Veteran Journalist Whitney Mulobela has observed the need for media owners in Zambia to invest more in investigative journalism. Mr. Mulobela is urging media owners to realize that journalists they have employed as reporters can only do investigative reporting when they are well resourced. In an interview with QTV news on the sidelines of the ongoing 4 days media workshop ...

Lusaka Provincial Minister Bowman Lusambo says no opposition political party is providing checks and balances to government. Mr. Lusambo says the largest opposition united party for national development (upnd) are being frivolous when it comes to providing checks and balances to the ruling party. He has told journalist in Lusaka that a weak opposition is not a good sign for ...

Water Development Permanent Secretary Edward Chomba says government has made strides in the provision of water and sanitation resulting into 65 percent of the population accessing basic water supply while 44 percent having access to improved sanitation. And dr. Chomba has taken to task water utility companies in the country to effectively respond to concerns by domestic and commercial users ...

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says it is contemplating on decentralizing its operations from Lusaka to the rest of Zambia. CAA Director General Gabriel Lesa has disclosed that the authority is thinking of establishing satellite offices in busy air traffic areas in the country. Mr. Lesa has referred to the Copperbelt Province and Livingstone in southern province as the busy ...

Foundation for democratic process (FODEP) Executive Director Mweenge Chimfwembe has urged the Electoral Commission Of Zambia (ecz)  to continue issuance of voter registration to avoid voter apathy in future. And Mr. Chimfwembe has called on government to invest more in civic education so as to encourage citizens why they should cast their ballot. Mr. Chimfwembe is concerned that most people ...

Senanga district administration  in western province has rescued six teenage girls and a boy who were allegedly trafficked to Namibia to work as prostitutes and domestic workers. Ministry of Gender Permanent Secretary Auxilia Ponga has praised Senanga District Administration for retrieving six teenage girls and a boy who were allegedly trafficked to Namibia to work as prostitutes and domestic workers. ...

United Party For National Development upnd president Hakainde Hichilema has opposed President Edgar Lungu’s request to turkey to help Zambia repay a 3 billion united states dollars Eurobond it borrowed from international lenders. Mr. Hichilema says he has been vindicated following his past comments that the patriotic front(pf) is dragging the country into mountain of debts. Addressing journalists at a ...

The Lusaka Magistrates court has sentenced Henry Kapoko, former Ministry of Health Chief Human Resources Officer and four others to 18 years imprisonment with hard Labour each for corruption, money laundering and theft of over k6million. The sentence includes five years each for theft, 5 years for money laundering and a further nine for theft by public servant. In a ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set Thursday, the 6 th of September this year as the date on which to hold the Kasenengwa Parliamentary by-election. The Commission will also hold Local Government by-elections on the same day in Kamalamba, Liyovu, , Nkenyauna wards in North Western Province and  in Mabili and Shikombwe wards in Western Province. ECZ spokesperson ...