The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has with immediate effect lifted the ban on the broadcasting license for Itezhi Tezhi Community Radio Station. IBA board Chairman Justin Mutale has told a media briefing that the IBA board and Itezhi Tezhi Community Radio Station management met this morning and resolved to lift the ban on the station’s broadcast license, through its Special ...

State House has dismissed as incorrect the assumption that the presidential election petition before the Constitutional Court has created a power vacuum in the country. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says there has never been a situation where a power vacuum has ever been created by the outcome of a general election. Mr. ...

The Constitutional Court has set Friday,2nd September as the date for commencement of the main hearing of the petition filed in by the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) challenging the re-election of President Edgar Lungu. And the court will this afternoon hear an application by the petitioners in which they are seeking to have President Lungu relinquish executive ...

The Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) has called on political party leaders to stop dividing the nation and embrace dialogue. ICOZ board Chairperson Bishop David Masupa has told QFM News that it is good that politicians have admitted that they are the ones dividing the country. He says time has come for political leaders to stop calling each other names ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has observed that mealie meal prices are likely to go up considering that most of the maize has been bought by private buyers in the ongoing marketing season. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani notes that government through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has not bought enough maize stocks ...

The opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has welcomed calls by the Independent Churches of Zambia for the incoming government to constitute a peace and reconciliation commission. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says this is in line with the FDD manifesto to have an independent transparent and impartial committee to deal with reconciliation and justice in the country. ICOZ Board ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has proposed that government organizes an indaba of stakeholders to chart the way forward pertaining to the failed referendum on the bill of rights. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says there is need to agree on the modalities of adopting the remaining part of the constitution. Mr. Cheembe says ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama has described suspected PF cadres who attacked Football Association of Zambia President Andrew Kamanga at the United Church of Zambia’s St Andrew church in Lusaka as enemies of the party. Mr. Kamanga was yesterday beaten by suspected Patriotic Front cadres after attending a church service where President Edgar Lungu was the guest of Honor. ...

Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff has defended her record during her impeachment trial in the Senate. She is accused of illegally manipulating the budget to hide a growing deficit. Ms Rousseff said her conscience was “absolutely clean” and that she had not committed any crime. Senators are due to vote later this week on whether to remove her from office ...

A 3D version of the latest Bourne movie made exclusively for Chinese cinemas has caused local audiences to complain about headaches and nausea. The format remains hugely popular in the country, particularly when it comes to action movies. But the conversion process required to give the 2D-shot film an extra dimension seems to have been ill-judged in this case. Why ...