The Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka has arrested a Tanzanian national for trafficking in 480 grams of heroin. Commission Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo in a statement says Ibrahim Malango, 39, of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania was intercepted in Chirundu District. Ms Katono says also arrested in Lusaka District is Joseph Zimba, 21, of Kamanga Compound for trafficking in five (05) ...

The Zambia Weights and Measures Agency has procured an electricity meter test bench, through funding from Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry. The equipment will be used to accurately measure energy flow through electricity meters. This came to light today during the commemoration of the World Metrological Day which falls on 20th May annually. Speaking during the event, ZWMA Chief ...

Secretary to the Cabinet Rowland Msiska has directed all Public Service Institutions to set aside funds in the 2016 Budget and subsequent Budgets to facilitate the computerization of the record management system in the Public Service. Speaking during the launch of the Public Service Records Management Policy and the revised Registry Service Manual in Lusaka today, Dr. Msiska says government ...

Government says it remains resolute on devising ways and means of dealing decisively with incidences of trafficking of migrants within the country’s borders and ensuring that the child on the move receives the most and best attention possible. Speaking this morning when she officiated at a regional conference on the protection of children on the move, Vice President Inonge Wina ...

Choma District Commissioner Bernadette Hamweemba has called on both local and foreign investors to consider investing in the provincial Capital. Ms. Hamweemba says the district has a lot of business potential which if tapped would contribute to the economic development of the nation. She adds that the business environment in Choma is favorable for both local and foreign investors. Ms. ...

UPND Senanga Member of Parliament Likando Mufalali has appealed to government to pay transporters who are supposed to transport farming inputs to his constituency. Mr. Mufalali says farmers in his constituency have not yet started receiving farming inputs for the 2015/2016 farming season because transporters who are supposed to transport the inputs have not been paid. Mr. MufalaLi says he ...

Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has urged government to improve on good plans and policies to boost the agriculture sector. JCTR Director Father Leonard Chiti notes that while Zambia has the potential to diversify in crop production, lack of good plans and policies in the agriculture sector has hindered many farmers from doing so. Father Chiti states that crop ...

The Christian Democratic Party (CDP) says public workers leaking government classified documents to the media ought to know that they are putting the security system of the country at risk. CDP President Danny Pule says there is no country that has no state secrets and that it is disheartening that the country has witnessed an increase in cases of leaked ...

The Non Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has observed that poverty levels in the country are increasing every day. NGOCC Board Chairperson Sara Longwe says the move by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) for tenants and landlords to register for withholding tax, the increase in fuel prices which will translate into essential commodities getting more expensive will contribute largely to ...

Consumers Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) International Zambia has recommended that the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) defers the enforcement of the withholding tax LAW on rental income due to the high cost of living in Zambia. CUTS International Zambia Center Coordinator, Simon Ng’ona has explained to QFM News that though the law has been there for some time now, it ...