The continued policy inconsistencies under the Patriotic Front government have been attributed to lack of research on the part of policy makers. The Zambian Voice believes if Parliamentarians and Ministers in particular conducted research before passing laws the current trend where a number of policy pronouncements have had to be reserved would be avoided. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali says his ...

The Economic Association of Zambia has implored mining companies in the country to be explicit in providing all critical information on their operations following President Edgar Lungu’s directive for changes to be effected to the 2015 mineral royalty tax. EAZ president Isaac Ngoma says mining companies should be transparent in availing the necessary data in order to help government make ...

Lusaka Magistrate Wendy Chibesakunda has issued a timely warning to child defilers and perpetrators of Gender Based Violence (GBV) ahead of the opening of the Fast Track Court on Gender Based Violence. Magistrate Chibesakunda who is one of the three Magistrates who will be handling cases of gender based violence at the Fast Track Court on GBV says perpetrators of ...

                                    Political Activist Dante Saunders has charged that it is clear that the PF administration has lamentably failed to manage the mining sector. Mr. Saunders points out that the decision to make changes to the 2015 mineral royalty tax is one good example ...

Former Chawama Patriotic Front Member of Parliament and Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) Secretary General Reverend Violet Sampa Bret has died. Reverend Sampa Bret died in Germany. CCZ Secretary General Suzanne Matale in statement says the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) acknowledges the enormous contribution that Rev Sampa Bret made to the life and work of CCZ during ...

Economic Analyst Yusuf Dodia has observed that opportunities for Zambian companies to partner with investors from developed countries are still very slim. Mr. Dodia notes that currently there are very few Zambian companies that have the financial muscle to enter into equitable partnerships with big investors from highly industrialized countries like China, the US and Germany. He has told Qfm ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) is concerned that the timeframe in which changes to the current Mine Tax regime are to be effected may not be adequate. President Edgar Lungu has issued a directive to the Ministers of Finance and Mines to effect changes to the 2015 Mineral Royalty Tax by 8th April. But ...

More than 1,000 men have reportedly been arrested in India’s Bihar state over the use of impersonators and false papers for police recruitment tests. The fraud was uncovered when identity papers and fingerprints provided for different tests did not match up, a police official told AFP news agency. The arrests were reportedly made over the last fortnight. Photographs of mass ...

The co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings plane, Andreas Lubitz, had received treatment for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot licence, investigators say, but not recently. Lubitz, 27, is suspected of deliberately crashing the plane in the Alps, killing all 150 people on board. Officials in Duesseldorf said the investigation to this point had revealed no clue to any motive. So ...

Barcelona defender Dani Alves has conceded that he is unsure whether he will leave the club when his contract expires in the summer. Alves, who will be 32 at the end of the ongoing season, has represented Barcelona for the past seven years after moving from Sevilla for approximately £23 million. There has been a lot of speculation about Alves ...