In a fractious news conference Fifa secretary general Jerome Valke said the main venue in Johannesburg, Soccer City, was yet to be completed, and 700,000 tickets were still unsold. He also expressed frustration at media speculation over the state of England’s proposed training camp. “If the question is: ‘Could we host the World Cup tomorrow [...]

President Rupiah Banda arrived in China on Wednesday for a State Visit where he is due to hold bilateral talks with Hu Jintao, President of China. The President and his delegation arrived at Beijing International Airport aboard a United Arab Emirates (UAE) plane from Dubai. He was met at the airport by Chinese Foreign Minister, [...]

Patriotic Front president Michael Sata says the bad response by government to current floods in Lusaka can lead to a revolution. Sata said in an interview with the Post newspaper that the blood of the flood victims shall forever haunt the MMD and Vice-President George Kunda in particular because of the shockingly no response the [...]

SECOND Republican president Frederick Chiluba has said he will defend his statements against Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata even if he was dragged to court. Dr Chiluba acknowledged yesterday, through his spokesperson Emmanuel Mwamba, that he had received a letter from Mr Sata’s lawyers demanding an apology for the allegations stated against him during [...]

Movement for Multi-party Democracy(MMD) National Chairman Michael Mabenga has warned party members not to campaign for positions at the convention before receiving instructions from the ruling party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). Mabenga has said all law abiding members of the party should uphold the rules and wait for the NEC to permit them to start campaigning. [...]