Civil Society Organizations advocating for Media Freedom in Zambia have called on government to expedite the process of enacting the access to information bill. Speaking during the presentation of the ATI policy brief report, governance, elections, advocacy, and research services (gears) executive director McDonald Chipenzi says the ATI will help communities to access information about what is happening in the ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has not ruled out moving an impeachment motion against President Edgar Lungu when Parliament reconvenes. In an interview with QTV News, UPND presidential advisor Douglas Syakalima says his party has observed that President Lungu has allegedly continued to transgress in relation to the Republican Constitution. Mr. Syakalima, who is also Chirundu Member ...

Attorney General Likando Kalaluka has directed the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) to work out strategies of raising the profile of the drafting programme so that it can attract national and international students. And Mr. Kalaluka has bemoaned the low number of trained drafts persons in the country. Zambia only has 231 trained drafts person. Mr. Kalaluka says ...

The Lusaka Magistrate Court has acquitted Alliance for Community Action Executive Director Laura Miti  and five others of the charge of disobeying  a lawful  order when they went ahead to stage a demonstration at parliament against government’s purchase of 42 fire tenders at a total cost of US$42 million. Those acquitted together with Ms Miti include musician Chama Fumba popularly ...

Former Non-Governmental Gender Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) Board chairperson Sarah Longwe has noted with sadness that about 5,000 girls fell pregnant in Chipata district in the third quarter of 2018. Ms. Longwe says if the Ministry of Education and society took the right step such occurrences would not have happened. Ms. Longwe says there is need for comprehensive sexual education ...

Manchester United caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he will “get the players enjoying football” again following the sacking of Jose Mourinho. United appointed their former striker as boss until the end of the season on Wednesday, a day after Mourinho was dismissed. Solskjaer, 45, takes over with United sixth in the Premier League. The Norwegian told MUTV that he ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s long-delayed presidential election has been postponed for another week. The vote, scheduled for Sunday, is now due to take place on 30 December, the Electoral Commission said on Thursday. A delay in deploying voting materials to polling sites after a fire last week was behind the move, it added. It is the latest in a ...

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis will be retiring “with distinction” at the end of February, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday. Mr Trump tweeted that General Mattis “was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations”. It comes a day after the president’s controversial announcement that all US troops would ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process has described as timely plans by the electoral commission of Zambia to establish an online voter registration system ahead of the 2021 general election. FODEP Executive Director Mweenge Chimfwembe notes that implementing an online voter registration system will not be a difficult task for the commission considering that a lot of youths are already exposed ...

The European Union has acknowledged that investing in irrigation farming is the only way to cushion the impact of low rainfall pattern on agriculture in Zambia. European Union ambassador to Zambia Alessandro Mariani has expressed concern that the agriculture sector in Zambia is too dependent on maize production and rain fed agriculture. Mr. Mariani says there is need for the ...