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Bweengwa Member of Parliament Highvie Hamududu says political violence can only end in Zambia if the nation deals with its root cause. Mr. Hamududu says the causes of violence in the Country are mainly hate speech and innuendos. In an interview with QTV Mr. Hamududu who is also chairperson of on Expanded Parliamentary Committee on Estimates says these are the ...

MMD President Nevers Mumba says there cannot be marriage if either his party or the ruling PF is not happy with the agreement upon which to enter into an alliance. Dr. Mumba says no one can enter into a marriage if they will be sad for the rest of the relationship. He has told QTV news that this is why ...

A new report by ActionAid has revealed that Zambia has 13 restrictive tax treaties that dramatically restrict the government’s power to tax global companies doing business in Zambia and therefore unfairly limit the country’s potential to collect tax revenue. ActionAid Zambia Acting Country Director Harriet Gimbo has advised government through the Ministry of Finance to urgently revise the very restrictive ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has welcomed the abolishment of deputy minister positions because the current size cabinet is blotted and taking up a large chunk of public funds. CSPR Communications and Information Officer Maxson Nkhoma reducing the Size of Cabinet by having an optimal and stable number of ministers by abolishing the positions of Deputy Minister has ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has challenged President Edgar Lungu to prove his allegations that the party is training a militia group comprising of about 250 youths. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani says the UPND Leader has on several occasions denounced violence and there is no way he can start training youths to ...

President Edgar Lungu has charged the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) Leader Hakainde Hichilema will still remain in the opposition after August 11th General Elections. President Lungu says the behavior that the UPND exhibits goes to show that he is not yet ready to take up the leadership mantle. The Head of State has advised Mr. Hichilema to ...

Government says it remains awake to the reality of the Zika virus and its broadening geographical distribution in the recent past. Ministry of Health Acting Spokesperson Dr. Tasila Pitters says Zambia is however, not on the list of countries in the categories of autochthonous transmission, Indication of viral circulation, Countries/territories/ areas with outbreaks terminated or locally acquired without vector borne ...

The ruling PF has disclosed that they will be holding a solidarity match to the Chinese Embassy on Tuesday to commend them for not being part of a clandestine meeting that took place recently. Some diplomats over the weekend met the UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema at his residence for lunch, the move which has been received with mixed feelings. In ...

A female passenger died in a road traffic accident after a Scania bus Reg. ABK 8288 belonging to Mazhandu family bus services she was traveling lost control. Police Spokesperson Charity Munganga says the accident happened yesterday around 06 hours and left one female passenger dead and 11 injured. Ms Munganga says the accident happened when the driver of the bus ...

Vice President Inonge Wina says it is prudent that diplomats accredited to Zambia follow normal channels if they want to meet political players in the country. The Republican President said this in parliament during the vice president’s question time when she was responding to a question from Nakonde Member of Parliament Abel Sichula who wanted to know what the government’s ...