The Civil Society Poverty Observatory Group comprising eleven civil society organizations has expressed concern that Zambia’s national budgets have continued to be poor blind. The observatory group is particularly saddened that programmes proposed in the vision 2030, the revised Sixth National Development Plan and the various policies as reflected in the 2015 budget, lack adequate financing to meet the intended ...

Government says Zambia is highly committed to ensuring good governance and constitutional democracy as enshrined in the constitution. Speaking in Lusaka today during the launch of the third African Governance Report under the theme “Elections and the Management Diversity”, Acting Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula notes that there have been improvements in some core areas of governance in Africa and in ...

Secretary to the Cabinet Rowland Msiska says the recent cases of leaked classified government documents require effective mechanisms to track down perpetrators. Speaking during the official launch of the Government Wide Area Network (GWAN) in Lusaka today, Dr Msiska says there is need to work on guidelines to end the leaking of such important documents to the public. Dr. Msiska ...

Wales forward Gareth Bale is the only player from the home nations on the 23-man shortlist for the Fifa 2014 men’s world footballer of the year award. Bale, 25, scored 22 goals for Real Madrid last season, as the La Liga side won the Champions League. Five Premier League players in Thibaut Courtois, Diego Costa, Angel Di Maria, Eden Hazard ...

The Pet Shop Boys’ Always On My Mind has been voted the top cover version of all time in a BBC Music vote. The song, written by John Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson, was first made famous by Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley in 1972. Johnny Cash’s cover of Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt came in second place, followed by ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) says it has been taken by surprise by Acting President Edgar Lungu’s statement that Parliament will decide whether to hold the Referendum on the enactment of a new Constitution or not. Acting President Edgar Lungu is quoted in some sections of the media saying Parliament will determine the roadmap of the constitution-making process because ...

US health officials will actively monitor health workers who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, under new rules. Updated guidelines issued on Monday will require most medics to be checked for symptoms for 21 days but will not require quarantine or isolation. The UN Secretary General has condemned enforced quarantine measures. The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has ...

Christians against Poverty in Zambia (CAPIZ) has appealed to the Registrar of Societies to reject the ‘cross’ symbol proposed by the Fourth Revolutionary Party, stating that it is a mockery to the body of Christ. CAPIZ President Gregory Chileshe has told QFM News in an interview that there are many symbols the opposition party can chose other than the sacred ...

The Economic Association of Zambia (EAZ) says Zambia has not achieved much in economic terms as was supposed to be attained in the last 50 years of independence. EAZ president Isaac Ngoma notes that the country is still experiencing high poverty levels, has poor infrastructure and that the level of economic ownership by indigenous Zambians is still very low. Mr. ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has observed that women in Zambia are far from attaining economic and social justice. Ms Nawakwi has told Qfm news in an interview that this is evident from the high number of women who are still wallowing in abject poverty fifty years after independence. She says there is need for government ...