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The Post Newspapers News Editor Joseph Mwenda has advised Muvi Television staff to brace themselves for difficult times ahead following Independent Broadcasting Authority  (IBA) . Mwenda wrote: Dear Muvi TV, We, at The Post are deeply saddened to see police surround your television station, illegally shutting down your transmitters by force, but we are not surprised. In fact, we salute you for surviving this long.   Here is my first advise to my fellow employees

The PF government through the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has suspended broadcasting licences forMuvi TV, Komboni Radio and Itezhi-tezhi Radio, for “unprofessional conduct posing a risk to national peace and stability.” According to a statement issued by the regulating board and obtained by Zambian Eye, the board said the suspension under section 29 (1) 1 of the

The Non Governmental Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) says it is deeply saddened by the failure of the National Referendum following the results announced by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) on the referendum question, as proposed in the National Referendum Act of 2016. The NGOCC however says it is not surprised by the outcome as

Former heavyweight boxing champion Joseph ‘No Pressure’ Chingangu was last night battered to an inch of his life by angry University of Zambia students after they allegedly caught him stealing from the students’ hostels. Chingangu, 49, who fought the likes of Wladimir Klitschko for titles in his heyday, allegedly stole three laptops and a phone

Power Dynamos got back to winning ways with a comfortable 4-1 victory over Lusaka Dynamos at Arthur Davies Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The victory came on the back of a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Zesco United on Thursday. Daka opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a powerful header at the near post from

Political Activist and prominent Radio programme caller Proud of Garden Township in Lusaka has told Zambian Eye that he is now living in fear after his Grocery store was stoned by PF Cadres. Proud who is a sympathiser of the opposition UPND narrated that the Cadres from PF last week descended on Grocery after their candidate Edgar Lungu was declared winner. “I got the information that the PF Cadres were planning to attack when their president is declared so I  locked my shop and went out. So immediately after the announcement they came here and started throwing some stones, ” narrated Proud in an exclusive interview on Sunday. He said it took some of the neighbours to stop the Cadres from breaking into the grocery. He says the police have a  duty to protect all citizens and their properties. Proud has called on Lungu to restrain his cadres from attacking people holding divergent views as Zambia is a democratic nation. He said attacking fellow citizens will not solve the major economic woes the country is going through due to poor leadership. “I have a right to speak and

Lusaka District Electoral Officer Alex Mwansa says the routine verification of Ballot Paper Account Forms which started yesterday Saturday, 20th August, 2016, is progressing well. Mwansa said the exercise which has also attracted monitors and observers, is expected to end on Tuesday, 23rd August, 2016. He said the verification of Ballot Paper Account Forms is