The Zambia Institute of Planners (ZIP) has called for increased budgetary allocations to planning departments across all local authorities in the country in the context of decentralization. Speaking during the 4th national planning conference in Lusaka, ZIP president Cooper Chilomba notes that additional resources will enable planners to engage with citizens directly on real issues faced in the communities. Mr. ...

The Zambia Alliance for Youths with Disabilities has threatened to stage a protest if the government does not address what it has termed as discriminatory laws pertaining to the issuance of driver’s licenses to hearing impaired persons. Alliance General Secretary, Frankson Musukwa says Zambia is the only country in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region that does not allow ...

Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Vincent Mwale Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Vincent Mwale has disclosed that the Housing Policy has now been revised. Mr. Mwale states that his Ministry is also in the process of reviewing and revising the National Housing Authority Act. Speaking when he officiated at the 4th Zamreal Investment Forum in Lusaka, Mr. Mwale says government ...

The SADC Council of NGO’s has called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to take urgent action on the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa. SADC-Council of NGOs Executive Director Glenn Farred says the recent outbreak of violence in South Africa is a matter of grave concern for South Africa, the SADC region and Africa as a ...

President Edgar Lungu has described as unacceptable that University of Zambia students can engage in acts of lawlessness while at the same time condemning criminal acts in South Africa. President Lungu says being from the highest institution of learning, students are expected to show class and exemplary behavior to other youths in the land. He says the students’ actions are ...

Africans have come out to boycott South Africa after days of looting and violence targeting foreigners in which five people died. Nigerian singers and Zambia’s football team are among those in the boycott. South Africa’s social development minister told the BBC the rioters feared losing their jobs to foreigners. The country has become a magnet for migrants from other parts ...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said she will withdraw the highly controversial extradition bill which has triggered months of protests. The proposal, introduced in April, would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China. The bill was suspended in June but Ms Lam stopped short of scrapping it. Full withdrawal was one of five key demands of ...

Nkeyema Member of Parliament Kapelwa Mbangweta is hopeful that his constituency will receive the 2019 constituency development fund before the end of the year. Mr. Mbangweta says the failure by government to disburse the K1.6 million CDF is causing the constituency to lag further behind in terms of development. He has implored government to prioritise the new rural districts such ...

Government says it has invested over 1.4 billion United States dollars in digital technology infrastructure. Officiating at the digital economy diagnostic multi stakeholder workshop organized by the world bank in Lusaka, deputy secretary to the cabinet Christopher Mvunga expressed concern that despite the investments being put in by government, the level at which citizens are embracing digital technology is quite ...

The 2019-2020 Rainy season forecast indicates that much of the country is likely to receive normal to above normal rainfall. Minister of Transport and Communications, Mutotwe Kafwaya however, states that there is a likelihood of dry spells around February 2020 especially over the southern half of the country. He has told a media briefing in Lusaka that there is a high ...