Central Province Police Commissioner Lombe Kamukoshi says Evans Mukosha, a contender to the throne of Senior Chief Muchinda, was shot dead around 03:00 hours. In this audio, Kamukoshi explains that Mukosha's wife Dorothy was also shot in her ribs and she is battling for her life at Serenje District Hospital. She further explains that the...

PF deputy spokesperson Frank Bwalya says it is the party’s prayer that President Edgar Lungu will be fit to stand in 2021. And Bwalya mocked Hakainde Hichilema over reports that police officers ate food and stole money during the overnight raid at the incarcerated UPND leader’s house on April 10. Speaking when he featured on...

Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) acting Executive Director Patrick Mutimunshi says pornography still remains illegal and that those who do it to “keep the fire burning” with their loved ones should restrict it to their bedrooms. And Mutimunshi says the authority will work with necessary security wings to ensure that leaking of private...

President Edgar Lungu says politics has a season and when a winner emerges, everyone must move on to support the collective national agenda. President Lungu therefore warned all those who sought to disrupt law and order that they would face the full force of the law. The Head of State was speaking today when he...

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila has announced that the party will go for a general conference in 2020. In a statement issued by PF Media Director Sunday Chanda, Mwila stated that the general conference would be preceded by party elections which would start on July 1, 2018. Mwila advised party members to follow laid down...

Rainbow Party leader Wynter Kabimba says there is no obtaining situation which is a threat to national security to warrant a declaration of a state of emergency. Kabimba in an interview stated the need for those in power to wait for police to conclude investigations on the cause of the fires at some selected public...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila says the Party’s victory in the Nchelenge ward and Masaiti district local government chairperson by-elections respectively showed that the ruling party was still formidable and popular on the ground. And PF deputy spokesperson Frank Bwalya has saluted the peaceful campaigns carried by the opposition UPND. In a statement after...

Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Linda Kasonde says there is need for transparency in the manner in which judges are appointed. And Kasonde said government officials must not threaten citizens’ rights to speak freely, otherwise the country will return to the days of looking over one’s shoulder at all times. Speaking on Radio Phoenix’s...

Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) Media Liaison and Public Relations officer Calvin Kaleyi says this year’s Agritech Expo show will highlight the importance of diversification in agriculture. In a statement, Kaleyi said the expo which will run from April 27 to 29 would also help exhibitors grow their businesses. “This Business to Business agricultural platform...

Former FODEP executive director MacDonald Chipenzi says the destruction of public property as a way of venting anger is evil because it undermines national development. Chipenzi observed that burning court buildings was not a solution. "The continuous reports on burning of court buildings that have rocked the country recently is regrettable and inhuman. These acts...