The Football Association of Zambia has suspended the entire under-17 Zambia national soccer team technical bench led by Osward Mutapa following the disqualification of the team from the ongoing COSAFA under-17 tournament in Mauritius for age cheating. FAZ Secretary General Ponga Liwewe has told a media briefing in Lusaka today that the move to suspend the technical bench is to ...

Vivean Gray, best known for playing the gossipy Mrs Mangel in Australian soap opera Neighbours, has died aged 92. Born Jean Vivra Gray in 1924, the Cleethorpes native moved to Australia in 1952 to pursue an acting career. She went on to appear in shows such as The Sullivans and Prisoner Cell Block H, before landing her best-known role as ...

Barclays Bank Africa Group Limited says it remains committed to shared growth across the African continent. Chief Executive Officer, Maria Ramos said this when she announced the bank’s half-year results for the period ending 30th June 2016 via a conference call in Lusaka today. Ms. Ramos also disclosed that Barclays bank Africa’s revenue from the rest of Africa increased to ...

The opposition People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) has advised fellow political parties to desist from issuing statements on the forthcoming elections with the potential of fueling a revolt. PAC chairperson and presidential candidate Andyford Banda says political parties should stop claiming that they will win the August elections even before people have voted. He says his party’s appeal is that ...

The Commuters Rights Association of Zambia (CRAZ) has urged the Road Transport and Safety Agency to end the lawlessness on the roads by political party cadres. Association president Aaron Kamuti notes that political parties have failed to heed to advice to ask their cadres to observe road safety rules. He says his association has continued to receive complaints from commuters ...

Zambia Election Information Centre (ZEIC) co- chairperson Chifwembe Mweenge has advised political parties to use the remaining days for campaigns to sell their party manifestos to the electorate by highlighting polices which they will implement if elected into power. Mr. Mweenge says political parties selling their manifestos must provide alternative polices other than what is already in place. He says ...

The opposition Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) has attributed the continued political violence in Zambia to lack of trust among political parties. ZED president Frederick Mutesa says his party also thinks that the continued perpetration of political violence is in fact a sign that peace making does not come through signing of peace pacts. Mr. Mutesa says his party ...

President Edgar Lungu says the Patriotic Front has delivered the various projects it promised the Zambian people in 2011. Speaking when in Lusaka today when he commissioned the ZAF Hospital Out-Patient Department and Lusaka Base new Hangar, President Lungu says the Zambian people have taken stock of the PF’s achievements. He says the ruling party is humbled to see that ...

Goalkeeper Petr Cech expects manager Arsene Wenger to bring in the right players necessary to improve Arsenal’s bid to win a first Premier League title since 2004 without wasting money on panic buys. Wenger has made three additions to his squad so far in the close season, bringing in midfielder Granit Xhaka, defender Rob Holding and striker Takuma Asano, and, ...

An air strike has hit a maternity hospital supported by Save the Children in north-western Syria, killing two people and wounding three others. Syria Relief, the aid agency that manages the hospital, said those killed were relatives of patients. Save the Children said the bomb, from an air strike, hit the entrance to the hospital in rural Idlib province. Images ...