Chief Government Spokesperson Kampamba Mulenga has urged Permanent Secretaries to employ permanent Public Relations Practitioners and place in management. Ms. Mulenga is worried that some public relations officers in government ministries have been placed on a low scale while others are merely on attachment basis. She notes that this has led to some ministries struggling to explain positive government programmes ...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda has reaffirmed government’s commitment to reduce the number of people incarcerated in correctional facilities in the country. Mr. Lubinda notes that overcrowding is one of the biggest challenges the Correctional services is facing as a result of inter alia, delays in confirmation of sentences by the High Court and listing of appeal cases, long remand periods ...

Police in Lusaka have prevented suspected Patriotic Front cadres from invading a piece of land near UNZA Park area which they claimed to be theirs. A QTV News crew that rushed to the scene at the corner of Kamloops and Senanga Roads found the land in question had been fenced by the residents. Some of the residents talked to, who ...

Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili has described Vice President Inonge Wina as a woman of integrity with no scandals. Contributing to debate on the budgetary allocation for the office of the vice president, Mr Kambwili who has recently been making corruption allegations against President Edgar Lungu and other government officials says he admires working with Ms Wina unlike other ...

President Edgar Lungu says the current agricultural marketing challenges as a result of surplus grain and depressed maize prices on the local market could cause farmers and other value chain players producing themselves out of the market if left unchecked. Speaking when he graced the 112th Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) annual congress in Lusaka, President Lungu says the theme ...

The Under 17 Fifa World Cup final on Saturday between England and Spain will break an attendance record for the tournament and has convinced the Indian hosts to step up their bid for the Under-20 World Cup in 2019. Organisers said on Thursday they expect a sell-out crowd of 67 000 in Kolkata and hope the third-place playoff earlier in the ...

(AllHipHop News) Jacqueline Robinson, the mother of an alleged rape victim, testified against her ex-husband, Jelani Maraj. According to Page Six, Robinson told the Nassau County Court on Wednesday.she did not inform her children to lie on their stepfather. Maraj is accused of raping his then 11-year-old stepdaughter on multiple occasions. The defense suggested the now 14-year-old’s claims were part ...

(AllHipHop News) Jamie Foxx has been cast as Black Panther party leader Elmer “Gerinmo” Pratt in the much anticipated new Johnnie Cochran drama “Signal Hill.” According to Deadline, the actor/singer will reteam with his “Ray” director Taylor Hackford for the film, which will recount the late lawyer’s pursuit of justice in the Signal Hill police brutality case in 1981. Anthony ...

Disgruntled Arsenal supporters opposed the re-election of chairman Chips Keswick and director Josh Kroenke amid rowdy scenes at the club’s annual general meeting on Thursday. Chief executive Ivan Gazidis was also heckled as he defended the way the club was run and outlined why Arsenal had reappointed manager Arsene Wenger on a two-year deal this year despite unrest among fans. ...

Kenyans are voting amid tight security in a re-run of the presidential election, which is being boycotted by the main opposition. A teenage boy was shot by police and later died amid clashes in Kisumu, an opposition stronghold where some have blocked access to polling stations. President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner in an August vote, but it is ...