THE Electoral Commission of Zambia is yet to announce consolidated results. Addressing journalists at a press briefing at 15:00 hours, Friday, ECZ chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano said the results would be finalised soon. He promised that some results would be announced at 16:00 hours but at the time of this writing, nothing had been...

THE Human Rights Commission has called on government to immediately restore internet services, stating that the shutdown has the potential of creating suspicion, speculations and misinformation in the management of election results. In a statement, Friday, Mwandenga said the apparent shut down of internet services was a breach of a constitutional right to freedom of...

UPND chairman for elections Gary Nkombo says President Edgar Lungu should concede defeat and call Hakainde Hichilema to congratulate him for winning the polls. And Nkombo says President Lungu should allow Hakainde to also run his race, further stating that any manipulation being attempted will just put the country in harm's way. Meanwhile, Nkombo has...

PATRIOTIC FRONT Secretary General Davies Mwila says his party has written a letter of complaint to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) about the credibility of election results in North Western, Southern and Western Provinces. And Mwila says the PF Parallel Voter Tabulation (PVT) shows that they will win Thursday’s general election. Meanwhile, PF 2021 Deputy Election...

PEOPLE’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda says President Edgar Lungu will not have any choice if people have decided that he should be voted out. Commenting on President Lungu’s remarks in which he said he was hopeful that he would emerge winner and hand the instruments of power to himself, Banda said the...

US Embassy in Zambia interim Charge d'Affaires David Young has expressed concern over the shut down of social media in the country. And Young has condemned the spate of violence recorded in some parts of the country. Meanwhile, United Kingdom High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley has also condemned the social media shut down. Speaking...

SOCIALIST Party leader Dr Fred M'membe has conceded defeat in Thursday's presidential election, congratulating UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema whom he says has carried the day. Meanwhile, Patriots for Economic Progress leader Sean Tembo has also conceded defeat, asking President Edgar Lungu to immediately provide security to 'president-elect' Hichilema. In a video statement televised by Diamond...

FACEBOOK, WhatsApp and Twitter have remained restricted for citizens who are using local area networks to access the Internet. And the counting of votes is underway across the country with some ‘unexpected’ results in some polling stations. The government shut down social media networks in the afternoon on August 12 while people queued up to...

THE Lusaka High Court has dismissed a matter in which UPND sued ZNBC over failure to air the party's campaign adverts for the 2016 elections during prime-time slots. The court threw out the matter for want of time. In this matter, UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda dragged the national broadcaster to court over the decision...

AS PF, there is nothing like accepting defeat because we have done our homework and we know that we are the winners, says PF member of the central committee Jean Kapata. Commenting on former president Rupiah Banda's remarks that winners of Thursday’s general elections must remain humble and the “losers” must graciously accept defeat, Kapata...