Five Presidential candidates out of the nine contesting the forthcoming general election have signed a peace pact pledging to conduct peaceful campaigns. This was after a heated meeting called by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) in Lusaka today for presidential candidates taking part in the forthcoming elections. The five political parties are the Patriotic Front, United National Independence Party ...

Lack of planning has been cited as one of the major reasons Zambian entrepreneurs have been failing to penetrate the African trade market. Barclays Bank Zambia Head of Marketing and Corporate Relations Mato Shimabale has also observed that most entrepreneurs have limited their thinking to how their businesses can grow to Zambia alone. Mr. Shimabale says there is need for ...

The Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) has rebranded its name to Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) with a redefined vision. The rebranding has been done on the backdrop of the launch of its 2017 – 2026 strategic plan. Speaking during the official launch of the strategic plan in Lusaka today, Caritas Zambia Executive Director Samuel Mulafulafu says with the new ...

  President Edgar Lungu says he is no longer a novice but a tested leader where governing is concerned. President Lungu says he has now gained enough experience to govern the Zambian people to greater prosperity. He said this at a mammoth rally in Mbala today. President Lungu urged the people of Mbala against making a mistake by voting for ...

United Progressive People’s party (UPP) President Saviour Chishimba has urged Zambians to vote No in the referendum on the bill of rights. Dr. Chishimba says what Zambians have is an amended constitution and not the constitution they wanted thus they should wait until a government that will give them a new constitution comes in before they can vote for the ...

An Indian man who bought one of the world’s most expensive shirts made entirely of gold has been allegedly battered to death, police said. Datta Phuge shot into the global limelight in 2013 when he bought a shirt made with more than 3kg of gold and worth $250,000 (£186,943). A money lender based in western Pune, Mr Phuge was called ...

Fifty people injured in the Bastille Day attack in Nice are in a critical condition “between life and death”, President Francois Hollande has said. At least 84 people died, including more than 10 children, after a lorry crushed them along 2km (1.2 miles) of the Promenade des Anglais on Thursday. The driver, named by sources as French-Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, ...

    The Electoral Commission of Zambia says political party leaders should take full responsibility of the actions of their supporters and cadres. ECZ Chairperson Justice Esau Chulu says political parties should not view next month’s elections as a matter of life and death. Speaking in Lusaka this morning during a meeting of all presidential candidates on the need for ...

A lorry has driven into a crowd in Nice, southern France, leaving at least 84 people dead in what President Francois Hollande called a terror attack. Summary A lorry has ploughed through a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in the southern French city of Nice At least 84 people are dead, including many children, the interior ministry says A further ...

Some Lusaka Charcoal Traders have lamented the negative impact the reduction in load shedding hours by ZESCO has had on their business. The traders talked to by QFM have disclosed that since the power utility company reduced the hours of load shedding to four hours per day, their business has been affected as people are not buying charcoal at the ...