PF secretary general Davies Mwila has charged that former party members standing as independent candidates are undisciplined, warning that PF members who will be seen supporting “those chaps” will be dealt with severely. And Copperbelt presidential campaign manager Frank Ng’ambi says youths in Masaiti should make sure that there is no single poster of the...

FORMER Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says students must not feel ashamed to align themselves with the PF because they mean well. And Kampyongo has admitted that he was somehow aggressive towards addressing student grievances when he was Home Affairs deputy minister. Speaking when he addressed student leaders in Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Thursday, Kampyongo said...

THREE PF cadres are admitted in the Ndola Teaching Hospital after they were mercilessly beaten after they attacked a UPND camapign roadshow. This happened on Saturday immediately after UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema left Mushili SDA Church and went for a road show in the township. However, as the entourage moved through the market, a group...

SOMEONE must pump some sense into Edgar Lungu's head because this is no way of running a democracy, UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has charged. And Hichilema says the opposition alliance is willing to sit down with President Edgar Lungu to discuss his exit strategy from the government. Meanwhile, Hichilema who will be contesting the presidential...

COPPERBELT PF presidential campaign manager Frank Ng'ambi says President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has economically outperformed other African leaders in the Southern region. Speaking when he addressed party officials and aspiring candidates, Saturday, Ng’ambi said President Lungu had performed beyond measure and that Copperbelt was ready to vote for him. “We are here to win the...

FORMER Lands and Natural Resources Minister Jean Kapata has appealed to Market Associations on the Copperbelt not to allow opposition political parties to campaign within markets. Speaking when she met Market Associations in Kitwe, Thursday, Kapata said the PF had worked very well with the marketeers therefore it was important for them to support the...

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano says the Commission now has big teeth to “bite” and sanction political parties that practice political violence and deliberately breach the Electoral Code of Conduct. And Nshindano says the Commission consulted the Attorney General’s office over its decision to ban public rallies. Speaking when he...

SPECIAL Representative of the Secretary-General to the Africa Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the Africa Union, Hanna Tetteh says there is need for state-owned media to be accessible to all political parties now that public rallies have been suspended. Speaking to the media as she marked the end of her visit...

ZAMBIA National Students Union (ZANASU) acting president Steven Kanyakula says the abolishment of meal allowances for UNZA and CBU students has indeed benefited a lot of students on loan schemes. And Kanyakula says the union is engaging the Loans and Scholarships Board to create a system that will allow students to apply for loans based...