The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has fined SGC Investment Limited,Engen Petroleum Zambia Limited and Kobil Zambia Limited for breach of license conditions. The ERB has also severely warned Ravasia Petroleum Limited,Lake Petroleum Limited and Oasis Oil Zambia Limited for not having safety and health systems at their filling stations. ERB public relations Manager Kwali Mfuni says SGC was penalized for ...

Government has tasked National Food Nutrition Commission to expedite the process of implementing the recommendations from stakeholders on scaling up nutrition. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Peter Mwaba says there is need for all stakeholders to rid the country of the scourge of Malnutrition. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting on Nutrition in Lusaka today, Dr. Mwaba has reaffirmed the ...

Political Scientist Chris Zimba has urged political parties to comply with temporary ban on campaigns imposed by the Electoral Commission of Zambia in Lusaka and Namwala districts. Mr. Zimba says political parties should show remorse and take advantage of the suspension period to put their houses in order. He says the campaigns suspension period is an opportunity for political parties ...

The United Progressive People’s party (UPP) has demanded that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) instantly disqualifies the Patriotic Front and the United Party for National Development (UPND) from taking part in the forthcoming elections. UPP President Saviour Chishimba has told a media briefing in Lusaka today that if the two parties are allowed to participate in the elections and ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has commended the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) for conducting an independent audit that has revealed irregularities in the provisional voter’s register. Acting Executive Director Chimfwembe Mweenge says FODEP has observed that the audit was an important undertaking that has come at the right time in the electoral process when there are allegations of ...

President Edgar Lungu has noted with great concern the rampant disregard for human rights in Zambia. The Head of State made this observation this morning when he sworn in Human Rights Commission Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga and his Vice Kondwa Chibiya, Commissioners Dr. Harrington Akombwa, Ackson Zulu, Fred Waliuya and Yuyo Kambikambi and General Education Permanent Secretary Henry Tukombe. President Lungu ...

Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda says the PF government is on course in delivering the 600,000 jobs President Edgar Lungu pledged to create by the end of 2016. Mr. Shamenda says government remains confident of meeting the target. In an interview by telephone, Mr. Shamenda could not however, state how many jobs have been created so far. Mr ...

The BBC has confirmed its TV News Channel will not be closed, as its annual report was unveiled. The channel is under review – with a number of options for change or merging with BBC World News being considered – but closure has been ruled out, director general Tony Hall said. The report also revealed that the amount paid to ...

Fifa says the any imminent threat of Uganda being banned from global football for government interference has now been lifted. The news comes after a meeting on Tuesday involving two representatives from football’s world governing body. A warning was issued in June when the Federation of Ugandan Football Associations (Fufa) was being asked to sign as a trustee with the ...

The statement from Vice-Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin comes a day after an international tribunal said there was no legal basis for China’s claims. China has overlapping claims with other countries to reefs and islands across almost all of the South China Sea. It has already said it will ignore the tribunal’s findings. President Xi Jinping has said China’s “territorial sovereignty ...