Lusaka Senior Magistrate Greenwell Malumani has reserved ruling on preliminary issues raised by lawyers representing opposition UPND Hakainde Hichilema and his co-accused in the case in which they have been charged with treason. In adjourning the matter to 26th April, Magistrate Malumani said he could not hurriedly make his ruling on the counter arguments by both Mr. Hichilema’s lawyers ...

Zesco United started their 2017 league campaign on a positive note as they recorded a 2-0 victory over Konkola Blades in a rescheduled week one fixture played at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Wednesday. First half substitute Lazarus Kambole scored the only goal of the match in first half additional time, seven minutes after replacing Mwape Mwelwa. Kambole headed in ...

Juventus’s outstanding display to knock Barcelona out of the Champions League will have the rest of Europe running scared of the Old Lady, defender Leonardo Bonucci said on Wednesday.Juve served Barca a two-year-old dish of revenge for defeat in the 2015 Champions League final with a comprehensive 3-0 beating last week in Turin and followed it up by holding the ...

President Edgar Lungu says the casual approach in putting up infrastructure should not be allowed to continue in view of the effects of climate change. Speaking when he officially opened the 2017 housing and infrastructure symposium under the theme: “Towards a smart and resilient infrastructure”, President Lungu says some of the infrastructure he has seen in the country leaves much ...

The Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union (ZULAWU) is concerned and disappointed with the frequency of meetings by the Local Government Association of Zambia. ZULAWU General Secretary Kingsley Zulu says these meetings are unproductive and a waste of resources. Mr. Zulu says there are no benefits derived from these meetings apart from benefiting individuals who attend them. He says the ...

The Zambia Police has declined to comment on allegations that Police officers assaulted three of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s co-accused during the raid on his residence. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo says the Police cannot comment on the allegations in view of the fact that the matter is now in court. Ms. Katongo says the Police has taken note that lawyers ...

State House has dismissed assertions that Zambia has been placed under a semi-State of Emergency following the arrest of opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, Amos Chanda has wondered why a State of Emergency can be declared when no such measure was instituted prior to Mr. Hichilema’s arrest. Mr. Chanda says ...

Angelina Jolie’s first beauty campaign in a decade was done in honor of her late mother Marcheline Bertrand. The 41-year-old actress, who is the face of French beauty brand Mon Guerlain, revealed to Marie Claire that it was actually a favorite of Bertrand’s. The matriarch died in 2007 after a battle with ovarian and breast cancer.“It was a brand my ...

United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) says it’s clear that the government simply wasted the K2 million allocated towards consultations on Zambia’s membership to the International Criminal Court (ICC). UPPZ President Charles Chanda says from the onset, the people of Zambia wanted the country to remain a member of the ICC and therefore allocating such huge amounts of money to ...

A new political party called the Movement for National Transformation (MNT) has been launched with a promise to transform Zambian politics. Speaking at the launch of the party, party president Daniel Shimunza says his party is a movement for aggressive  industrialisation of Zambia to make it a first world nation and balance off tools of production, distribution and consumption in ...