Government has assured journalists in the country that the cyber laws that will soon be introduced are meant to protect the journalism profession and not to clampdown on journalists. Speaking during the World Press Freedom Day Commemoration in Lusaka, under the theme: “keeping power in check: media justice and rule of law” , Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services acting ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has urged party members to support the candidature of Charmaine Musonda as the party’s candidate in the forthcoming Chilanga parliamentary by-election. Mr Hichilema says Ms Musonda proved popular in the primary elections and deserved the adoption. He says though some individual leaders at various levels may have their own views, in a democratic process, it is ...

Economic and Equity Party president Chilufya Tayali has told the Lusaka Magistrate Court that he is not aware that President Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Kaiser Zulu called Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili telling him that he would receive unprecedented levels of prosecution. This came up during Mr.  Tayali’s continued cross examination, in the matter in which Mr Kambwili is charged with three counts of ...

The Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) has called on Human Rights Commission (HRC) of Zambia to investigate allegations that New Labour Party president Fresher Siwale was tortured whilst in Police custody. ZCID Spokesperson Jackson Silavwe has also advised the police to carry out their duties in accordance with the law. Mr. Silavwe says Zambia being a democratic society makes ...

The Lusaka High Court has overturned the conviction of Zambia Association of Musicians (ZAM) President Njoya Tembo’s wife, Brenda who was sentenced to five years imprisonment for assaulting her 14 year-old niece with a cooking stick. Brenda was accused beating her nice with a cooking stick after she allegedly used a pressing iron she was not allowed to use. She ...

The National Union of Public and Private Educators of Zambia (NUPPEZ) has described as unfortunate Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Chishimba Nkole’s request to President Edgar Lungu to reverse the signing of the National Health Insurance Bill into Law. During the Labour Day commemoration in Lsuaka, ZCTU president Chishimba Nkole called on President Lungu to reverse the enactment ...

Human Rights Lawyer Moono Mapani says Zambia’s judicial system needs serious attention in order to promote rights and freedoms of individuals. Mr. Mapani notes that the law is not followed more especially by those charged with the responsibility of protecting the interests of the people. He says he is at pain to see individuals being held in police custody and ...

The Movement for National Transformation (MNT) is opposed to constitutional amendments that are motivated by the wrong spirit of fixing political opponents. Party president Daniel Shimunza says the state and government must never impose policies on the citizenry, and populace, without a due diligence of consensus with all stakeholders in everything. Mr. Shimunza says there is no need for the ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) Executive Director Wesley Chibamba says government should not enact laws that stifle media freedoms such as the cyber laws targeting the use of social media. And Mr. Chibamba has called for the enactment of the Access to Information bill which the Zambian people have been asking for in the last 15 years, as the media commemorate ...

AS Roma president James Pallotta has criticised the officiating after being knocked out by Liverpool in the Champions League semifinal and said it will be an “absolute joke” if video assistant referees (VAR) are not introduced in the competition. Roma won the second leg 4-2 at Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday but it was Liverpool who advanced 7-6 on aggregate, and ...