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Barclays Bank Africa Group Limited says it remains committed to shared growth across the African continent. Chief Executive Officer, Maria Ramos said this when she announced the bank’s half-year results for the period ending 30th June 2016 via a conference call in Lusaka today. Ms. Ramos also disclosed that Barclays bank Africa’s revenue from the rest of Africa increased to ...

The opposition People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) has advised fellow political parties to desist from issuing statements on the forthcoming elections with the potential of fueling a revolt. PAC chairperson and presidential candidate Andyford Banda says political parties should stop claiming that they will win the August elections even before people have voted. He says his party’s appeal is that ...

The Commuters Rights Association of Zambia (CRAZ) has urged the Road Transport and Safety Agency to end the lawlessness on the roads by political party cadres. Association president Aaron Kamuti notes that political parties have failed to heed to advice to ask their cadres to observe road safety rules. He says his association has continued to receive complaints from commuters ...

Zambia Election Information Centre (ZEIC) co- chairperson Chifwembe Mweenge has advised political parties to use the remaining days for campaigns to sell their party manifestos to the electorate by highlighting polices which they will implement if elected into power. Mr. Mweenge says political parties selling their manifestos must provide alternative polices other than what is already in place. He says ...

The opposition Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) has attributed the continued political violence in Zambia to lack of trust among political parties. ZED president Frederick Mutesa says his party also thinks that the continued perpetration of political violence is in fact a sign that peace making does not come through signing of peace pacts. Mr. Mutesa says his party ...

President Edgar Lungu says the Patriotic Front has delivered the various projects it promised the Zambian people in 2011. Speaking when in Lusaka today when he commissioned the ZAF Hospital Out-Patient Department and Lusaka Base new Hangar, President Lungu says the Zambian people have taken stock of the PF’s achievements. He says the ruling party is humbled to see that ...

The Network of Zambia People living with HIV (NZP+) has welcomed the launch of the HIV self-testing in Africa project which is aimed at ensuring that 90 percent of people know their HIV status. NZP Acting Executive Director Kunyima Banda has however, noted the need for people to be provided with more information and where they can get counseling. She ...

Transparent International Zambia (TIZ) has expressed disappointment that some politicians have resorted to buying voter’s cards ahead of the elections. TIZ Executive Director Goodwell Lungu says such acts have the potential to disfranchise people of their rights to vote in the forthcoming elections. He says all candidates should utilize the remaining time before the elections to convince the people about ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has observed that political parties have neglected sensitizing people on the referendum during their campaigns. Commission Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna has noted that politicians have concentrated on asking people to vote for their parties neglecting the referendum. He says the referendum is not a political party issue or an issue for the commission, but ...

The announcement by the Human Rights Commission that it has started the process of drafting the Anti-torture Bill to operationalise the prohibition of acts of torture and other cruel inhuman treatment has cheered the Prisons Care and Counseling Association (PRISCCA). Executive Director Godfrey Malembeka says there is need for Zambia to domesticate the United Nations Convention against torture (CAT) so ...