Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) says the review of the Zambia Development Act (ZDA) of 2006 is a positive development. CTPD Executive Director Isabel Mukelabai says the review of the ZDA Act should have a very strong element of building the monitoring capacity of ZDA as an institution. Ms. Mukelabai notes that the element of building the monitoring ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba says his party does not believe the solution to ending early child marriages lies in criminalizing the act. Mr. Sinkamba says resorting to criminalizing the act as a solution shows lack of understanding of the root cause of the vice. Mr. Sinkamba states that the root cause for early child marriages in Zambia is child ...

UPND Bweengwa Member of Parliament Highvie Hamududu has observed that too much talk with less action is Zambia’s biggest challenge. In an interview with Qfm News, Mr. Hamududu who is also chairperson of the Expanded Parliamentary Committee on Estimates is concerned that the people of Zambia are wrongly getting used to talking too much with less action. Mr. Hamududu says ...

Government has observed that the impact of load shedding on the recently projected end year GDP will be minimal. The Ministry of Finance is basing this on measures being put in place to increase production in various sectors of the economy owing to the current power deficit in the country. Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba has disclosed to Qfm ...