The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has called for action to be taken against police officers responsible for the death of University of Zambia student Vespers Shimunzhila based on the recommendations of the human rights commission. UPND Deputy Secretary General Patrick Mucheleka says the death of vespers should not be in vain. Mr. Mucheleka says the carelessness of ...

The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has directed Multichoice Zambia to with immediate effect suspend the Lusaka hustle reality show on Zambezi magic on the dstv platform. In a statement, IBA Director General Josephine Mapoma says this follows public outcries that the Lusaka hustle reality show promotes a lifestyle contrary to Zambian values and culture. Ms Mapoma says the authority has ...

President Edgar Lungu has warned has warned men and women in uniform that he will not tolerate any acts of disloyalty. President Lungu says he is aware that some military officers from all security wings have been sending their qualifications to the opposition for possible promotion in the event of a regime change. He says security wings should bear in ...

The opposition UPND and its Alliance parties have been accused of using the National Dialogue as a vehicle to foster regime change in Zambia. On the 1st of February the Opposition Alliance issued a statement in which it implied that it sees the success of the National Dialogue as a complement to its winning the 2021 general elections. But FDD ...

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala says he is now convinced that SADC has become toxic to the people of its member states. Mr. Changala says he has observed that SADC is departing away from the principles upon which it was founded. He states that the intergovernmental organization is no longer serving the interest of the ordinary citizens in the region. ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs has warned the opposition Democratic Party (DA) it will face the full force of the law if it continues to engage in public political activities. Public Relations Officer Nephas Chifuta says the DA cannot conduct any political activities across the Country before the Court of Appeal disposes off the case relating to its registration. Mr. ...

Vice President Inonge Wina has undergone a minor corrective surgery relating to an old age limb cartilage problem in India. Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo says Mrs. Wina 79, stayed in hospital for less than 48 hours for the operation before she was discharged. Mr. Kasolo states that the operation that Mrs. Wina underwent was therefore not ...

President Edgar Lungu on Saturday morning led a number of government officials, public and private corporate figures in a 13 kilometers jogging stint. Clad in a Barclays Bank branded white T-shirt and blue tracksuit and white jogging shoes , President Lungu who was in usual jovial spirit  kick started the two hour long early morning around State Lodge area which ...

Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) trustee Katele Kalumba has described as politically perplexing the withdrawal of the Opposition Alliance from the ZCID. Dr. Kalumba is wondering how a political party like the UPND, which is part of the Opposition Alliance, can withdraw from the ZCID when it is a founding signatory of the ZCID Trust Deed. He suspects that ...

THE Government of India has fully sponsored fifteen Zambians to participate in a seventeen day tourism cultural event dubbed the Surajkund International Crafts Mela. The event will be held in Faridabad in the Indian state Of Haryana from February 1, 2019 to February 17, 2019. Zambia’s High Commissioner to India Judith Kapijimpanga has since praised India for promoting people to ...