Vice president Inonge Wina has ruled out holding the referendum separately from the August 11th elections. Ms Wina has told Parliament in a ministerial statement to update the house on the preparations for the 2016 general election and the printing of the ballot papers that the Electoral Commission is finalizing the modalities of conducting the referendum. She says it is ...

  The Lusaka Magistrate Court has found former Information Minister Lieutenant General Ronnie Shikapwasha, Freelance Journalist Chanda Chimba III, and former Ministry of Information Permanent Secretary Sam Phiri with a case to answer in a matter in which they were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission for two counts of Abuse of Authority of Office on matters relating to the publication ...

AGRICULTURE Minister Given Lubinda says the country’s maize production for this year is forecast to increase to 2, 873, 52 metric tonnes from 2,618,221 metric tonnes in the 2014/2015 season. Mr Lubinda has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that this is an increase of 9.73%. He says when total maize re He says the national average yield for maize ...

Two Lusaka – based lawyers have asked the Constitutional Court to render its interpretation on whether the amended Constitution allows political parties to sponsor candidates for the election or nomination of councillors ahead of the August 11th General Elections. Lawyers Noel Siamoondo and Kelly Kapianga, who have sued the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) as a first Respondent and the ...

Beyonce certainly knows how to stir the pot. Queen Bey made her grand entrance at the Met Gala on Monday night in New York City for her first red carpet appearance since “Lemonade,” but unlike last year, she walked the carpet alone — without husband Jay Z or her wedding ring in sight. Instead, the 34-year-old “Formation” songstress showed off ...

Leicester City coach Claudio Ranieri said on Tuesday that he believed at Christmas his team would win the Premier League, even as he continued to tell the media his only goal was avoiding relegation. “Now I can say it, I always knew we’d win,” Ranieri told Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano the day after Leicester’s triumph. He said he had ...

Russia’s foreign minister says a unilateral truce declared by the Syrian military could be extended to the city of Aleppo “in the next few hours”. Sergei Lavrov said Russia was working with the UN and US to include Aleppo in the “regime of calm” that has covered Damascus and Latakia since Saturday. But Mr Lavrov warned that rebels would have ...

Lusaka Province Minister Mulenga Sata has ditched the ruling Patriotic Front for the opposition UPND. Mr. Sata has since relinquished his position as provincial Minister. Mr Sata who is the eldest son of late President Michael Sata announced his defection to the UPND at media briefing in Lusaka today where he was welcomed to the party by UPND president Hakainde ...

Leicester City have won the Premier League title in one of the greatest sporting stories of all time. Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Monday confirmed a stunning achievement for Claudio Ranieri’s side. Leicester started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title after almost being relegated last season. But they have lost just three league games in what has ...

Government says it remains focused in ensuring that universities are build in all the ten provinces foe easy access to higher education. Higher Education Deputy Minister Steven Mushanga says it is government’s hope of introducing universities in all the provinces so that people will not move from province to another just to access higher education. And Mr. Mushanga says government ...