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Police in Kasama are reportedly holding five UPND cadres who were found removing campaign posters belonging to the ruling Patriotic Front. PF Kasama Central Parliamentary candidate Kelvin Sampa says the UPND cadres were caught by PF cadres who later took them to the Police station. Mr. Sampa says it is hoped that this will serve as a lesson to would ...

Over 800 marketers in Petauke district were this morning beneficiaries of the Presidential empowerment loans. Presidential Empowerment Fund patron Kitwe Chanda Kabwe has disclosed from Katete by telephone that beneficiaries received loans ranging from K500 to K2000. Mr. Chanda who is also Kitwe District Commissioner says the loans were given based on of the kind of business the beneficiary is ...

The National Council for Construction (NCC) is to conduct a countrywide survey to ascertain the baseline statistics for the Zambian Construction industry based on the 2015 fiscal year. NCC Executive Director Charles Mushota says the objective of the survey which will be conducted in partnership with the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) is to determine the critical ...

The Zambian High Commission to South Africa is cautioning Zambians to be wary of exploitation whenever they travel to other countries, including South Africa. Press Secretary Nicky Shabolyo in a statement says the High Commission is warning all citizens, especially women, against being lured through false offers of employment or scholarships. Mr Shabolyo says the Mission has continued to receive ...

Small and Medium Business Enterprises in Lusaka whose businesses are dependent on electricity are relieved by the reduction in the hours of load shedding by ZESCO following increased power generation at Itezhi Tezhi power station. They have told QTV News that the move by the power utility to reduce the hours of loadshedding from eight to four hours will positively ...

A Police officer has shot himself dead with an AK47 rifle in unknown circumstances in Mongu district of Western province. Ceasarton Samboko, aged 40, a sergeant under the Mobile Police Unit of Sianakanyinga village in chief Singani’s chiefdom of Choma district, died on the spot after shooting himself through the mouth at around 06:30 hours at AVIC Cooperation Bridge Camp in ...

President Edgar Lungu says Zambia’s economy is on its trajectory of rebounding because of various interventions put in place by his administration. The Head of State said this in Lusaka last evening during the official opening of Alliance Motors Zambia’s US$3.5 million Jaguar – Land Rover Retail Showroom. President Lungu says government has embarked on programmes aimed at reducing the ...

The Oasis Forum says it is extremely disturbed, appalled and greatly saddened by the alarming increase in political violence in the run-up towards the August 11 General Election, despite commitments political parties made during the Indaba on political violence held on 29th March,2016 Oasis Forum Chairperson Father Cleophas Lungu in a statement laments that the resolutions of that Indaba have ...

Government has maintained that it will deliver the farming inputs for this year’s farming season to all farmers across the country before September 2016. Agriculture Deputy Minister Maxas Ng’onga says this is possible because government has carryover fertilizers from Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia as well as the imported fertilizer which remained from the 2015/2016 farming season. Mr Ng’onga says this ...

Mining Expert Dr. Mathias Mphande has backed the call for mining companies to establish their own power plants in response to the current power deficit the country is experiencing. Dr. Mphande, who is a University of Zambia Lecturer in the school of mining, tells QTV News in an interview that the call by government encouraging mining firms to establish their ...