Health minister Dr. Chitalu chilufya has dissolved the board of the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council with immediate effect. The action is provided for under section 6 of the national HIV/AIDS/STI/TB council act number 10 of 2002. Dr. Chilufya says the reason the minister dissolved the national HIV/AIDS/STI/TB council is to reposition it so as to improve its efficacy in providing coherent multisectoral coordination ...

Government has financed 10 million kwacha for the partial rehabilitation and replacement of aging infrastructure, fixtures, and fittings at parliament motel in Lusaka. This came to light when the Minister of Finance Felix Mutati briefed the speaker of the national assembly Dr. Patrick Matibini on the measures taken by the treasury to ensure that members of parliament who do not ...

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train. The man was held in Dover on Saturday and taken to a Kent police station – he will be moved to south London later. The arrest is “significant” but the terror threat level remains at “critical”, Metropolitan Police ...

Patriotic Front Media Director Sunday Chanda says the ruling party is grateful to Zambians that they still have confidence in the PF government. Mr. Chanda says the PF leadership under president lungu has proved that it is there to meet all the needs of the Zambian people and the party itself. He says the victory in Thursday’s bye election proves ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila hailed the ruling party’s victory in the by-elections for Council Chairpersons and wards held yesterday in some parts of the country. The PF has won the by-elections for Council Chairpersons in the newly created districts of Kanchibiya, Luvushimanda and Lunte, while the UPND has retained the Itezhi Tezhi Council Chairperson. The PF has also ...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda says government has received an overwhelming response with regards to proposals towards the amendment of the constitution. Mr. Lubinda says in line with this, a ministerial technical working group was constituted to compile and analyze all the submissions from stakeholders. He has told Journalists in Lusaka that the Ministerial technical working group has analyzed the submissions ...

UPND Parliamentary Whip Garry Nkombo has described President Edgar Lungu’s address to parliament as ‘trivial’. Mr Nkombo says the speech lacked the taste that addresses the many challenges in the country. He says the President was merely echoing the things that he or his ministers have talked about in the recent past. And Monze central Jack Mwiimbu says the President’s ...

President Edgar Lungu says government is on course in its social economic transformational journey aimed at achieving prosperity for all, enhancing national unity and anchored on the national motto One Zambia, One Nation. In a wide ranging speech during the ceremonial opening of the 2nd Session of the 12th National Assembly, President Lungu says it therefore remains for the nation ...

  President Edgar Lungu says government is resolved to reduce poverty by 20% by the end of the 7th National Development Plan (7NDP). The country’s poverty levels currently stand at 54.4%. Speaking during the ceremonial opening of the second session of the 12th National Assembly, President Edgar Lungu says poverty levels in the country have remained unacceptably high. President Lungu ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to consider making reshuffles to his Cabinet. Peoples Alliance for Change (PAC) President Andyford Banda is calling on the Head of State to consider making changes to his cabinet saying some ministers have proved to be liabilities to the development of the nation. Mr. Banda says for the past one year, some of ...