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The Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has called upon the auditor general to verify the quality, authenticity and truthfulness of the declarations of assets and liabilities that are being made by the office bearers. TIZ chapter president Sampa Kalungu says the reason office bearers declare before the chief justice is because they are declaring before the court and any declaration before ...

Zambia National Federation of the Blind (ZANFOB) and Disability Rights Watch (DRW) has expressed concerned with the critical lack of learning and teaching materials in Zambian learning institutions for persons with disabilities especially the visually impaired persons.  The two organizations are calling on the government of the republic of Zambia, particularly through the ministry of education to quickly address this ...

Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu has disclosed that 1 hundred and 23 thousand 9 hundred and four people have benefited from the ongoing Transforming Landscapes for Resilience and Development (TRALARD) project since 2019. Mr. Nzovu says the project in Luapula, Muchinga and Northern provinces aims at giving support to communities in diversifying livelihoods and improving farming practices. ...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Brenda Tambatamba has called on the financial and banking institutions in the private sector to partner with the government in creating sustainable decent jobs. Ms. Tambatamba said this during the courtesy call paid to her by Standard Chartered Bank, Chief Executive Officer Suny Zulu in her office today. She encouraged the bank to also ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Stanley Kakubo says slain ex-Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe will forever be remembered as a great Statesman who commanded a presence on the international stage. Speaking to journalists after signing in the book of condolences for Mr Abe at the Japanese Embassy in Lusaka, Mr Kakubo said Zambia joins Japan and the rest ...

At least four people have so far been killed by Elephants in Feira, Luangwa district this year. And Feira Member of Parliament Emmanuel Tembo has threatened to stage a protest to Statehouse if the animal/human conflict in his constituency is not addressed. Mr. Tembo tells Q-news that over 500 elephants have invaded the district. The parliamentarian has warned of the ...

Governance, Elections, Advocacy, and Research Services (GEARS) Initiative has advised the new dawn government to allow for peaceful protests at the African Union summit to be held in Lusaka. GEARS Initiative Executive Director McDonald Chipenzi says allowing protests, demonstrations and or picketing at the AU Summit will send a good signal about Zambia’s newly restored freedoms to citizens to other ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has made an apparent u-turn on its earlier statement that it was investigating properties belonging to South African based Zambian business tycoon James Ndambo. DEC Commissioner Mary Chirwa who was quoted yesterday in some sections of the media confirming the investigation of Mr Ndambo’s properties, has however told a media briefing today that the commission ...

The Zambia Statistic Agency (ZAMSTATS) has disclosed that it will recruit 39,570 enumerators and 6,430 supervisors for the forthcoming national census of population and housing slated to run from 18th August to 14th September,2022. ZAMSTATS Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says adverts for the recruitment of enumerators, supervisors and Zonal coordinators have since been placed in various media platforms to ...

Energy Minister Peter Kapala says works on the US$1.5 billion new Tanzania-Zambia Refined Oil Pipeline project have already commenced with the construction of the 700 km segment on the Tanzanian side. Mr Kapala says the TAZAMA pipeline will be rehabilitated, cleaned up and reconfigured to start pumping finished products instead of comingled crude. In a statement posted on his Facebook ...