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Former Kabwe Central Member of Parliament Austin Chewe says President Edgar Lungu will in no uncertain terms emerge victorious after the August 11 general elections. Captain Chewe in a telephone interview with ZANIS today said President Lungu was receiving overwhelming support from the majority in the country such then they would give him a full five year term after August ...

President Edgar Lungu has been accused of falsely accusing UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema of having privatized the mines. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says it is not true that Mr. Hichilema privatized the mines. Mr. Katuka thinks that instead of calling names Mr. Hichilema President Lungu should have told the crowd of people he addressed on the Copperbelt on Saturday ...

Opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has justified his decision to settle for his vice president for administration Geoffrey Mwamba as his running mate. Mr. Hakainde says party constitution gives him the power to choose whomever he wants to be his running mate adding that he cannot explain further why he has picked Mr. Mwamba. He says for the fact that ...

Zambians have been called upon to vote yes in the referendum on the Bill of Rights that is to run alongside the August general elections. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is urging Zambians to do so in spite of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) refusing to simplify the referendum question. Governance advisor Isaac Mwanza says his organization believes ...

Opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says he believes the poaching wild animals in the Country’s national parks is being driven by criminals. Mr. Hichilema says suspects that this is besides fueling corruption and threatening the rule of law. In his World Environment Day message Mr. Hichilema notes that ivory trade for example is not only depleting elephant populations but harming ...

Zambia Police Service Inspector General Kakoma Kanganja has participated in the first-ever High-Level United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) at UN Headquarters in New York. The summit attracted Police Chiefs and other high-level officials from over 100 UN Member States. The delegates acknowledged the central role of UN Police in helping to rebuild, reform and restructure criminal justice chains. ...

The Anti- Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) says the political mood in the Country is presently not appealing to hold a referendum on the Bill of Rights. Executive Director Richwell Mulwani says his organization has taken note that most people in the Country are not clear of what they are supposed to do on the polling day of the referendum. Mr. ...

Police in Lusaka have recovered a dead body of a man aged between 35 and 40 years in Lilanda area. Police Assistant Police Public Relations Officer Esther Mwaata Katongo confirmed the incident in Lusaka, saying the body the body has been picked and deposited in UTH mortuary awaiting identification by relatives and a post-mortem. Ms. Katongo says a body was ...

UPND vice president for politics Canisius Banda has maintained that he will not leave the party in spite of him not being picked as the party’s presidential running mate. Dr. Banda says the value he posses to the UPND and the rest of the Country is still relevant. He believes that there is however a reason why he was not ...

President Edgar Lungu has today commissioned the newly-completed Mufuchani Bridge on the Kafue River in Kitwe on the Copperbelt. The construction of Mufuchani Bridge which was funded by the World Bank cost K63 million. Speaking during the commissioning of the Bridge President Lungu said the new bridge will lessen the problems which the people used to face going to and ...