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The pronouncement by President-elect Edgar Lungu to create a new ministry for religious affairs has been received with mixed feelings. The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) says the move is welcome as it will help strengthen the Christian faith in the country. EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza notes that at the moment, the country has a lot of religious activities ...

Economist Analyst Noel Nkhoma has attributed the improved performance of kwacha currency against other major convertibles currencies on the international market to the deployment of aggressive monetary policy by the Bank of Zambia (BOZ). He says other drivers which have improved the performance of kwacha on the international market include the fact that the country has remained a destination for ...

President Edgar Lungu has observed the need for the Zambian people to observe the One Zambia One Nation Motto. President Lungu says this motto is necessary to embrace as it is what ensures that  peace and unity prevails among the Country’s seventy three ethnic groups. He has reminded people in the Country that unity is what in fact defines them ...

Former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba says the advantages of accepting an IMF bailout outweigh the disadvantages. In an interview with QTV News, Dr. Kalumba says this is especially given the investment in infrastructure. Dr.  Kalumba who served as Finance Minister under the Fredrick Chiluba MMD administration says it is this investment in capital projects that will in the long term ...

  The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by Constitutional Court Registrar Kelvin Limbani that there is no space to keep election materials following the request made to the court by the UPND to have all presidential election materials used in the just ended elections in the custody of the court. Constitutional Court Judge Annie Sitali ruled that the affidavit ...

The opposition UPND says it’s ready to fully cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and provide countless witness testimonies,photos and video evidence of the PF’s involvement in crimes against humanity. This follows the move by lawyers Lewis Nathan Advocates to write to the ICC accusing UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema, his vice president Geoffrey Mwamba and UPND members of committing ...

MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba has dared the Police to arrest him if it is treasonable for him to refer to UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema as Zambia’s legitimate President. Dr. Mumba says he doubts any such charges will presently hold any water considering that the Constitutional Court has not yet made any ruling on thhe petition filed by the UPND ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has announced intentions to join proceedings of the presidential petition filed in the Constitutional Court by the UPND, as a friend of the court. LAZ Honorary Secretary Sashi Kateka has told a media briefing in Lusaka this afternoon that the Association has confidence that the Constitutional Court will determine the matter before it fairly ...

First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda has called on all Zambians to maintain peace during the post election period. Dr Kaunda says Zambians should continue loving one another in line with the biblical principle of love your neighbor as you love yourself Speaking at Bole international airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia en route to Equatorial Guinea, Dr Kaunda said the ...

Bishop John Mambo says political leaders especially President Edgar Lungu as the Commander-in-chief of the armed forces are key to ending the anarchy going on in the country. Bishop Mambo says contrary to President Lungu’s assertion that what is happening is the Armageddon the UPND talked about prior to the elections, what is happening in the country is political. He ...