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Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Affairs Linda Thomas Greenfield is hopeful that Zambia will have peaceful elections and that no one will die as a result of political violence. Ms. Greenfield says elections are not about who wins, but how they win through fair and non-violent political campaigning and how they govern afterward. She says Zambia has ...

President Edgar Lungu says government has nothing to do with the decision by the Zambia Revenue Authority to seize assets of the Post Newspapers in a move to recovered million of kwacha in tax arrears. Speaking today when he addressed Diplomats accredited to Zambia on the upcoming elections, President Lungu says it is important for cooperating partners and stakeholders to ...

The Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD) is warning political supporters against engaging in political violence as such acts have serious and lasting consequences that can result in someone becoming disabled. ZAPD Information Officer John Kinuna says such acts can include permanent impairment, death or a whole range of physical and mental health problems that negatively affect one’s self-respect ...

The National Association for Medium and Small Scale Contractors has commended Republican President Edgar Lungu on his decision to increase the participation of local contractors in the construction industry to more than 40 percent. Speaking during in an interview with QTV News in Lusaka today, Association president Mutale Mpepo says there is need for government to engage more local contractors. ...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has fined the Zambia Airports Corporation Limited 3% of its annual turnover for abusing its dominant position of market power. CCPC Executive Director Chilufya Sampa in a letter to the Zambia Airports Corporation Limited Managing Director dated 13th June,2016 says this follows a complaint lodged by the Zambia Export Growers Association (ZEGA) that ZACL ...

Consumer Unit Trust Society (CUTS) is concerned with the flow of information to the consumers on their rights as consumers. CUTS Programs officer Jimmy Maliseni says CUTS has since embarked on projects aimed at enhancing the rights and welfare of the consumers. Mr. Maliseni points out that cuts has just concluded a health project which looked at the health care ...

The Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) women have encouraged the next government to ensure that they appoint more women in key positions. FFTUZ National Women Chairperson Charity Kampamba says there is need to have more women appointed in key positions as this will be easier for them to help their fellow women. Ms Kampamba says it is ...

The opposition Rainbow Party has observed the need to change the current amended constitution saying it has so many errors. Rainbow Party Deputy Secretary General Dr. Cosmas Musumali says Zambia has no constitution worthy talking about. Dr. Musumali, who is also Rainbow Party President Wynter Kabimba’s Running Mate, says Zambians made good recommendations towards the constitution making process but a ...

The High Commission of Zambia in Pretoria has advised Zambians travelling to South Africa, particularly those going to meet church leaders in various parts of the country, to ensure that they make adequate arrangements before setting off on their trip. The advisory comes in the wake of several Zambians getting stranded while in South Africa after running out of money. ...

The MMD faction led by Felix Mutati has cautioned faction leader Dr. Nevers Mumba against tarnishing the name of the party by claiming that they are in an alliance with the opposition UPND. The party says Dr. Mumba does not hold any position in the former ruling party and therefore he should stop masquerading as MMD President. MMD Faction National ...