Monthly Archives: March 2017

Simukoko takes on Mukuka

Labor Minister Joyce Simukoko has challenged the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to substantiate its claim she is inciting workers against their employees. Ms. Simukoko thinks that the ZCTU in its recent media briefing addressed by Secretary General Cosmas Mukuka misinterpreted what he recently said about the labor movement in Zambia. In an interview with QTV News Ms. Simukoko ...

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‘What do you hope to achieve’, Sikota challenges UPND MPs

Opposition UPND MPs have been challenged to tell the nation what they hope to achieve by their continued protests against the legitimacy of President Edgar Lungu. The opposition United Liberal Party (ULP) is confused and thinks that the UPND MPs are staging their protests out of confusion of what exactly they want to achieve. ULP president Sakwiba Sikota says he ...

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Stop Mocking Election Losers-UPPZ Advises

United, Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda has advised president Edgar Lungu to stop mocking those who lost in last year’s elections. Mr Chanda says president Lungu should instead extend a hand of reconciliation to those who still aggrieved over the elections. He says it is wrong for the president at this point to claim that some people ...

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Govt procures two boats for Lupososhi

Lupososhi Member of Parliament Lazarous Chungu has disclosed that government has procured two motor boats to ease passage on river crossings in his Constituency. Mr. Chungu says some river crossings in his constituency have been posed a challenge to the people in the constituency especially during the rainy season. He has told QTV News that this is especially when bridges ...

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Rogan pleased by Lungu’s focus on national unity

UN Resident Coordinator Janet Rogan says President Edgar Lungu’s focus on national values and principles in his address to Parliament is pleasing. Ms. Rogan says she is very pleased that President Lungu has encouraged the nation to reflect on what is happening in the communities. In an interview with Qfm News, Ms. Rogan says she has in the recent times ...

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British envoy applauds Lungu

British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane- Dyet has applauded President Edgar Lungu for his commitment to national unity. Mr. Cochrane- Dyet has also commended the President for highlighting issues of governance in his state of the nation address to Parliament. In an interview with Qfm News, Mr. Cochrane-Dyet says he also took note that President Lungu spoke against Gender ...

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UPND justifies MPs’ boycott of Lungu’s Parley address

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has justified the boycott by its Members of Parliament of President Edgar Lungu’s address to Parliament. Secretary General Stephen Katuka says the UPND is a democratic party which allows its members including Members of Parliament to make their own decisions. Mr. Katuka has told QTV News in a telephone that this means ...

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High cases of defilement, GBV irks Lungu

President Edgar Lungu says the ever increasing cases of examination malpractices; defilement and gender based violence are indicative of the erosion of good morals and ethics in the Zambian society. In his state of the nation address to the National Assembly today, President Lungu says if the country remains on this path, the moral fabric will be eroded and this ...

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Rick Ross Raps On “Apple Of My Eye”: I Told Meek I Wouldn’t Trust Nicki

(AllHipHop News) Rick Ross’ new album Rather You Than Me includes the Miami native revealing a supposed private conversation he had with his MMG protégé Meek Mill. The track “Apple Of My Eye” features Ross talking about the Dreamchaser leader’s relationship with Nicki Minaj. “I told Meek I wouldn’t trust Nicki. Instead of beefing with your dog you just give him some ...

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