Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Mwansa Kapeya, says government is working with traditional rulers to ensure Zambians access land with title so they develop it. And Mr. Kapeya says accessing land without title has contributed to the much confusion that has been happening in the recent past concerning who owns a particular land. He notes that land ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs permanent Secretary George Zulu has expressed confidence that with its newly approved foreign policy, Zambia will sustain a good relationship with other countries. Mr. Zulu says with this new foreign policy which he says has eluded the country for about 16 year now Zambia will also sustain its peace. He says this is especially that in ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has observed that President Michael Sata’s Friday speech to Parliament has not responded to the immediate and long term needs of the people of Zambia. Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says the Zambian people have been very consistent with regards the issues they think need to be addressed with urgency. ...

Senior Chief Nsokolo of Mbala District in Northern Province is disappointed that most of the more than 2,000 farmers in his chiefdom have not yet been paid for the crops supplied to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) in the area. Chief Nsokolo says the non-payment for the produce has left many farmers desperate with the oncoming planting season as they ...

The Grand Coalition on the Demand for the People Driven Constitution says people in the country should not feel betrayed that they have not been availed with the details of the recent meeting it had on the constitution with the Justice Minister Edgar Lungu. Coalition chairperson Leonard Chiti says this is because the meeting was only exploratory talks. Father Chiti ...

Minister of Community Development, Mother and Child Health, Emerine Kabanshi says the country through the leadership of President Michael Sata has continued to record impressive macroeconomic stability and growth over the last three years. Ms. Kabanshi says this is because of the many policies that government has put in place especially those aimed at addressing the plight of the poor ...

Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President George Mpombo says President Michael Sata’s cracking voice and inability to complete his last Friday’s speech to Parliament does not justify calls that the President should take a rest from work. Dr. Mpombo says he personally does not think the health of an individual should be judged on his voice as it is a ...

The Zambia National Women Lobby (ZNWL) has urged the new women Members of Parliament to ensure that they represent the women in the country. ZNWL Board Chairperson Beauty Katebe says the women in the country have confidence that their fellow female will be their voices in parliament and speak out on many issues affecting the women in the country. She ...

Government says the most significant shift that Zambia has made is to become a lower middle income country. Health Deputy Minister Chitalu Chilufya says this automatically means the amount of funding the country is eligible to get from various donors has dramatically been reduced citing that it is thus important that the country have, clear, concise and comprehensive as well ...

Gender minister Inonge Wina has called for severe punishment of perpetrators of gender based violence cases. Commenting on the woman who was beaten by her police officer husband in pemba ,ms wina says courts should not be lenient to such culprits especially that the man involved is a police officer who is suppose to be protecting victims of GBV. Ms. ...