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People’s Party President Mike Mulongoti has disputed claims by Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili that the PF Government has managed to create over 435,000 jobs since coming to power in 2011. Mr. Mulongoti says it is impossible for the PF government to create such a number of jobs with the current state of the economy. He has since challenged the ...

HEALTH Minister Joseph Kasonde has assured the nation that there is presently no active case of ZIKA virus in the country, the mosquito transmitted virus which results in new born babies having small heads associated with under developed brains. Dr. Kasonde has told Parliament in a ministerial statement on the outbreak of the ZIKA virus in South America with Brazil ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has launched investigations into allegations of fraud and theft at the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU). DEC officers on Tuesday, 9th February,2016 visited the ZNFU offices in the Show Grounds as part of the investigation. And ZNFU President Evelyn Nguleka has assured ZNFU members and stakeholders to remain calm during the course of the investigation. ...

Bishop John Mambo has cautioned political parties that forming alliances is not guarantee for winning the forthcoming elections. Bishop Mambo says the outcome of the elections will be determined by the people of Zambia and not alliances. He has since advised political parties to begin preparing themselves for whatever outcome of the elections. Bishop Mambo says political parties whether in ...

President Edgar Lungu has returned back home and described his European trip which took him to the Vatican and France as a success. Speaking to journalists upon arrival at Kenneth Kaunda international airport this afternoon, President Lungu said his visits to the Vatican and France focused on bilateral relations. He explains that the bilateral agreements were mainly in areas of ...

Government says the implementation of the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) requires the breaking down of silos mentalities within and across all sectors of the economy. Acting president, Inonge Wina says this is what government envisaged will help it do more with less, particularly that Zambia is financially inhibited. And Ms. Wina who is also republican vice president and Minister ...

Government has ruled out foregoing the holding of the referendum on the Bill of Rights alongside the 11th August general election. Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili says government is ready to facilitate the holding of the referendum runs alongside the elections. Mr. Kambwili says the excuse of time between now and August some stakeholders are advancing does not pose a ...

Four people have died in a road traffic accident after a Toyota Haice minibus registration number BAC 314 they were travel ling in, overturned several times on the Great North road this morning. Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) Acting Senior Public Relations Manager Fredrick Mubanga has told QFM News that three people died on the spot among them two ...

MMD Members of Parliament calling for the holding of the party convention before April 2016 say they have been left with no option, but to seek legal redress over the holding the convention. Reacting to Dr. Mumba’s insistence that the party will not hold the convention this year, MM D Ikeleng’i Member of Parliament Elijah Muchima who spoke on behalf ...

United States Ambassador to Zambia Erick Schultz says America expects Zambia to hold free and fair elections on August 11. Mr. Schultz says the forthcoming elections should enhance Zambia’s reputation as a stable democracy. He says the United States is looking forward to an election whose outcome will be accepted by all political parties and the Zambian people. Mr. Schultz ...