analyst Yusuf Dodia has expressed fears that the continued volatility of the country’s exchange rate might soon lead to a situation where people will find it impossible to live in the country. Mr. Dodia foresees a situation where the only things ordinary Zambians will be managing to buy will be mealie meal and salt if the exchange rate continues ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) says Government should tell the nation what is the status of the Mutembo Nchito Tribunal and how much money has been spent on it so far. FODEP Executive Director Macdonald Chipenzi says his organisation is concerned that the Mutembo Nchito Tribunal might be another Lovemore Chikopa tribunal that gobbled a lot of money for ...

All but two foreign-based call-ups have joined Zambia’s camp ahead of this weekend’s away friendly against Egypt while George Lwandamina has axed the Power Dynamos quartet after they failed to report for training in Lusaka. Russian-based midfielder Chisamba Lungu of FC Ural, who joined the team at Tuesday training, was joined on Wednesday in Lusaka by four other players. The ...

  The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has called for the balancing of the budget if the Country is to address the current and future social and economic challenges. And the organization has encouraged government to allocate not less than 10 percent to the agriculture sector in the 2016 budget consider that the sector remains one of the key ...