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The Christians against Poverty in Zambia (CAPIZ) says there is need to introduce price controls in Zambia like in many other countries. CAPIZ Director Evangelist Gregory Chileshe says it is unacceptable that a product can be cheaper at one sales point and extremely high at another. Evangelist Chileshe says the country’s free market economy is making the economy appear difficult ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has bemoaned the lack of development in Luapula Province despite the massive water bodies that can be harnessed and create jobs through agriculture, fishing and tourism. Mr. Hichilema has promised to turn Luapula province into a hub of industrial activities. He says plans to resuscitate Mansa Batteries Company are underway with the view of creating job ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has revised the nomination fees for Presidential and Parliamentary aspiring candidates for the August 11th General Elections. The ECZ has also for the second time revised the nomination fees for aspiring Mayors, Council Chairpersons for municipalities and Councillors. ECZ Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna tells QFM News in a statement that the revision comes ...

Evans Ng’oma has with immediate effect resigned from the ruling Patriotic Front after the ruling party refused to adopt him in preference for General Education Minister Dr. John Phiri. Mr. Ng’oma, who applied to stand on the PF ticket for Lundazi Constituency, has opted to stand as an independent candidate in the August 11th General Elections. He says Dr. Phiri ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has threatened to mobilize farmers and Pass a vote of no Confidence in Consumer Customer Protection Commission (CCPC). And the organization is hugely shocked and disappointed to learn of low crop commodity prices been offered by out grower companies for crops like Cotton, Tobacco and Maize. CSPR Information and Communications Officer Maxson Nkhoma ...

ActionAid Zambia has hailed the commitment made by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) during the just ended 51st Annual Meetings held in Lusaka to combat illicit financial flows. Members of the Partnership on Illicit Finance (PIF) met alongside the African Development Bank at the Annual Meetings in Lusaka, Zambia, to publish national action plans to combat illicit finance, review member ...

Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Kiyoshi Koinuma says Zambia and Japan have a stable trade relationship which is strengthened every year. The Japanese Ambassador to Zambia made these remarks during the official opening of the Carview Zambia Limited, a second hand car dealer. Mr. Koinuma recalls that in 2015, Zambian exports to Japan included goods such as cobalt and tobacco totaling ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama has called on the ruling party to remain united as the official list of adopted candidates will be released. Mr. Chama says those complaining about adoptions are just politicking the adoptions. Mr. Chama says no one has been rejected citing that the candidates that applied during the interviews for adoption indicated that they would ...

UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani says government’s insistence that it will maintain the Maize flow price at K75 per 50Kg is disappointing and retrogressive. Mr. Mapani says if this remains unchecked, it has potential to be source of reference for the private sector to exploit farmers. Mr. Mapani says it is disappointing that government does not ...

Police in Lusaka have arrested a man of Lusaka’s Mazyopa compound for stabbing his cousin to death using a knife. Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Esther Katongo has identified the accused as Rodgers Simwinga aged 36 of Mazyopa while the deceased has been identified as Oliver Silavwe aged 22 also of the same area. Ms Katongo explains that the incident ...