UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says Zambians have not enjoyed the emancipation they are meant to be celebrating as the nation joins the rest of the African continent in commemorating African Freedom Day. In his statement ahead of the commemoration of African Freedom Day which falls on 25th May, Mr. Hichilema says 54 years after independence Zambia’s social and economic sectors ...

Siya Kolisi is back to lead a DHL Stormers team that will be without their star player Pieter-Steph du Toit for Saturday’s return Vodacom Super Rugby derby against the Emirates Lions at Newlands. Springbok lock Du Toit was listed as ill earlier this week when coach Robbie Fleck spoke about the heat stroke that had afflicted his team during and ...

Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili has castigated Chiefs defending President Edgar Lungu over the land he received from King Mswati of Eswatini. Mr. Kambwili has wondered why all of a sudden some Chiefs have jumped to the defence of President Lungu when they are supposed to be providing moral guidance to citizens. He tells Q-news that the chiefs in question should ...

New Labour party president Fresher Siwale says the 31 days he has spent in incarceration have given him strength to continue speaking on behalf of the Zambian people. Mr Siwale who was speaking after being released after meeting the bail conditions bemoaned what he described as the unprecedented levels of injustice in the country. He says he is disappointed that ...

Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden has spoken about the loss of her son Theo, who was stillborn seven years ago. The TV star was seven months pregnant when she lost her son in 2011. In an interview with ITV Tonight to mark the 70th birthday of the NHS, Holden said her son “looked so normal and so peaceful”. “I ...

Ariana Grande has spoken out about her “toxic relationship” with ex-boyfriend Mac Miller. She was responding to comments from a Twitter user, who said what happened to Miller after “Grande dumped him” was “the most heartbreaking thing”. The tweets also referred to Miller’s reported arrest last week, for drink driving after he crashed his car in LA. Grande said she ...

This is the final weekend of Super Rugby before the South African Conference adjourns for a month and it will go a long way towards deciding what the teams have to play for when they return from their June break. For the Lions in particular this is a big weekend in the sense that they could take a massive step ...

The missile that downed a Malaysia Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014 belonged to a Russian brigade, international investigators say. For the first time, the Dutch-led team said the missile had come from a unit based in western Russia. All 298 people on board the Boeing 777 died when it broke apart in mid-air flying from Amsterdam to Kuala ...

US President Donald Trump has cancelled a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the world had “lost a great opportunity for lasting peace”. He said his decision was because of “tremendous anger and open hostility” in a recent North Korean statement. In a letter to Mr Kim, he said he was still looking forward to meeting him “some ...

Government says it is determined to strengthen agricultural extension and seed system services, research and development especially in indigenous local foods. Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Julius Shawa says this will improve the dietary and nutritive value by targeting households most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition and increasing consumer demand for diverse nutritious local foods. Speaking when he officiated at ...