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A report carried out by ActionAid Zambia on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 5 and 10 has recommended governments in developing countries to urgently improve on their policy readiness if they want to have any chances of achieving development goals. The report shows that governments in developing countries do not yet have the laws and policies in place to allow them ...

Angolan President José Eduardo Dos Santos has expressed his Government’s willingness to continue consolidating the mutual ties that exist between Zambia and Angola. In a message of congratulations to President Edgar Lungu President, President Dos Santos has said the Angolan Government is willing to continue enhancing the mutual ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and for the ...

The Zambia Council for Socio Development (ZCSD) has joined calls for President Edgar Lungu to do away with the office of the district commissioner. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape says now that the country has executive mayors and council chairpersons, they can perform those duties that the office of the district commissioner’s was performing. He says doing away with the ...

Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has reaffirmed government’s commitment in strengthening heath services across the country. Dr. Chilufya says he will diligently spearhead the execution of President Edgar Lungu’s vision on health in the country. Dr. Chilufya says Zambia is burdened by communicable disease that it is his desire to address this challenge. He says he will make sure that ...

Former Transport and Communication Minister William Harrington has opposed intensions by President Edgar Lungu to establish a Commission of Inquiry on this year’s post-election violence. Mr. Harrington says such inquiries have already in the past proved to be a drain on the Country’s scarce financial resources. In an interview QTV News Mr. Harrington notes this is besides their findings ending ...

New Finance Minister Felix Mutati says though the journey towards boosting the country’s economy will be painful, it will be worthy it. Mr. Mutati says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is one option that is on the table as government starts to address the challenges in the country. Mr. Mutati has told journalists in Lusaka that he is confident that ...

MMD President Felix Mutati says the MMD will not die but will be stronger because it has partnered with a stronger party. Mr. Mutati who addressed MMD Members this afternoon told them that the two political parties will work based on the principles of the alliance. He notes that among the principles of the alliance was that the two parties ...

President Edgar Lungu has appointed former Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner for Customs Kingsley Chanda as Commissioner-General of ZRA with immediate effect, replacing Berlin Msiska. President Lungu made the appointment in exercise of the powers vested in Him pursuant to section 19 of the Zambia Revenue Act, Chapter 321 of the Laws of Zambia. And the President has written to ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is elated by the pronouncement made on the fight against corruption by President Edgar Lungu during his speech at the Presidential Inauguration ceremony on Tuesday. ACC Acting Director General Irene Lamba says the President’s comment that his Government will do more in the fight against corruption demonstrates his dedication to the fight against corruption in Zambia ...

The Non Governmental Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) is aggrieved by the fact that President Lungu has departed from his earlier pledge to appoint more women in positions of decision making. NGOCC Chairperson Sarah Longwe says the President has thus derailed the gender equity and equality mandate stipulated in the ratified AU/SADC Gender Protocols and he has also contravened the gender ...