TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says UPND’s win in the recently held general elections is an indication that Zambians had enough of the tyranny, lawlessness and corruption under the PF regime. In a statement, TI-Z executive director Maurice Nyambe further said UPND’s victory reflects the will of the majority Zambians. “As Transparency International Zambia we would...

THE Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) says despite the many challenges during the pre-election period, the Electoral Commission of Zambia conducted a well-organised and credible election. Giving a verification statement on the accuracy of the official 2021 Presidential results, Monday, CCMG steering committee chairperson Fr Emmanuel Chikoya urged Zambians to be confident that ECZ’s official...

PRESIDENT-ELECT Hakainde Hichilema says he will raise the standard of transforming the country so high that his successor will have to work harder in order to convince Zambians to give them a chance. And Hichilema says the UPND Alliance will strive to restore national unity, celebrate ethnic diversity and bring an end to the lawlessness...

INDEPENDENT Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Director General Josephine Mapoma says the authority currently has no comment regarding Prime Television's resumption of operations as their focus now is the inauguration of President-elect Hakainde Hichilema. On Sunday, Prime Television Zambia posted on its official Facebook page that it was back and that it would cover the inauguration of...

FORMER Luangeni PF member of parliament Charles Zulu says the outgoing ruling party lost the just ended general elections because it grew "big-headed". And Zulu says he has decided to resign from the PF and as a member of the Central Committee because the top leadership did more talking than listening. In an interview, Zulu...

PF deputy national chairperson Davies Chama says Zambians should not expect their lives to change just because there is a new government if they don't work hard at individual level. And Chama says PF will bounce back in a bigger way following its loss to the UPND in the recently held general elections. In an...

BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley has congratulated President-elect Hakainde Hichilema for his victory in the presidential election. And High Commissioner Woolley has welcomed the role of Zambia’s political leaders including President Edgar Lungu as the country prepares to deliver a peaceful democratic transition. In a statement, Monday, High Commissioner Woolley said Zambia had...

UNKNOWN people in the early hours of Monday morning ransacked the PF secretariat, stealing property worth thousands of Kwacha. And PF Secretary General Davies Mwila has appealed to the in-coming UPND government to stop such kind of lawlessness so that everyone can live in peace. Shortly after ECZ chairperson Justice Esau Chulu announced that UPND...

UNZA lecturer Professor Bizeck Phiri has advised the incoming ruling party not to tolerate any political opportunists. In an interview, Prof Phiri urged politicians to stick to one political party as opposed to moving from one party to another. “If you have noticed when people are moving [from one party to another], the language they...