Transparency International Zambia has questioned African Unions decision to award Zambia an award for its role against corruption. During the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Zambia was given an award by the African Union for its role against corruption. The score card awards are given annually and this year’s ‘s award by the  African Union to Zambia was ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has won the Sesheke Parliamentary by- election. UPND candidate Romeo Kang’ombe has polled 7, 768 votes from provisional results collected from 35 out of the existing 43 polling stations in constituency. Returning Officer Joseph Kanyembo has declared Mr. Kang’ombe as winner of the election after ascertaining that results from the remaining 8 ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) candidate in the Sesheke Parliamentary by-election, Romeo Kang’ombe has taken an early lead in the poll. From the 12 polling stations out of the 43 where counting has been done, Mr. Kang’ombe has polled 5732 votes while PF’s Dean Masule has polled 1825 votes. The other two opposition candidates of the UPPZ ...

The ruling PF has ruled out moving a motion in Parliament to effect unilateral amendments to the Republican Constitution on account of the delays to hold the National Dialogue. PF chairperson for legal affairs Brian Mundubile says his party is still committed to ensuring that the process of cleaning the Country’s supreme law remains people driven. Mr. Mundubile says the ...

Voting at polling stations where electorates were interrupted by heavy rains in Sesheke has been extended for another 35 minutes. Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) spokesperson Margaret Chimanse says electorates at Libala and Nakatindi polling stations will continue voting beyond the prescribed closing time of 18:00hrs. Ms. Chimanse has told Q-News that this is meant to compensate the lost time ...

Channel 4 is to air a controversial documentary about Michael Jackson, despite receiving a letter of complaint from the late singer’s estate. Leaving Neverland focuses on two men who claim the pop superstar abused them when they were children. The family of the late singer have asked the broadcaster not to show it, saying the film-makers did not ask them ...

You could easily go and see Catherine Wreford perform in a show and not know anything was wrong. A professional dancer with a huge number of stage credits to her name, it’s perhaps only when you look at the show programme that you’d find out she has brain cancer. “I always put it in my bio because I want people ...

Chris Pratt says the church he attends is not “anti-LGBTQ” after Ellen Page said it was homophobic. Page, who is openly gay, replied to a tweet that said Pratt was going to discuss his “spiritual side” on a US talk show. She said “but his church is infamously anti-LGBTQ so maybe address that too?” Neither has named which church it ...

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Juventus in the summer in a deal that will earn him over £400,000 a week. The 28-year-old has agreed a four-year contract that will see him join the Italian champions as a free agent, ending his 11-year spell with Arsenal. Ramsey passed a two-part medical in January, having picked ...

England’s 1966 World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks has died aged 81. Regarded as one of the game’s greatest in his position, Banks was named Fifa goalkeeper of the year six times and earned 73 caps for England. He is perhaps best known for his wonder save from Pele during the 1970 World Cup against Brazil. Born in Sheffield, he won ...