The ruling Patriotic Front in Shibuyunji District has unearthed a scam in which some community agricultural coordinators have connived with some people to steal fertilizer meant for distribution to farmers. PF Shibuyunji district Chairman Joseph Kasonde has since appealed to the Anti Corruption Commission and other investigative wings to visit Shibuyunji, Mukulaikwa and Kapyanga farming blocks and investigate the ongoing ...

The Prisons Care and Counseling Association (PRISCCA) have expressed happiness over the constitutional change of the Zambia Prisons Service into the Zambia Correctional Service. PRISCCA Executive Director Godfrey Malembeka says the changing from prisons to correctional service will help dis-stigmatise prisoners as the public will now begin to look at ex-prisoners as reformed people. Mr. Malembeka says it will also ...

PF MATERO Member of Parliament Miles Sampa has been accused of planning to launch a new political party. Patriotic Front Lusaka province youth vice Chairperson Daniel Kalembe claims Mr. Sampa has already transported people from the different parts of the country in readiness for the launch of his new political party. He says it is unfortunate that not too long ...

The North Western Development Council of Elders has expressed concern over the intentions by Kalumbila Mine to lay off over 700 workers. Council of Elders Chairperson Lucas Chikoti has since appealed to government to intervene in the matter and protect jobs. He says the province already has a high number of unemployed youths and that the planned retrenchment will be ...

The Human Rights Commission has hailed Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja for warning Police officers against abusing human rights. Commission Chief of Information, Education and , Mweelwa Muleya in a statement says the warning should a reminder to Police officers that while maintaining law and order, they should always bear in mind that they have an obligation to respect ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has urged President Edgar Lungu to take action against ministers and party officials who peddle tribal hate speech in order to preserve the country’s unity and democracy. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi in a statement says recent remarks by Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili on national television have the potential to negate President Edgar ...

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and actress-model Jerry Hall are to get married. They announced their engagement in the births, marriages and deaths section of the Times newspaper, which is owned by Mr Murdoch’s News Corporation company. It will be the fourth marriage for Mr Murdoch, 84, and the first for Miss Hall, 59, although she lived with singer Sir Mick ...

Newcastle United have agreed a £12m fee with Swansea City to sign England midfielder Jonjo Shelvey. The 23-year-old will have a medical at St James’ Park before a deal is completed on Tuesday between the Premier League relegation rivals. Shelvey, who signed a four-year Swansea extension in 2015, is the first player to leave since Alan Curtis took charge. Shelvey ...

Ten people, at least nine of them German tourists, have been killed in an explosion in a central area of Istanbul, Turkish officials say. They say a Syrian national carried out a suicide bomb attack in the Sultanahmet district, near the city’s famous Blue Mosque. Fifteen people were wounded, the Istanbul governor’s office said. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey ...

Government says the amended constitution will be translated into seven major local languages. Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili has told QFM News that the constitution will also be published in the print media. And Mr Kambwili says government is ready to table in Cabinet the concern pertaining to the price of a copy of the constitution. He says if the ...