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Veteran Politician Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika has charged that there is nothing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will bring to Zambia which they did not bring in the past other than impoverishing the country. Mr. Lewanika has told QTV News in an interview that IMF conditions and their interest as well as objectives have never changed. He recalls that when UNIP ...

Economist Lubinda Habazoka is optimistic of a positive outcome from today’s meeting between the government and Zambia’s creditors. Dr Habazoka says it’s the outcome of today’s meeting with creditors that will help the country achieve it’s economic goals. He has stressed the need for Zambia to grow capacity to generate revenue to be able to pay off the debt. Dr ...

Socialist Party President Fred M’membe has called on the government to suspend operations at the Black Mountain until proper and accessible safety measures are put in place. Dr. M’membe has accused government of hiding the alleged many deaths occurring at the Black Mountain in Kitwe. He says videos are circulating on social media calling on the authorities to do something about ...

The Media Liaison Committee (MLC) has expressed shock with the position taken by the Media Owners Association of Zambia (MOAZ) to reject the final draft of the Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) bill. Committee Chairperson Enock Ngoma says he is surprised that the Association has denied ever being engaged by the Committee in drafting the ZAMEC bill when in actual sense ...

Veteran Politician and Freedom Fighter Sikota Wina has died at the age of 91. Confirming the sad development, Acting Secretary to Cabinet, Patrick Kangwa says Mr Wina died this morning at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka after an illness. Mr Kangwa says the government is consulting the late Wina’s family on funeral arrangements which shall be announced later. He ...

Action Aid Zambia has expressed concern over the implications the delayed IMF programme will have on the 2022 national budget and ultimately the state of the economy. Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane today said he has no apology to make for failing to deliver an IMF program this monthend as earlier promised. In a statement, Action Aid Zambia Country Director Nalucha ...

The Council of NGOs in Zambia says it’s excited and pleased with the decision by Cabinet to approve in principle, the repeal and replacement of the NGO Act No. 16 of 2009. Council of NGOs in Zambia Chairperson McDaonald Chipenzi says the repeal and replacement process of the controversial NGO Act is long overdue as it has been ongoing for ...

Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane says he has no apology to make for failing to deliver an International Monetary Fund -IMF program by this month. Early this year, Dr Musokotwane indicated that he expected an IMF programme to be concluded by the end of June. But speaking during a GRZ-IMF Media engagement, Dr. Musokotwane says the set ...

The Media Owners Association of Zambia (MAOZ) has demanded for the immediate withdrawal of the Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) bill that has been resubmitted to the Ministry of Information and Media by the Media Liaison Committee (MLC) The association says the final draft of the ZAMEC bill has a number of clauses that are detrimental to the development of the ...

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has maintained that 100, 000 metric tons of soya beans will be exported arising from the increased production as unanimously agreed during a stakeholders meeting. This comes after the Crushers and Edible Oil Refiners Association-CEDORA issued a contradictory statement that thirty thousand metric tons of soya beans and not 100,000 metric tons will be ...