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The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has announced a motor vehicle amnesty on penalties and interest for a period of 30 calendar days, to all individuals and firms whose vehicles either have no Customs clearance or were wrongly cleared. This is in accordance with Section 171 (5) of the Customs and Excise Act. In a statement, ZRA Commissioner General, Kingsley Chanda ...

Presence of God Ministries founder Christopher Kunda has welcomed the move by Parliament to approve the creation of the Ministry Of Guidance and Religious Affairs. Apostle Kunda says President Edgar Lungu and Parliament have demonstrated how much they are committed to upholding the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation. He says he is hopeful that once created the Ministry ...

Electoral expert McDonald Chipenzi has charged that in Zambia, leaders do not get elected to serve the people but to serve themselves. Mr. Chipenzi says even the way some parliamentarians debate I parliament, one can tell that they want to attract attention for appointments and not to serve the people. He says if the country wants economic recovery and not ...

The Zambia Direct Democratic Movement (ZDDM) has added its voice in supporting the approval by Parliament that four more new Ministries be created. The ZDDM believes that the new Ministry will ease the burden that other larger Ministries whose other functions have been stripped had. ZDDM vice President Charles Kafumbo says his party thinks that some Ministries were too large ...

Opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has observed the need for the people of Zambia to remain united. Mr. Hichilema is urging people in the Country to desist from engaging in activities that would be detrimental to their oneness. He has singled out gun trotting as one such activity he fears would be detrimental. Mr. Hichilema says this is especially now ...

The National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) will commence road tolling for all vehicle classifications at Kafue bridge police check point on 14 November 2016. This will be a third toll gate in addition to Manyumbi, between Kabwe and Kapiri Mposhi, and Kafulafuta, between Kapiri Mposhi and Ndola. NRFA spokesperson Alphonsius Hamachila has told QTV that the Kafue Bridge is a ...

The ruling PF has described as cheap politics opposition UPND’s suggestion that it has abandoned the vision that late President Michael Sata had for Zambia. The ruling PF does not also agree that under the leadership of President Edgar Lungu the PF government is ruining late President Sata’s legacy. And PF Mandevu constituency chairperson Joseph Tamba has wondered how the ...

The Non Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has added its voice in opposing the proposal to extend the presidential term from five to seven years. The NGOCC says it is vehemently opposed to this proposal because it will be a mutilation of the Republican Constitution which provides for only 5 years for anyone to hold the office of Presidency. In ...

The Small Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) has called for the restructuring of the Farmers Inputs Support Programme (FISP). Director Boyd Moobwe says this should be done to allow transparency, responsibility and care for government resources. Mr. Moobwe says though FISP has helped many farmers, it has not helped the vulnerable farmers in the Country as all that the programme ...

Former Church of God Overseer John Mambo has questioned the logic behind Parliament’s decision to pass the creation of four more Ministries amidst the high cost of living in the Country. Bishop Mambo says he finds it surprising that while the cost of living in the Country is becoming unaffordable for majority Zambians Parliament has opted to add another burden ...