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Itezhi tezhi Member of Parliament Twaambo Mutinta has welcomed the recent signing of a management agreement between the Zambian government and African Parks for the Kafue National Park. Government through the ministry of tourism recently signed a 20-year agreement worth US$20 million with African parks for the Kafue national park landscape’s protection and effective management. Mr. Mutinta says the community ...

Chikondi Foundation President Bishop John mambo has described as unfortunate the culture of insulting national leaders without remorse by young people. Bishop mambo says it is a taboo for a young person to insult an elderly person, much less someone who holds the leadership mantle in the country. He has counseled citizens’ especially young people to advance their views without ...

Operation Young Vote (OYV) has described as worrying the number of registered voters captured in the month of June in the ongoing continuous registration of voters. The Electoral Commission of Zambia recently announced that it registered 1,527 voters in the month of June in the ongoing continuous voter registration exercise targeting provincial centers. Speaking in an interview with QFM News, ...

The Timber Producers Association of Zambia (TPAZ) is appealing to the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment to consider extending the period for applying for timber concession licenses which elapsed last month by a further 30 days. TPAZ president Charles Masange tells QTV news in an interview that most timber traders failed to meet the requirements for applying for timber ...

Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Andrew Kamanga has described as grossly unfortunate the statement by CAF that they were not aware of Barbra Banda’s ineligibility for the morocco 2022 Africa cup of nations for women (WAFCON). Kamanga says FAZ is taken aback by the position of the confederation of African football that seemed to disown its own processes. He ...

Matero constituency’s Kapwepwe Ward 25 Councilor Patrick Salubusa has bemoaned the lack of active involvement of key stakeholders in addressing the challenge of criminal gangs commonly known as junkies in the area. Mr. Salubusa says his office is doing a lot of ground work to address the vice, but that these efforts cannot be enough without those who have been ...

Action aid Zambia (AAZ) has welcomed the move by the Ministry Of Finance and National Planning to collaborate with the office of the auditor general to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the processes related to the accumulation and audit of domestic arrears that various public institutions owe suppliers for goods and services. The Ministry of Finance and National Planning recently ...

A 17-year-old boy of Kasenengwa District in eastern provice has died from food poisoning after eating food suspected to have been mixed with a love concoction given to him by his 14-year old girlfriend. Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Danny Mwale says initial investigations have revealed that on July 1, 2022, the deceased who was taking care of cattle together ...

The Zambia Institute Of Independent Media Alliance (ZIIMA) has appealed to Mazabuka mayor Vincent Lilanda to desist from intimidating the media in the district. ZIIMA president Jajah Coulibaly says his organization is in receipt of information that clearly shows how the Mazabuka mayor has continued to intimidate the media by threatening radio stations with closure for airing stories that do ...

The Council of Churches (CCZ) in Zambia has spoken against freelance preachers who preach the word of God to the traveling public on intercity buses. CCZ General Secretary Emmanuel Chikoya says he shares the concerns of the traveling public with regards freelance preachers because it is not known were they are coming from and who has sent them and are ...