Government has ruled out the withdrawal of the draft land policy is being circulated on account of preliminary concerns raised by some stakeholders. Sub- chief Natende of Chiengi District in Luapula Province is the latest traditional leader who has noted the need to rewrite the draft land policy being circulated arguing that the document is poorly written and not well ...

The ruling PF in Monze District says the amended constitution assented to by President Edgar Lungu will work to its advantage in this year’s elections saying the party has delivered the much talked about constitution. PF Monze District Chairman Gilbert Mwila says President Lungu’s delivery of the constitution he promised the people of Zambia is testimony of his commitment to ...

Some opposition political parties have hailed President Edgar Lungu for signing the adopted constitution bill passed by parliament into law. MMD President Dr. Nevers Mumba says this is a positive move consider that it is what most people wanted. Dr. Mumba says this is the more reason why the MMD supported the parliamentary route to adopt the draft constitution. And ...

An unknown number of US Special Forces have been either killed or wounded in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, US officials have said. The forces, along with Afghan troops, were taking part in a counter-terrorism operation when they came under fire, the officials told US media. A medical helicopter sent to rescue the casualties was then forced down. US-led Nato combat ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has signed into law the constitution bill number 17 of 2015, marking the dawn of a new constitutional order in the country. The signing of the constitution bill into law means the country will go to the polls on 11th August,2016. The President assented to the constitution bill at a ceremony held at National Heroes stadium ...

Nkana have confirmed that striker Jimmy Ndhlovu has handed in a transfer request to return to Power Dynamos. Ndhlovu spent a successful one-and-half year loan stint at Power before returning to their Kitwe arch-rivals last July. Nkana chief executive officer Ken Mwansa said the club will not stand in the way of Ndhlovu’s decision to leave the club again, this ...

Zinedine Zidane, the new Real Madrid coach, kicked off the first day of his sensational new role with a high-profile training session attended by thousands of applauding fans on Tuesday. The three-time world player of the year faces a tough challenge to drag the Spanish club out of its current crisis and back to the heights of success, and prove ...

All People’s Congress (APC) president Nason Msoni says policy inconsistencies by the PF Government will one day land the country into serious problems. Mr. Msoni has observed that the PF Government has since coming to power in 2011 made a number of policy decisions which they have later reversed. He says government should stop coming up with experimental policies because ...

Green party president Peter Sinkamba has challenged government to take the lead in ending Casualization of labour following the amendment of the employment act which has outlawed such forms of labour. Mr. Sinkamba says government is one of the biggest culprits when it comes to Casualization citing the many people who have worked for the government for so many years, ...

The Patriotic Front in Lusaka and Copperbelt provinces has pledged peaceful campaigns ahead of the 2016 tripartite elections. Speaking during a joint media briefing in Lusaka this morning, PF Lusaka province Chairman Horace Longwe who was flanked by his Copperbelt counterpart Steven Kainga, has since expressed confidence that the ruling party will win the 2016 elections. He says the party ...