President Edgar Lungu says Prime TV’s 30 days suspension is not harsh. Recently, Prime TV Proprietor Gerald Shawa described the 30 day suspension imposed on the station by the IBA as harsh. President Lungu says he will not allow Media Institutions to ruin the peace the country has enjoyed for many years. Speaking when he met the leadership of the ...

Government has commenced phase one of the constitution refinement process by engaging Members of Parliament. The two day workshop for Members of Parliament on international standards and best practices which will guide the review of the Public Order Act has been organized by the Ministry of Justice. Officiating at the opening of the workshop, Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick ...

Zambia’s High Commissioner to Kenya Brenda Muntemba Sichilembe has died three weeks after being involved in a tragic accident which happened on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway on her way to Nairobi from Machakos. The accident happened last month when an oncoming lorry rammed into the vehicle she was traveling in together with her Botswana counterpart Duke Lephhoko. Ms Muntemba 49 died ...

A father and son from Syria have been buried in the first funerals for those killed in the New Zealand mosque shootings that left 50 people dead. Khaled Mustafa, 44, and Hamza, 16, came as refugees to New Zealand last year. Islamic tradition calls for bodies to be buried as soon as possible, but the burials have been delayed by ...

National Guidance and Religious Affairs Minister Reverend Godfridah Sumaili has ordered cadres to stop flushing out party symbols when singing the National Anthem. Reverend Sumaili says such gestures are against the National Anthem Act number 40 of 1973 as well as the National Anthem Amendment Act number 13 of 1994. And Reverend Sumaili has also expressed concern that most citizens ...

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia chapter has called for transparency in the process of enacting the approved Access To Information Bill. MISA Vice Chairperson Hyde Haguta says his organization also expects that the approved Bill will this time around be presented before Parliament and reach enactment stage. Speaking at a media briefing held in Lusaka Mr. Haguta ...

PF Malole Member of Parliament Christopher Yaluma has welcomed his expulsion from his party’s Central Committee. Mr. Yaluma, who is also Minister of Commerce, says there is nothing sinister about his expulsion because the party has powers to hire and fire. He has told Journalists in Lusaka that he is relieved by his expulsion especially given the burden of his ...

Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba believes that the impending National Dialogue can still take place whether the Church is involved or not. Mr. Kabimba has urged stakeholders to consider finding another institution to lead the National Dialogue if the Church, as a grouping, is not in a position to preside over the dialogue process. He has told Q-News that ...

Grime music faces significant challenges because of discrimination against urban acts, MPs have said. Despite the success of Stormzy, Dave and Skepta, it is often difficult for grime acts to play live, they said. Licensing authorities and police have been known to cancel gigs at short notice, affecting musicians’ ability to gain a following. “Prejudices against grime artists risks stifling ...

Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi – who is yet to start a Premier League game – says he is “shocked” to have received his first England call-up. The 18-year-old was brought into the England squad on Monday for the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Montenegro. He has played 19 games for Chelsea this season, scoring five times. ...