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Police in Nanga have arrested three people after they attacked a driver from Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) after suspecting him of being a ritual killer. Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Esther Katongo has confirmed the development to QFM News in a statement that the driver was in the area on official duty with four other officers who were ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says he is fully committed to empowering Zambians by creating an economic environment for more jobs and providing greater protection of workers’ rights. In his Labour Day message to all workers in the country, Mr. Hichilema says his focus is to provide the right environment for entrepreneurs to flourish. He says this will be done by ...

President Edgar Lungu has called for calm among Zambians as the election period draws nearer. And President Lungu has reassured Zambians that as a Republican President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, he will continue to preach peace, love and unity in the country. Speaking when he officiated at this year’s Labour Day celebrations in Lusaka, President Lungu ...

Local Government Deputy Minister Nicholas Banda says the demand from people in certain areas for new districts is as a result of the development that has taken place in other districts. Mr. Banda says most of the districts that were recently established have received unprecedented development. He however emphasizes that the prerogative to make declare new districts is of the ...

All People’s Congress (APC) Leader Nason Msoni has castigated political players threatening the peace and security of this nation saying the law should take its course on such politicians. Mr. Msoni says Zambians are not ready to be refugees because of some political parties who do not want to concede defeat. He says the police should move in quickly and ...

MMD President Dr. Nevers Mumba has advised party members who have applied to stand on other political parties to come back to the party saying they will just be used and dumped. Dr. Mumba says some members have applied on PF tickets while others on UPND saying they will be used and not adopted in the last minute. He says ...

Works on the site for the construction of the house of prayer at the woodlands forestry have commenced. Today, Christians from across the country, political parties, other groupings and individuals gathered at the site to begin the works. National house of prayer advisory board vice chairperson Pukuta Mwanza says the national house of has received so much support from both ...

The Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) says Zambia cannot achieve the desired national development without investing in the workforce through sustainable decent work The union says social justice is key to ensuring national development and achieving poverty reduction. In a statement ahead of the Labour Day commemorations on 1 May, 2016, ZUNO General Secretary Fray Michelo, states that by ...

ActionAid Zambia hopes that government will trade cautiously on Zambia’s mining tax regime. Government recently proposed changes to the mining tax regime and these changes will see a varied mineral royalty rate for copper based on the prevailing copper prices. This will include a mineral royalty tax rate of 4% when copper price is less that US$4,500, 5% when the ...

The Zambia Police have dispelled reports in yesterday’s daily nation attributed to unknown sources stating that the police officers were seen leading suspects in the cases of ritual killings into one of the car parks in Matero area. Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Esther Katongo says their investigations at the material day had nothing to do with the car park ...