The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has denied involvement in the alleged scheme to create an impression that foreign nationals were registered as voters ahead of next month’s elections. Police investigations have established that the people whose names were published in the Post Newspapers recently as foreign voters are in fact Zambian Nationals of Chief Chanje’s area in ...

The upcoming remake of The Magnificent Seven has been chosen to launch this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke star in Antoine Fuqua’s retelling of the 1960 western classic. Oliver Stone’s film about whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Ewan McGregor’s first feature as a director and a film version of children’s book A Monster Calls will also ...

Russian drug cheats will be competing at next month’s Olympic Games despite efforts to eradicate them, say the whistleblowers who highlighted the country’s state-sponsored doping. The International Olympic Committee has asked governing bodies to ban Russians either implicated in a recent report into doping, or previously sanctioned. But former Russian Anti-Doping Agency official Vitaly Stepanov and his 800m runner wife ...

Former US President Bill Clinton has set out the case why his wife and “best friend” Hillary should lead the nation. He told the Democratic convention in Philadelphia that she was the “best darn change-maker I’ve ever known”. In a very personal speech, he spoke warmly about how they met and her dedication to public service. Hours earlier, his wife ...

The opposition UPND says the ruling Patriotic Front is trying to comfort itself by claiming that there is no wind of change in the country. UPND Deputy Edwin Lifwekelo says the PF should start preparing to be in the opposition in the next fifteen days. He says PF has betrayed the trust the people of Zambia gave them in 2011, ...

Maize smugglers have opened new routes in an effort to evade the radar of security personnel. Food Reserve Agency Executive Director Chola Kafwabulula says the newest route being used by smugglers is the Mansa- Luwingu Road. He says maize is being taken out using the Mansa -Luwingu Road then into Kasama and onward to Mbala and Mpulungu before exiting Zambia. ...

Ballot papers for the August 11th elections are expected to arrive in the country tomorrow, Thursday,28th July,2016. Electoral Commission of Zambia Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna says the ballot papers will arrive on two different cargo planes with the first one arriving at 14:15 hours and the second one arriving at 18:25 hours. Mr Akufuna says verification of the ballot ...

The Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) has called for impartiality from international election observers who will be monitoring next month’s elections. AVAP Executive Director Richwell Mulwani says this is considering that elections in the country tend to evoke emotions. He says it is therefore important that election observers demonstrate absolute impartiality in the discharge of their duties without being influenced in ...