People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda has encouraged voters not be discouraged by yesterday’s political violence in Mtendere, but turn out in large numbers and vote in Thursday’s elections. He says it is shocking that some political parties have continued to engage political violence despite many efforts by stakeholders to curb the vice. Mr. Banda says his party ...

Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska says Thursday,11th August,2016, the day on which elections will be held will be a public holiday. In a statement to QFM, Dr Msiska says this is in accordance with Article 56(2) of the Constitution. He has however, directed institutions providing essential services to make necessary arrangements to ensure that the provision of such services ...

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has expressed regret on the use of prayer for political ends in the run up to Thursday’s elections. Reading a pastoral letter on behalf of the heads of the CCZ affiliate churches on the 11th August general election in Lusaka today, CCZ President Reverend Dr Alfred Kalembo says while the church commends the ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) says there is urgent need to constitute the Office of the Public Protector to enforce the judgment of the Constitutional Court that former Ministers pay back what they earned. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza, however, says his organization is disappointed that in the first instance, the court refused to grant the application to stop ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has hailed the landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court that Ministers have been occupying their offices illegally and should pay back all public funds that they earned after Parliament was dissolved. TIZ Executive Director Goodwell Lungu says the judgment sets a good precedent and gives confidence to Zambians that they can rely on the Constitutional court ...

Who in their right mind would upset The Rock? On Monday, Dwayne Johnson took to Instagram to call out several unnamed male “Fast 8” co-stars in a shocking post. After praising his “always amazing” female co-stars, who include original franchise stars Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster and newcomers Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, and Eva Mendes, The Rock had plenty to ...

Soccer agent Mino Raiola, who brokered the deal that saw Paul Pogba return to Manchester United for a world-record fee on Tuesday, may be loved by the players he represents, but he is not exactly held in high esteem by the clubs who employ them. “I distrusted him from the moment I met him,” former United manager Alex Ferguson said ...

Children in the Syrian city of Aleppo are at “grave risk” of disease unless water supplies are immediately repaired, the UN children’s agency says. The United Nations says an immediate pause in fighting is needed to allow the water and electricity networks to be fixed. Some two million people are without vital supplies, the UN says. Fighting between government forces ...

Ghana will see its first ever female judo athlete compete at an Olympic Games on Tuesday. Yet more remarkable is that Szandra Szogedi is in fact a former gymnastics champion from Hungary, writes Chris Matthews. The 27-year-old, who first competed for the West African nation only five years ago, will take to the judo mat in the 63kg category in ...

Russia is ready to restore economic co-operation and other ties with Turkey, President Vladimir Putin has told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in St Petersburg. It is Mr Erdogan’s first foreign visit since an attempted coup last month. Mr Erdogan thanked Mr Putin, saying “your call straight after the coup attempt was very welcome”. Russian-Turkish relations soured last November ...