The Human Rights Commission has commended the three Church Mother Bodies for successfully convening a dialogue meeting of political parties to create a conducive environment for political and public participation ahead of the 11th August elections. Commission Chief of Information, Education and Training Mweelwa Muleya has also commended political parties and their leaders for their commitment to end violence. Mr. ...

Former Republican Vice President Guy Scott has been challenged to relinquish his membership of the ruling Patriotic Front following his endorsement of UPND president Hakainde Hichilema’s candidature. Speaking during a media briefing, PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says the ruling party does not understand why Dr. Scott is not relinquishing his membership when his allegiance is no longer with President ...

Veteran Politician and freedom fighter Mama Chibesa Kankasa has encouraged women to take part in this year’s elections at the various levels. Mama Kankasa says women should not live politics to the men, but participate at an equal level with their male counterparts. She says women should be courageous not be intimidated from taking part in politics. Mama Kankasa says ...

President Edgar Lungu says he looks forward to practical actions on the commitments political leaders have made. In a tweeter message, President Lungu has thanked the church for facilitating the talks and opposition leaders for accepting to be part of the dialogue. He notes that the candid nature of the discussion and the collective and individual commitment to keeping a ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) through the Ndola Enforcement team has impounded a Tanzanian bound truck laden with Copper cathodes worth K1.9 million. The truck belonging to DEO Assenga Company of Tanzanian was being monitored using the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) when its electronic seal which was mounted on it upon entering the country through Kasumbalesa border was tempered ...

Glencore plans to invest over $1.1 billion to sink three shafts with new technology that will extend mine life by over 25 years at its Mopani Copper Mines operations. In a statement, MCM says it firmly believes that with this investment it will be able to overcome the challenges it faces and become profitable and operationally-efficient. The investments would be ...

Former Real Madrid forward Kaka has called on the team’s fans to show more respect to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was booed during a La Liga match against Celta Vigo earlier this month.Ronaldo became Real’s all-time top scorer this season, and has scored 41 goals in all competitions in the current campaign, but the Portugal forward continues to endure a fractious ...

New Morocco coach Herve Renard hailed his team Wednesday after they became the first qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. The 47-year-old who guided Zambia and the Ivory Coast to the most prized African football trophy was speaking after a 2-0 home win over Cape Verde sealed first place in Group F. “I was amazed by ...

JAMES CORDEN has outdone himself on the latest instalment of Carpool Karaoke. Driving with the supreme pop diva Jennifer Lopez, James asks if he can see which famous people she has in her phone. Foolishly J.Lo hands him her mobile only for him to use it to send a fake flirty text to Leonardo DiCaprio. But it looks as if ...

Egypt has asked Cyprus to extradite the man accused of hijacking an airliner on Tuesday, Egyptian prosecutors say. Seif al-Din Mustafa, described by Cypriot officials as being mentally disturbed, used a fake suicide belt to hijack the Egyptair flight and forced it to fly to Larnaca. Egyptian prosecutors said Mr Mustafa should be handed over under a 1996 bilateral extradition ...