Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) says it will continue to advocate for the enactment of the access to information bill to promote transparency and integrity. Speaking at the launch of the Covid-19 programme aimed at  tracking Covid-19 donations, utilization and vaccine distribution, TIZ Executive Director Maurice Nyambe says TIZ will also advocate for accountability of resources going towards the pandemic, and ...

Absa Bank Zambia in partnership with the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA), and the Finnish embassy will support 52 local businesses on a trade mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this October. The trade mission is intended to promote the growth of Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Zambia by linking local businesses with buyers in DRC ...

Vice President Mutale Nalumango says women and girls in rural areas play a critical role in advancing agriculture, food security and poverty reduction in the country. Ms. Nalumango stated that food security in most parts of the country is dependent on the indigenous expertise and knowledge that women rural areas possess. She notes that empowering rural women economically and socially ...

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has condemned the barbaric behaviour exhibited by some United Party for National Development (UPND) cadres who have been harassing individuals and groups perceived to be members of the Patriotic Front. CCZ Secretary General Emmanuel Chikoya has specifically condemned the closure of Choma’s Debonair Pizza belonging to PF member of the central committee Kebby ...

Generation of Progressive Youth. a nongovernmental organization whose main aim is to promote mental health and eradicate drug abuse has urged the UPND administration  to introduce mental health lessons in schools in order to reduce the continued suicide among teenagers and adolescents that are arise from mental health. Speaking in an interview with q news, organization president Norah Kabu says ...

Vice President Mutale Nalumango says the new dawn government is still committed to the provision of free education. Answering questions from Members of Parliament during the vice president’s question time today, Mrs Nalumango says the provision of free education will start with the vulnerable before being progressively extended to others. She says the new dawn government wants to prioritize the ...

The Office of the Auditor General has launched a toll free line for members of the public to report issues of concern with regards the management of public resources. Speaking during the launch of the toll line 5566 in Lusaka today, Auditor General Dick Sichembe says the number is currently active on two mobile networks namely Zamtel and MTN, and ...

ZESCO Limited’s heavy indebtedness has been laid bare with the utility company owing US$3.5 billion as at September 2021. In a ministerial statement to Parliament today on ZESCO’s debt position and measures being put in place to improve the utility’s financial position, Energy Minister Chibwe Kapala says ZESCO’s debt is largely due to costly emergency power imports and increased use ...