South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has selected Cyril Ramaphosa to succeed President Jacob Zuma as the party’s leader. The country’s deputy president defeated former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Mr Zuma’s ex-wife, after a marathon voting process. Mr Ramaphosa is in a strong position to become president in 2019 polls. The leadership battle caused fierce political infighting, raising fears ...

The opposition United National Independence Party (UNIP) has appealed to the government not temper with people’s civil and political rights in the coming year. UNIP Deputy Secretary General Reverend Alfred Banda says 2017 has seen rampant infringement of political and civil rights He says it is possible for the government to respect the people’s rights by simply embracing divergent views. ...

Government through the Ministry of Justice has been called upon to consider availing Zambians with a final draft bill of the Public Order Act before it is taken to parliament for amendments. On Friday last week, Justice Minister Given Lubinda announced that government will next year table a bill in parliament to amend the Public Order Act. Patriots for Economic ...