Vice President Inonge Wina says the Electoral Commission of Zambia will not be able to conduct the planned 14 days mobile voter registration exercise which was supposed to run from 16th to 29th February,2016. Ms. Wina has told Parliament in a Ministerial statement this morning that this is due to lack of resources and the time constraint. She says continuing ...

Renowned Constitutional Lawyer, John Sangwa has described Parliament’s passage of the constitution bill which was signed into law by President Edgar Lungu as a scandal. Mr. Sangwa says the amended constitution is largely deceptive and full of lacunas. Speaking during a Law Association of Zambia public forum in Lusaka last evening, on whether government has delivered a people-driven Constitution, Mr. ...

Lamar Odom joined Kanye West at his Yeezy Season 3 show at New York Fashion Week. The NBA star made his first major appearance since he was hospitalised after being found unconscious in a Nevada brothel last October. Lamar joined his estranged wife Khloe Kardashian and her famous family at the event which took place at Madison Square Garden in the Big Apple today. The 36-year-old basketballer ...

Lionel Messi returned to training with Barcelona on Thursday after receiving treatment for kidney stones which affected his participation in December’s Club World Cup. The Argentine superstar had tests “to assess the development of kidney stones,” Barca reported. Messi missed Wednesday’s 1-1 Copa del Rey semifinal second-leg draw with Valencia, with the Catalan side prevailing 8-1 on aggregate. The five-time ...

Major world powers have agreed to a “cessation of hostilities” and to the delivery of immediate aid in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced early Friday. He spoke in Munich, Germany, where top diplomats from more than a dozen countries, including the United States and Russia, met to hammer out a deal. “I’m pleased to say that as ...

Zesco United begin their 2016 Caf Champions League campaign this Saturday when they host Al Ghazalla in a preliminary round, first leg tie at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. This is the first time a Zambian club will face a South Sudan opponent in continental club action since the visiting nation joined Caf in 2012. Zesco goalkeeper Jacob Banda said ...

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala says repealing of the Public Order Act should be a campaign issue in the August 11th elections. Mr. Changala says political parties should commit to repealing the Public Order Act on the first day of being in office after the elections. He says this is in order that the Country concentrates on debating other pressing ...

Government has encouraged women interested in venturing into mining to approach the Ministry of Gender for financial and technical support. Gender Deputy Minister, Dorothy Kazunga says government has a program specifically designed to help women who are in mining and stone crashing by assisting them with funds to expand in their businesses. Ms Kazunga states that government is also helping ...

Private Sector Development Association (PSDA) Chairperson Yusuf Dodia has appealed politicians to be mindful of their statements in the run up to the elections in order not to erode investor confidence in the economy Mr. Dodia says certain statements have the potential to put off investors. He has further called for dialogue among political players in order to foster peace ...

Government has constituted a team of experts to look into the challenges being faced by farmers in districts where the electronic voucher system is being piloted. Agriculture Deputy Minister, Maxas Ng’onga has told QTV News in an interview that government has decided to constitute the team of experts to specifically investigate all the flaws that have come with the program ...