The Executive Committee of the Football Association of Zambia (Faz) on Thursday appointed Ponga Liwewe as its General Secretary and Lombe Mbalashi as his deputy. President Andrew Kamanga announced the appointments at Football House on Thursday evening. “Looking at all possibilities, we have finally settled on Mr Ponga Liwewe as the new General Secretary of Faz subject to acceptance and ...

Rory McIlroy has led calls from top golfers urging Muirfield to “see sense” after the club was stopped from hosting future Open Championships for refusing to accept women members. The Scottish club’s vote to change its rules and allow women fell short of the required two-thirds majority. Governing body the R&A responded with its ban on Muirfield hosting The Open ...

Jude Law, Keira Knightley and Benedict Cumberbatch are among stars who have signed a letter saying Brexit would “damage” the creative industry. Almost 300 actors, musicians, writers and artists are backing calls for the UK to stay in the EU. They say “vital EU funding” and work across borders has been key to projects from galleries to blockbusters. But House ...

A massive search is continuing for a second day for an EgyptAir plane that disappeared over the Mediterranean. Greek, Egyptian, French and UK military units are taking part in the operation near Greece’s Karpathos island. Flight MS804 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew when it vanished early on Thursday. Greece said radar showed the ...

The Center for Reproductive Health Education (CRHE) says it will be engaging all presidential candidates ahead of elections to solicit the prioritization of issues of sexual reproduction. CRHE Executive Director Amos Mwale says this arises from the realization that politicians have been ignoring issues affecting young people more especially those to do with reproductive health. He says politicians should prioritise ...

Zambia Co-operatives Federation (ZCF) Director General, James Chirwa says a total of 125 solar powered milling plants have so far been installed under the presidential initiative. Mr. Chirwa says the next batch of solar milling plants is expected in the country next month. He has reiterated that the milling plants will be installed in all parts of the country with ...

Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) says it is against the holding of the referendum alongside the general election. ZED Spokesperson Wesley Miyanda, says the referendum should have been held separately considering that people do not fully understand the contents of the expanded bill of rights. Mr. Miyanda adds that holding the referendum side by side with the general election ...

The opposition UPND has described as suspicious the final decision by Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to award the tender to print ballot papers to Dubai based Al Ghurair printing company. UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma says his party has no doubt that this is also part of the Patriotic Front’s scheme to manipulate the elections. He states that his party ...

Government has been advised to consider holding the referendum on the Bill of Rights alongside the possible re-run of the August 11th presidential election. Electoral expert Macdonald Chipenzi says crowding the general election with a national referendum poses an electoral risk. Mr. Chipenzi points out that having five ballots papers already congests the general election. In an interview, Mr. Chipenzi ...

Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) Board Chairperson, Bishop David Masupa has called on the Patriotic Front and the United Party for National Development to tame their cadres. Bishop Masupa has also condemned the destruction of UPND campaign billboards by suspected Patriotic Front cadres. He says there is need for all the parties to tame their cadres if the country is ...