Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza has welcomed position of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to announce elections date mayoral and Council Chairpersons elections in Lusaka and 6 other districts after both ECZ and the Attorney General filed their positions on serving councillors and deputy mayors contesting forthcoming elections. Mr. Mwanza, who is a second applicant ...

Zambia‘s Ambassador to Ethiopia Susan Sikaneta says the Zambia’s ratification of the African Charter on Governance, election and Human Rights is a clear indication of government’s resolve of upholding tenets of democracy and good governance. Speaking when a consortium of Civil Society Organizations in Africa under the hospices of Action Aid paid a courtesy call on her, Ms. Sikaneta said ...

The ministry of lands and natural resources will immediately dispatch the 300 invitations to treat for the ex-miners to the Copperbelt office as it resolves to release the invitations on a monthly basis. Announcing the development ministry public relations officer, Diniwe Zulu says the ministry has been allocating plots to the ex- miner as land is made available. Ms Zulu ...

Economist Chibamba Kanyama has observed the need to revisit the Financial Intelligence Center Act of 2016 in order to clearly define its mandate. Mr. Kanyama, who is also Bridges Limited Managing Consultant, tells QTV News that the nation should be careful and not release information that may compromise the confidence of investors which may worry them that their investment is ...

The Chipolopolo boys will seek to avenge last year’s Cosafa Castle Cup final to Zimbabwe when the two sides meet in a repeat of last year’s event on Saturday (today). The Warriors triumphed 3-1 in Rustenburg last year but Polokwane presents Zambia an opportunity to revenge and reap their fifth Cosafa title. Zimbabwe are the record holders of the Cosafa ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says the decision by the government to revert some farmers under the E- Voucher system to the conventional Farmers Input Support Programme (FISP) will bring about corruption and ghost farmers. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano says the reason why the government came up with the electronic voucher system was to get rid of ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has come to the defence of the Financial Intelligence Centre for making public its 2017 report which has revealed that Zambia lost K4.5 billion through financial crimes. Mr Sinkamba says it is unfortunate that FIC Director General Mary Tshuma has come under attack from some stakeholders who feel she erred by making the report public. ...

Finnish Ambassador to Zambia Timo Olkkonen says revelations contained in the 2017 Financial Intelligence Centre report are alarming. Mr. Olkkonen has since commended the FIC for bringing to light the misuse of public resources, tax evasion and corruption. In an interview with QTV News, Mr. Olkkonen says from a good governance point of view, it is less important to think ...