President Edgar Lungu has called for peace and love to prevail during this festive season. In his Christmas message, President Lungu has wished the Zambian people God’s blessings and protection. He has called on the people of Zambia to find time to spend with their families and if they can to extend their help to the needy in society. President ...

The Christian Coalition says Christmas is a time for Christians to reflect on their lives and not a time to get excited carelessly. Coalition President Charles Mwape says people should realize the reason for the season and celebrate it accordingly. He says it is also an opportunity for the people to reconcile, forgive and share love with one another, adding ...

Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda has reaffirmed government’s commitment to ensure the country’s pension Scheme does not remain a preserve for a privileged few. Mr. Shamenda says government wants to ensure the pension scheme by the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) extend beyond employees in the formal sector. He says government has noted that in some Countries it ...

The Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) has advised political parties to engage in responsible politics. ZCID Executive Director Horrance Chilando says political parties should control their anxiety so that they do not find themselves in a situation where they do things outside the law. Mr. Chilando says the country cannot continue recording cases of political violence, stating that political ...

An overnight fire at a hospital in southern Saudi Arabia has killed at least 25 people and injured more than 100 others, officials say. The blaze broke out in the intensive care and maternity departments of the Jazan General Hospital, the Civil Defence Agency tweeted. The fire is now over and those injured have been transferred to other hospitals in ...

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney declared on Thursday that he and his teammates are “fighting” to save the job of embattled manager Louis van Gaal. British media reports claim Van Gaal is on the brink of the sack after a run of six games without victory and he stormed out of his weekly press conference on Wednesday after criticising the ...

Grounded? Madonna’s eldest son, Rocco Ritchie, has been forced to return home to spend the holidays with his famous mom, Page Six reported on Wednesday, December 23. The “Material Girl” singer, 57, reportedly went to court on Wednesday after Rocco, 15, refused to board a plane back to New York City. He was visiting his dad, British director Guy Ritchie, ...

US based Zambian academician Professor Henry Kyambalesa says while public funding of political parties may not make economic sense, it is essential in weaning them from the influence of a few members who may have the means to fund their operations. Professor Kyambalesa says this will lead to greater intra-party democracy. He states that since political parties have an express ...

Former workers of the Income tax and customs and excise departments who were taken on when the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) was established in 1994 have made a passionate appeal to President Edgar Lungu to help them get their terminal benefits. The former workers’ representative Jonathan Kwalombota has lamented that the government has failed to pay them their monies when ...

The opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has resolved to retaliate aggressively whenever they are attacked by PF cadres during their ongoing party mobilization. And the opposition political party has refuted claims by the ruling PF that the cadres who attacked FDD Leader Edith Nawakwi’s meeting in Mtendere were demanding to be paid their dues as poling agents during ...