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A 30-year-old man has been killed in a suspected ritual murder in Lusaka’s George compound, the sixth of such murders in the area in a space of four weeks. Police Deputy Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga has confirmed the development to QFM News that the police have picked up a dead body of a male person Anthony Mwaba aged 30 years of ...

People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti has charged that the last four years of the PF government have been a waste. Mr. Mulongoti has cited the dwindling job opportunities and job insecurity, growing insecurity, unending political violence among other things as features of the wasted four years. He says the PF therefore does not deserve to be given another five year ...

President Edgar Lungu says the PF Government seeks to make Zambia the food basket of the region. Speaking when he officially opened the Agritech Expo Zambia 2016 in Chisamba today, President Lungu says government is poised to achieve that given the abundant resource base in terms of land, water, labour and favourable weather conditions. He has since urged farmers to ...

The Zambian kwacha is the world’s best-performing currency of 2016, the Bloomberg news agency reports. It says that the Kwacha’s value against the US dollar has risen 19.9% since the beginning of January. That rise outstrips the increase in the price of gold. This comes off the back of the kwacha being labelled one of the worst-performing currencies of last year. That was ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says government should provide a clear roadmap on how the amendment of the Public Order Act will be done. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says this will enable Zambians appreciate the political will on the part of government. Mr. Cheembe says this is considering that similar promises have been ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has hailed the relocation of the African Union’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCCO) to Zambia. Speaking when he met members of the African Union committee of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) at State house this morning, President Lungu says ECOSOCC is very cardinal in the integration and development agenda of the African continent ...

Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Yang Youming says Zambia is on the right path to economic recovery. Mr. Youming says the macroeconomic economic policies government has put in place will help stabilize the economy. He says this will in turn help create a conducive environment for conducting business. Mr. Youming adds the recent appreciation of the kwacha against major trading currencies ...

The country has a total of 600, 433 metric tonnes of maize stocks to last up to August this year, according to a verification conducted by the Inter-Agency Teams constituted by government in all provinces. And Government says it will only allow the export of maize and maize products after meeting domestic demand and if there is a surplus. Speaking ...

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has advised against prolonging the ban on the export of maize government announced last week. ZNFU Executive Director Ndambo Ndambo says prolonging the ban could jeopardize the supply contracts local traders have entered into with players in other countries. Mr. Ndambo says this could make it difficult for players in those countries to trust ...

Higher Education Minister Michael Kaingu has announced the reopening of the two public universities which were closed in February following students’ unrest. Dr. Kaingu has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that the Copperbelt University will reopen on 17th April, 2016, while the University of Zambia will reopen on 24th April, 2016. He says this is after managements at the ...