Fashion show not Granted
FASHION Sakala will not be part of next month’s back-to-back 2025 Morocco Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after he was snubbed by coach Avram Grant, who has named a 27-member squad for the games against Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone. Zambia will be away to Ivory Coast in Bouake on September 6 before hosting Sierra…...
Atletico humiliate Zanaco
YOUNG Atletico Lusaka FC striker Benjamin Chisala scored his third goal of the season to gift his club their first historic win in the MTN Zambia Super League after embarrassing Sensational Zanaco FC 1-0 in an exciting Week three fixture at the Sunset Stadium in Lusaka. Atletico outclassed the Bankers who needed a win to…...
Lwandamina leaves Zesco United
ZESCO United have said bye to head coach George Lwandamina and assistant coach, Tenant Chilumba who have left the club four days after the team’s elimination from the CAF Confederations Cup. Club Chairman Maxwel Chaya confirmed in a statement that Lwandamina and Chilumba had left the club. “The club would like to thank Lwandamina and…...
Our bill of rights doesn’t meet international human rights – HRC
HUMAN Rights Commission Head of Information, Education and Training Department Mweelwa Muleya says Zambia’s bill of rights does not meet what constitutes international human rights. And Constitutional Lawyer Mehluli Batakathi says the government must promote a legal framework or legislature that will protect the economic, social, and cultural rights. Speaking during the Webinar in our…...
M’membe denies seditious practices
SOCIALIST Party leader Dr Fred M’membe has appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and denied a charge of seditious practices. Dr M’membe, 65, is charged with one count of Seditious Practices Contrary to Section 60(1)(b) of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. It is alleged that on July 16, 2024, in…...
Lungu wasn’t inciting violence against civil servants, condemning him is hypocrisy – Kampyongo
STEPHEN Kampyongo says former president Edgar Lungu wasn’t inciting violence against civil servants with his recent warning but was simply stressing the importance of public workers doing their work professionally. The former home affairs minister has also questioned why Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union General Secretary Makayi Makayi was responding to Lungu’s statement instead…...
In May, ACC board asked HH to fire Shamakamba over several shortcomings, Kaaba tells court
FORMER ACC commissioner Dr O’Brien Kaaba has submitted to the Ndola High Court that Tom Shamakamba’s time at the Commission was characterised by incompetence, lack of confidentiality and failure to effectively prosecute corruption cases. Dr Kaaba adds that Shamakamba’s conduct led the entire ACC Board to formally complain to President Hakainde Hichilema, urging him to…...
UN Human Rights body condemns arbitrary arrests of opposition leaders, violation of freedoms in Zambia
THE United Nations Human Rights Council Special Procedures has demanded that Zambia halts, with immediate effect, the “downward spiral of infringements on fundamental freedoms”. Independent experts, working as Special Rapporteurs of the UN Human Rights Council, following their fact-finding mission on Zambia, yesterday released a statement, expressing concern about multiple allegations of arbitrary arrests and…...
We have no intentions of over regulating social media – Govt
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says government has no intention of over regulating social media. On Wednesday, former ACC board Chairperson Musa Mwenye cautioned government against over regulation of social media in a manner which would stifle genuine criticism because Zambians loved freedom. This was after Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu warned…...
Even govt needs counselling, Chikoya tells Kawana
COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia General Secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says both government and the opposition need counselling. On Wednesday, Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana asked the church to counsel former president Edgar Lungu, arguing that his language whenever he touched a microphone was not inspiring. But commenting on this in an interview,…...
