ZAMBIA NEWS

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the presidential election petition will be heard and concluded tomorrow, Friday, 2nd September. When the matter came up this morning for ruling in chambers, Presiding Judge Anne Sitali set 08:00hrs as the time trial should commence in open Court and presided over by the full bench of the court. This was after she refused ...

Three Church mother bodies have warned that Zambia is currently walking on a tinderbox which can ignite any time and leave the country in ashes for ambitious political leaders to preside on. In a strongly worded joint statement, Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) president Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu, Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia board Chairperson Bishop Joe Imakando and Council of ...

The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) says its getting the sense that there is growing uncertainty in the economy in view of the presidential petition before the Constitutional Court. Association president Chrispin Mphuka has told QFM News that this is mainly because the direction the Constitutional Court process will take is not known. Dr. Mphuka says the longer the court ...

  The Constitutional Court has thrown out an application by the UPND to have the ballot papers and all election materials used in the August 11 elections be preserved and be in the custody of the court. The Court threw out the application on the grounds that the UPND has no evidence that the ECZ might temper with the election ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President Edith Nawakwi has charged that Zambians are in a dangerous situation following the leadership vacuum currently prevailing in the country. And the FDD Leader has demanded that the entire Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) leadership be disbanded immediately for failing to conduct credible elections. Addressing a media briefing in Lusaka this morning, Ms ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has advised government to ensure vulnerable Zambians are not hugely affected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic bailout. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano tells QTV News that there is need for government to protect the interests of the poor people in negotiating and implementing the IMF bailout package. He says this considering ...

State House has dismissed as incorrect the assumption that the presidential election petition before the Constitutional Court has created a power vacuum in the country. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says there has never been a situation where a power vacuum has ever been created by the outcome of a general election. Mr. ...

The Constitutional Court has set Friday,2nd September as the date for commencement of the main hearing of the petition filed in by the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) challenging the re-election of President Edgar Lungu. And the court will this afternoon hear an application by the petitioners in which they are seeking to have President Lungu relinquish executive ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama has described suspected PF cadres who attacked Football Association of Zambia President Andrew Kamanga at the United Church of Zambia’s St Andrew church in Lusaka as enemies of the party. Mr. Kamanga was yesterday beaten by suspected Patriotic Front cadres after attending a church service where President Edgar Lungu was the guest of Honor. ...

President Edgar Lungu has with immediate effect terminated the contract of State House Permanent Secretary Emmanuel Chilubanama. In his letter addressed to Mr Chilubanama dated 29th August,2016, President Lungu informed the Permanent Secretary that his services had been terminated with immediate effect. The letter which has been signed by the Head of State has also been copied to Secretary to ...