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Retired veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga has justified his comments on the electoral process ahead of the 11th August elections. Dr. Mwaanga has told QFM News that his comments are all being made in national interest. He says his interest is neither to have one political party remain in power nor another party to assume power in the forthcoming elections. He ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba has advised political players to refrain from issuing statements that border on Zambia’s relations with other countries. Mr. Kalaba says it is regrettable that a celebrated diplomat such as Dr. Vernon Mwaanga could bring Uganda into the debate on the printing of ballot papers for the August 11 elections in Dubai. He says it is ...

Former President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda has encouraged Zambians to support initiatives aimed at uplifting the living standards of the less privileged in society. Speaking during the ‘KK 92nd Birthday Build’, a Habitat for Humanity Zambia initiative to celebrate his birthday which falls later this month, Dr Kaunda who spoke through his son Kaweche during the commissioning of a K40, 000 ...

Government has been advised against succumbing to demands to conduct trials of genetically modified BT cotton in Zambia. The Participatory Ecological Land-Use Management (PELUM) Association which is a regional civil society organization working with small scale farmers in Southern and Eastern Africa is urging the Zambian government to be wary that unlike traditional cotton seeds, Bt cotton cannot be recycled. ...

The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has called upon the Electoral Commission of Zambia to call for a stakeholders meeting with regards the decision to print ballot papers in Dubai. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says there is no justification to print the ballot papers in Dubai when ballot papers have always been printed in South Africa. He says the ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has suspended the Road Service Licenses for Mazhandu Family Bus Services and Wada Chovu Transport for a period of one month each.  Briefing journalists in Lusaka this morning, RTSA Chief Executive Officer Zindaba Soko says the suspensions are with effect from 21st April, 2016. Mr. Soko says the agency has also given conditions ...

Thirteen political parties have formed an alliance dubbed National Opposition Alliance (NOA) with the sole purpose of supporting the ruling Patriotic Front in the forthcoming general election. The thirteen parties include among others the Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM), Christian Democratic Party ( CDP) and the All People’s Congress (APC). Interim NOA president who is also ZDDM president Edwin Sakala ...

The Zambia Volunteers Network (ZVN) has expressed concern over the increasingly personal, widespread and intense political insults not just between candidates but amongst all Zambians. ZVN Vice Chairman Gerald Chiluba says Zambians should not condone the use of insults as a basic matter of practice because it has great potential to remove integrity and morality out of the electoral process ...

Governance Activist Maurice Malambo has urged the women movement in the country to be proactive in supporting women candidates with intentions to stand on various elective positions. Mr. Malambo says some political parties have opened doors wide and have allowed women to have a fair representation in political activities saying it is up to women movement to support them. He ...

Former Church of God Overseer Bishop John Mambo has encouraged Zambians to stand strong in prayers in view of the continued ritual killings in the country. Bishop Mambo, who is also Chikondi Foundation founder, says the country cannot go on recording cases of ritual killings almost every day. He says the people of Zambia should not only leave it to ...