Government has ordered all motorists using initials of their preferred candidates as number plates on their vehicles to remove them with immediate effect. Home Affairs Minister Panji Kaunda says it is an offence for motorists to use such number plates. Colonel Kaunda has warned that any motorist found with such number plate risk their vehicle being impounded. In an interview ...

 Daniel Sturridge struck an injury-time winner as England came from behind to beat Wales and secure their first victory at Euro 2016. England keeper Joe Hart’s dreadful blunder allowed Gareth Bale’s 30-yard free-kick to creep in and put Wales ahead just before the interval in Lens. Manager Roy Hodgson’s side were jeered off at the break and, with England’s campaign ...

Led Zeppelin’s guitarist Jimmy Page has denied stealing the riff to Stairway to Heaven, as he took the stand at a copyright trial in the US. The rock band are accused of lifting the opening guitar line from Taurus, a 1967 track by the band Spirit. But Page testified that he had never heard the song until people started posting ...

The cockpit voice recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month has been found in the Mediterranean, Egyptian investigators say. The “black box” was damaged and had to be pulled out in several stages but its memory unit was intact, they said. A search vessel with an underwater robot has been scouring the crash site and has sent back ...

Government says it has made steady progress in formulating and implementing Child Rights policies. Tourism and Arts Deputy Minister Patrick Ngoma says government has enacted a number of legislation aimed at promoting the welfare of children in the country. Speaking during the commemoration of the Day of African Child in Luangwa district today, Mr Ngoma says the PF government remains ...

Vice-president Inonge Wina has urged traditional leaders to mobilize people in their chiefdoms for development. Mrs Wina said chiefs should engage and work together with respective district administrations to plan and spur development in their areas. She urged the chiefs in Siavonga district to engage the district administration and work on a strategic plan for the district for incorporation in ...

The Zambia Direct Democratic Movement (ZDDM) is concerned with the culture of insults characterizing Zambian politics to the detriment of national development. ZDDM vice President Charles Kafumbo says his party is puzzled by the tremendous waste of precious time by politicians who engage in abusive exchanges in the media instead of focusing on issues of national interest affecting the ordinary ...

Patriotic Front Lusaka Mayoral candidate, Wilson Kalumba has dismissed reports suggesting that he has withdrawn from the race. Mr. Kalumba has told QFM contrary to the reports he is busy campaigning ahead of the August 11 elections. Mr. Kalumba has since advised those saying he has withdrawn from the race to stop misleading the people.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a stay of execution of judgment granted to the Post Newspapers by the Lusaka High Court preventing the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) from levying distress on the newspaper for tax default. This follows the appeal to the Supreme Court by ZRA challenging High Court Judge Mwiinde Siavwapa’s ruling in which he granted the Post a ...

UPND Vice President for Administration Geoffrey Mwamba says he does not have any academic qualification from Zimbabwe. Reacting to reports that the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has written to the Examinations Council of Zambia to report him to law enforcement agencies for suspected forgery, Mr Mwamba says the advanced Diploma he presented during the filing of nomination papers is not ...