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Muvi TV is a private television station in Lusaka, Zambia. It was formed in 2007 and is one of the 4 major private stations in Zambia. It has faced major government shutdowns in the past due to its reporting of critical issues. [1] [2] [3]
In 2011, president Rupiah Banda ordered the closure of the station just before the general elections. [4]
The Zambian Defence Force comprises the military forces of Zambia. It consists of the Zambian Army, the Zambian Air Force, and the Zambia National Service. The defence forces were formed at Zambian independence on 24 October 1964, from constituent units of the dissolved Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Armed Forces. During the 1970s and 1980s, it played a key role in a number of regional conflicts, namely the South African Border War and Rhodesian Bush War. Being a landlocked country Zambia has no navy, although the Zambian Army maintains a maritime patrol unit for maintaining security on inland bodies of water.
Hakainde Hichilema is a Zambian businessman and politician who has been President of the United Party for National Development, an opposition political party, since 2006.
The Great West Road of Zambia runs 590 km from the capital, Lusaka, to Mongu, capital of the Western Province. It connects that province to the rest of the country, as well as being one of two routes to the south-west extremity of North-Western Province. It also serves as the main highway of the western half of Central Province. The entire route from Lusaka to Mongu is designated as the M9 Road.
The media of Zimbabwe has varying amounts of control by successive governments, coming under tight restriction in recent years by the government of Robert Mugabe, particularly during the growing economic and political crisis in the country. The Zimbabwean constitution promotes freedom of the media and expression, however this is hampered by interference and the implementation of strict media laws. In its 2008 report, Reporters Without Borders ranked the Zimbabwean media as 151st out of 173.
Chishimba Kambwili is a former member of the National Assembly of Zambia for Roan Constituency in Luanshya District. He has also held several posts in the cabinet. He is the leader of the National Democratic Congress (Zambia).
General elections were held in Zambia on 11 August 2016 to elect the President and National Assembly. A constitutional referendum was held alongside the elections, with proposals to amend the bill of rights and Article 79.
Edgar Chagwa Lungu is a Zambian politician who has been serving as the sixth president of Zambia since 25 January 2015. Under President Michael Sata, Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defence. Following Sata's death in October 2014, Lungu was adopted as the candidate of the ruling Patriotic Front in a Convention of the Patriotic Front in Kabwe, for the January 2015 presidential by-election, which was to determine who would serve out the remainder of Sata's term. In the election, he narrowly defeated opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema and took office on 25 January 2015.
Miles Sampa is a Zambian politician and the current Mayor of Lusaka, having been elected in August 2018. Previously, he served as Member of Parliament for Matero Constituency from 2011 to 2016.
Esther Nyawa Lungu is a Zambian public figure and politician who has held the position of the First Lady of Zambia since January 25, 2015. She is the wife of Zambian President Edgar Lungu, with whom she has six children. Her parents were originally from the country's Eastern Province. She was raised Catholic, but she and her husband are now practicing Baptists.
Irene Chirwa Mambilima was the Chief Justice of Zambia from 2015 until she died in 2021. She also served as Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Zambia and presided over Zambia's 2006, 2011 presidential and parliamentary elections, and the January 2015 presidential by-election. She has been part of several election observer missions including in Liberia, Kenya, Mozambique and Seychelles. Other past international assignments have included serving as Sessional Judge of the Supreme Court of The Gambia. Mambilima sat on the International Board of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) as a Director of the Africa Region. She was also a member of several professional associations including the Zambia Association of Women Judges, the Editorial Board Council of Law Reporting, the Child Fund (Zambia), Women in Law Southern Africa, and the Council of the Institution of Advanced Legal Education.
Felix C Mutati is a Zambian politician representing the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy party. He did not run for a Member of Parliament seat and received a nominated seat by the president.
Nkandu Phoebe Luo is a Zambian scientist with a PhD in Microbiology and politician who is currently the running mate for the PF President in the August, 2021 elections. She is a microbiologist who previously served as Head of Pathology and Microbiology at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka and has carried out extensive research into HIV/AIDS.
Freedoms of expression and of the press are constitutionally guaranteed in Zambia, but the government frequently restricts these rights in practice. Although the ruling Patriotic Front has pledged to free state-owned media—consisting of the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) and the widely circulated Zambia Daily Mail and Times of Zambia—from government editorial control, these outlets have generally continued to report along pro-government lines. Many journalists reportedly practice self-censorship since most government newspapers do have prepublication review. The ZNBC dominates the broadcast media, though several private stations have the capacity to reach large portions of the population.
Paul Monde Shalala, is an international renown and award-winning Zambian journalist, blogger, and political analyst specializing on Zambian, African and world current affairs. He is a reporter for the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation.
Buildcon FC is a Zambian football club based in Ndola that plays in the MTN/FAZ Super Division. It is known for having an African multi-national squad.
Henry Joe Sakala is a Zambian actor, writer, producer and director known for his leading role in a short film Guns and Rings and writer of the screenplay for the 2009 film, Reflection of Sadness.
Prime TV was a private television station in Lusaka, Zambia, that was founded, and first broadcast in 2016.
Paul Munanjala professionally known as Paul Da Prince is a Zambian-born musician, TV and Radio presenter, DJ, Master of Ceremonies based in Windhoek, Namibia. He first rose to fame in 2007 after taking part in a singing competition on Muvi TV's Teen Star program.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Zambia in March 2020.