The Patriotic Front Government has been advised against reducing itself into a regime that deports foreign nationals who share divergent views. The Zambia National Students Union (ZANASU)is advising government to realize that deporting foreign nationals who share divergent views is an infringement on freedoms of expression and association. ZANASU president Misheck Kakonde says his union thinks that government should in ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to exercise his discretion in appointing a suitably qualified person to occupy the vacancy in the Office of the Auditor General with utmost urgency. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) wants President Lungu to ensure that whoever is appointed  as Auditor General such an appointment is ratified in the current sitting of Parliament. ...

All People’s Congress (APC) party president Nason Msoni has condemned in the strongest terms the denying of entry into Zambia of Kenyan academician Patrice Otiene Loch Lumumba. Mr. Msoni says he finds it unfortunate that the Zambian government seems to have sustained the culture of deporting and denying entry of fellow Africans into the Country. He is of the view ...

Christian Democratic Party president Danny Pule says the 2019 national budget announced by Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe on Friday was well thought out. Dr. Pule says this is because it is meant to stabilize and grow the Zambian economy. In an interview with Dr. Pule has told QTV news that he has taken note that the Minister of Finance has ...

At least 832 people were killed in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the national disaster agency says. It added that the affected area was bigger than initially thought. Many people were reported trapped in the rubble of buildings that collapsed in Friday’s 7.5-magnitude earthquake, agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told a news conference. ...

Former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba says Zambia’s 2019 national budget has laid a foundation sufficient to secure a financial bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Dr. Kalumba says the Country’s national budget could not have come up with a quiet appreciation and understanding from either the IMF or the World Bank if it was not sufficient. He thinks that ...

British High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane has been challenged to state which money has been corruptly misappropriated from the financial aid the UK has given to Zambia . Opposition Economic and Equity Party (EEP) president Chilufya Tayali wants Mr. Cochrane to explain clearly how such money was corruptly misappropriated . Mr. Tayali has charged that failure to do so Mr. Cochrane ...