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The Timber Producers Association of Zambia (TPAZ) has hailed the PF Government for its efforts in improving the wood sector during the time party has been in power. TPAZ Vice President Charles Masange has however, urged the government to address inconsistencies in the issuance of concession licenses for timber producers in the country. Mr. Masange says government should not relax ...

Civil servants have been reminded of their duty to stay above the political fray in the run-up to the August 11 elections. Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union Secretary General Joy Beene says civil servants should not engage in any activity which could call into question their political impartiality. Mr. Beene adds that civil servants should familiarize themselves with the ...

Defence Minister Richwell Siamunene has hailed the proactive role the Zambia National Service (ZNS) has played in curtailing the smuggling of maize to neighboring. Mr. Siamunene has attributed the recent flooding of mealie meal on the market to increased supply of maize on the market as a result of the policing of the illegal smuggling of maize by ZNS. In ...

The opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has encouraged the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) to proceed to the Constitutional Court and seek the interpretation of law with regards the status of ministers following the dissolution of Parliament. FDD Chairman for Labour Joe Wampata tells QFM News via telephone that it is the hope of every citizen that the ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says Zambians should demand for an apology from Government for failure to review the archaic Public Order Act despite an assurance that it will be amended before the August 11th general election. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says it is disappointing that government has failed to honor its promise ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission in Eastern Province has arrested and jointly charged five (05) people for trafficking in over 2.5 tonnes of loose cannabis. Commission Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo says Christopher Sichone, 31, a businessman of John Laing in Lusaka District has been arrested and jointly charged with Elias Banda, 39, a small-scale farmer of Mukwanta village in Lundazi ...

Zambia has formally been endorsed as host of the Regional collaborative centre of the African Center for Diseases Control (CDC). Zambia was endorsed by the Board of Governors of the African Center for Diseases Control during the inaugural board meeting being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Health Deputy Minister Chitalu Chilufya who is representing the country has also confirmed that Zambia ...

National House of Prayer advisory board Chairperson Bishop Joshua Banda has called on political leaders to implement the resolutions of the interparty meeting on ending political violence. Bishop Banda says it is shocking that political cadres have continued to perpetrate political violence despite political leaders agreeing to end the vice during their meeting. He says politicians and political party leaders ...

UPND Choma central Member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa says the PF Government should be ashamed for giving Zambians a constitution full of inconsistencies. Mr. Mweetwa who is also a Lawyer by profession says the amended constitution has created confusion in the governance system arising from the many errors because of it being hurriedly passed. Mr. Mweetwa says Article 116 (e) ...

Visiting Junior Chamber International (JCI) President Pascal Dike has encouraged Zambians to remain peaceful even after the August 11th general election. Mr. Dike says he is in the country for a special campaign called ‘Peace is Possible Campaign’ aimed at promoting peace and unity ahead of Zambia’s elections. He says Zambia has been known to be a peaceful nation, hence ...