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  Lusaka senior Magistrate Greenwell Malumani has dismissed an application by UPND President Hakainde Hichilema’s lawyers to quash the treason charge he is facing together with his co-accused. Delivering ruling on preliminary issues raised by both the defence and the state this morning, Mr Malumani said the subordinate court has no power to quash a treason charge. He says the ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has dismissed assertions that it has become compromised under the current Patriotic Front administration. Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza says EFZ has spoken out on matters affecting the Zambian people in a way it sees appropriate and from the mind of God. Reverend Mwanza says this is exactly what the EFZ when it issued a ...

President Edgar Lungu says the country should completely eliminate malaria by 2021. And President Lungu has today launched the national malaria elimination strategy 2017-2021 which outlines various interventions towards the elimination of malaria. In a speech read on his behalf by health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya, during the commemoration of the World Malaria day and launch of the national malaria ...

Two people were yesterday shot and injured by an unknown person wearing a Police combat uniform in Lusaka’s Kamwala area. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says shooting incident happened at about 16:00 hours near Kamwala Prisons in which a mini bus driver and a passenger were shot. Ms Katongo says efforts are being made to establish whether the assailant is a ...

Political Scientist Dr. Alex Ng’oma says it is necessary that President Edgar Lungu declares a State of Emergency given the increasing cases of arson in the country. Dr. Ng’oma, who is also a Political Science Lecturer at the University of Zambia (UNZA), has explained that when the State of Emergency is declared, people’s rights and freedoms will be suspended as ...

The ruling Patriotic Front in Lusaka Province says President Edgar Lungu’s threat to declare a state of emergency is justified. PF Lusaka province Chairperson Horace Longwe says this is however not to say that the party in the Province is encouraging President Lungu to declare a state of emergency. Mr. Longwe says the ruling PF in the province does not ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has targeted to raise over K8 billion in an amnesty on interest and penalties launched today. ZRA Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda has told a media briefing that the amnesty will run from 24th April to 31st July, 2017. Mr. Chanda says during this period, taxpayers are expected to submit all outstanding tax returns and pay ...

The Zambian Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has denounced the continued attacks on the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) and government’s plans to undermine it. ZCCB president Telesphore Mpundu says the ZCCB believes that given optimum conditions, LAZ can play its rightful role as one of the most effective checks and balances in a true democratic dispensation. Bishop Mpundu who ...

The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has finally added its voice in deploring the manner in which incarcerated opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema was recently arrested. In a pastoral Statement released to QTV News today the ZCCB has observed that massive and disproportionate force was used by the Police in apprehending Mr. Hichilema on a charge of treason. ZCCB ...

A 35 years old woman of Chief Mwangala’s area in Chadiza District of Eastern Province has been strangled to death by her ex-husband. Malesi Banda is reported to have been murdered by her ex-husband on April 21, 2017. The body of the deceased was founded 500 meters from her house along a footpath to a maize field around 17:00hrs. The ...