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Minister of Transport and Communications Brian Mushimba has disclosed that he will present to Parliament five bills when the house reconvenes, among them the Cyber crime Bill a penal law to be used to prosecute cyber crimes. Mr Mushimba has named the other bills as the e-government bill, Cyber Security Bill, Data Protection Bill, e-Transmissions and e-Commerce Bill. He says ...

Energy Minister David Mabumba says the proposed 50% initial increase in electricity tariffs by ZESCO which was supposed to come into effect on 1st May, 2017 has not been effected. Mr. Mabumba says this is because the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has not yet approved the application by ZESCO to hike the tariffs by 75 percent. He says the ERB ...

President Edgar Lungu has reaffirmed the Patriotic Front government’s determination to invest in infrastructure that supports the health living of the Zambian people. President Lungu says his government wants to continue walking the talk on its promise to create a health nation. He says government has since guided how all citizens should participate in the national health week activities. President ...

A contender for the Senior Chief Muchinda thrown of the Lala people of Serenje District has been shot dead. Central province Police Commissioner Lombe Kamukoshi has told Q News that Evans Mukosha aged 53 was shot dead by unknown people around 03:40 hours today. Ms Kamukoshi says his wife Dorothy Mukosha 52 who was also shot in the ribs is ...

The Confederation of Trade Unions of Zambia (COTUZ) has observed the need to finalize the negotiations so as to improve the living conditions of workers. COTUZ President Joe Kamutumwa says it is imperative that the negotiations are concluded so that as the government hikes the electricity tariffs, the workers will afford. Mr. Kamutumwa agrees that the nation needs to adjust ...

The Patriotic Front is disappointed by the South African DA and EFF Party’s inability to comprehend how the Zambian justice system works before issuing out unpalatable remarks against Zambia’s duly elected President Edgar Lungu. PF Deputy Spokesperson Mumbi Phiri says as a party, the PF is perturbed at how the DA and EFF have allowed themselves to be toiled by ...

President Edgar Lungu has charged that he will not make decisions for the purposes of preserving his stay in office. President Lungu says there is life beyond his term in office. He states that if it means trade unions voting him out of office in 2021 over the proposed increment in electricity tariffs in Zambia which he supports, let them ...

Economic and Equity Party (EEP) President Chilufya Tayali has predicted that the ruling Patriotic Front will terribly lose the 2021 General Elections. Mr. Tayali says he predicted President Edgar Lungu’s victory in the last elections and he has again predicted his loss in 2021. The EEP Leader says President Lungu and the PF stand no chance, even today if he ...

President Edgar Lungu is next week expected to attend the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 that will held in Durban, South Africa. This follows a special invitation extended to President Lungu, by his counterpart, President Jacob Zuma of the Republic of South Africa. The World Economic Forum also extended a special invitation to President Lungu. Zambia’s High Commissioner to ...

President Edgar Lungu has urged PF members not to retaliate to the provocation that the party is currently facing. And the Head of State has called on PF members to reject the temptation of falling to the whim of elitists saying PF is a party whose roots are deeply embedded in the hopes and aspirations of the majority poor Zambians. ...