Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila has toast the ruling party’s victory in the just ended local government by-elections in which it has grabbed five council seats previously held by the UPND and retained all seven seats it previously held. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, Mr. Mwila says this shows that the people still have confidence in the ...

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have suggested there could be a new agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme. After talks in the US, Mr Trump, who is sceptical of an accord that was struck in 2015, spoke about “doing a much bigger, maybe, deal”. Mr Macron said a new pact must cover Iran’s ballistic missile programme ...

Southern province Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) Chairperson Bright Jalila says government has not fared well in improving the agriculture sector in the province. And Mr. Jalila says hunger is looming in the province due to government’s poor implementation of the e-voucher. He notes that the FISP programme has proved to be ineffective especially in the previous farming season. ...

Mines and Minerals Development Minister Richard Musukwa says government is aware of some lobbyists trying to create an impression that the process of giving land and title deeds to the ex-miners has failed. Mr. Musukwa says he is also aware of some politicians who are propelling their agendas using the issue of giving land to ex-miners. He says no politician ...

National Restoration Party (NAREP) Lusaka Province Chairman Allan Sakala has advised government to use an Information Communication Technology (ICT) based system in monitoring how government vehicles are used by civil servants. Mr. Sakala says the use of an ICT based system to monitor the movement of vehicles is cost effective and sustainable. He says NAREP feels impounding government vehicles as ...

The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources has advised the government to start preparing for the 2018-2019 farming season now to avoid the hiccups that characterized the implementation of the e-voucher system in the 2017-2018 season. Committee Chairperson Maxas Ng’onga has told QTV News that the chaotic implementation of the e-voucher system witnessed in the previous farming season ...

The Non-Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) says there is need for the country to domesticate the SADC Protocol on 50/50 Gender parity if the country is to meet the 50% threshold of women in key positions. NGOCC Board Chairperson Sarah Longwe is concerned that despite the country having ratified the SADC protocol on 50/50 gender parity in decision making, the country has ...

A combined team of National Biosaftey Authority, Zambia Police and Lusaka City Council officers yesterday pounced on some supermarkets in Lusaka confiscating products containing genetically modified ingredients. The Biosafty Act number 10 of 2007 specifies that only products containing 0.9 percent GMOs are allowed in Zambia. However, the confiscated products which included cornflakes and soups were found to contain 90 ...