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Political analyst Neo Simutanyi says he foresees the 50% plus 1 presidential winning threshold provision in the Republican Constitution turning Zambia into a two political party state. Dr. Simutanyi says this taking into consideration how political parties have performed in the just ended elections. In an interview with Qfm News, Dr. Simutanyi says he has noted that only two political ...

MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba has dared the Police to arrest him if it is treasonable for him to refer to UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema as Zambia’s legitimate President. Dr. Mumba says he doubts any such charges will presently hold any water considering that the Constitutional Court has not yet made any ruling on thhe petition filed by the UPND ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has written to the Independent Broadcasting Authority expressing shock and distress at the decision to suspend the broadcasting licenses for Muvi TV, Komboni radio and Itezhi tezhi FM. In an open letter to the IBA, Mr. Sinkamba has questioned whether the authority ever issued written notices to the three broadcasting stations asking them to comply ...

Government has bemoaned the poor quality of infrastructure that has continued to be seen in the country despite the availability of professional bodies to regulate various players in the construction industry. Speaking in Lusaka today during a stakeholders consultative meeting organized by the National Council for Construction to review the performance of the construction industry in Zambia, Ministry of works ...

The Constitutional Court has continued with the interparty preliminary hearing of the presidential petition filed by UPND president Hakainde Hichilema. The Court has since adjourned tomorrow the continued hearing of preliminary issues before the main hearing of the petition can commence. Lawyers representing both the petitioners and the respondents have told Journalists that the Court is still dealing with preliminary ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has announced intentions to join proceedings of the presidential petition filed in the Constitutional Court by the UPND, as a friend of the court. LAZ Honorary Secretary Sashi Kateka has told a media briefing in Lusaka this afternoon that the Association has confidence that the Constitutional Court will determine the matter before it fairly ...

UPND presidential special advisor Douglas Siakalima says the PF should stop deceiving Zambians that it is against the perpetration of political violence of any form. Mr Siakalima says it is hypocritical for the PF to claim that it is role a model political party when it comes to condemning political violence. He says it is hypocritical for the ruling PF ...

First Lady Esther Lungu has urged youths across the country to preach the message of peace. Mrs Lungu made the call in Lusaka this afternoon during the farewell reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy for Zambian students under the Chinese government scholarship program for 2016. She says Zambians are privileged to still have first Republican President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda the ...

The Grand Coalition has demanded that government calls for a standalone national referendum before the 2021 general election to enhance the bill of rights. Speaking during a media briefing, Coalition Chairperson Sara Longwe says government should provide a clear road map for the holding of an all inclusive national referendum which will not be politicized, coupled with a legal framework ...

Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign (TALC) has observed that Zambia is making steady progress towards having zero new HIV infections. TALC Executive Director Felix Mwanza has noted that this achievement has been recorded because of the massive investment the country has seen in areas of HIV prevention, treatment and voluntary male circumcision, behavioral change among other interventions. Mr. Mwanza says ...