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Over 90 women in Eastern Province alone died in 2016 while giving birth. Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya says this is according to a report his Ministry is in possession of on the Province. Speaking last night during a fundraising cocktail organized by the Zambia National Blood Transfusion Service (ZNBS) Dr. Chilufya disclosed that the said women died as a result ...

Opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) vice president Chifumu Banda has been expelled from the party for gross misconduct. The FDD has also suspended with immediate effect its Lusaka province chairman James Musemuna. Speaking this morning at a media briefing in Lusaka party national chairman Potipher Chungu disclosed that  Mr. Musemuna has been suspended for bringing the name of the ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has challenged the Zambian government to publicize the signed contracts for maize supply to Malawi. TIZ Acting Executive Director Wesley Chibamba says government has failed to come out clean on the Malawi-Zambia maize gate scandal. Mr. Chibamba says the report released by the Malawian government shows that the dealings were shoddy indicating that there was corruption. ...

The Patriotic Front government has been advised not to concentrate more on clauses that appear to be beneficial to it in reviewing amendments made to the Constitution. Economic and Equity Party(EEP) president Chilufya Tayali notes that there are many lacunas that have been identified in Republic Constitution following amendments made to the document last year. Mr. Tayali says his party ...

Government has been challenged to tell the nation why it wants to keep the Zambia’s Constitution review process a secretive undertaking. Electoral Expert MacDonald Chipenzi has questioned why government has set up a Technical Committee at the Ministry of Justice to receive submissions ahead of the constitution review. Mr. Chipenzi has accused government of allegedly trying to ambush the Zambians ...

State House has warned opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema that he will be arrested as many times as he breaks the law just like any other citizen. The President’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says in a democracy anyone who breaks the law must be arrested by the Police. Mr. Chanda states that Mr. Hichilema should ...

The Zambia National Teachers Union (ZNUT) has appealed to the government to consider increasing the number of teachers earmarked for recruitment from 6,000 to 10,000. ZNUT Spokesperson Joe Kasaka says this is considering the huge deficit of teachers in the country. Mr. Kasaka adds that this is also coupled with the number of schools government is constructing and upgrading. He ...

Governance Activist Leslie Chikuse has advised President Edgar Lungu to critically analyze the advice from various stakeholders on whether or not the country should withdraw from the International Criminal Court. Mr. Chikuse says various stakeholders have come out and spoken out on the issue and that it is important that every opinion is scrutinized and respected. He says at the ...

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General, Kingsley Chanda says ZRA will start collecting tax from foreigners selling imported goods at all borders using an open market. Mr. Chanda notes traders mainly from the neighboring countries are not registered for local taxes but generate income in Zambia, change it in dollars and drive back into their countries. Mr. Chanda says it ...

Post Newspapers Limited in liquidation Proprietor Fred M’membe has described as inhuman, unacceptable and in bad faith the arrest of his wife Mutinta and the alleged harassment of his lawyer Nchima Nchito. In a statement, Mr. M’membe says the warrant to arrest him was a farce meant to intimidate, harass and humiliate his family. He has since advised his wife ...