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The National Council for Construction (NCC) has disclosed that it has registered a total of 3,241 contractors as of March 31st. NCC Executive Director Charles Mushota says this is the first time the council has managed to register almost 70 percent of the existing contractors in the first quarter of the year. In an interview, Mr. Mushota says this figure ...

Government warned people behind the recent spate of killings in George, Lilanda and Zingalume townships in Lusaka that the law will catch up with them so that they answer for their barbaric and heartless acts. Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili in a statement says government will not allow criminals to commit such cruel acts with impunity. Mr. Kambwili says Government ...

President Edgar Lungu has pardoned 525 convicted prisoners including those on the death roll in   a bid to decongest prisons in the country. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has told Journalists in Lusaka today that some of the prisoners are facing life imprisonment while others are serving long sentences. Mr. Chanda says the ...

Egyptian Ambassador to Zambia Ragai Nasr has pledged to encourage more Egyptian investment in Zambia. Mr. Nasr says this will help strengthen the already existing cordial relations between the two countries. He explains that Egypt and Zambia have always shared brotherly relations since Zambia’s independence culminating into private investments in Zambia in the fields of construction, engineering among others. Mr. ...

Democratic Front leader Miles Sampa says his conviction that the ruling Patriotic Front will be defeated in the forthcoming general election is based on statistics of the 2015 presidential election. Mr. Sampa says in the 2015 presidential election himself and former vice republican President Guy Scott made the ruling PF win when they campaign for President Edgar Lungu. Mr. Sampa ...

Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says there is need for government to come up with long term measures that will help ensure the country has sufficient stocks of maize year in year out. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano says much as the suspension of maize export might have the impact intended, it still remains a short term measure. Mr. ...

The Zambian Voice says there is need to appreciate the importance of civil order as Government and other stakeholders ponder on having the Public Order Act amended. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali says his organization believes that this should be done while at the same time upholding people’s democratic rights. In an interview, Mr. Tayali says the Zambian Voice does not ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama says those suggesting that the lives of the Zambian people have not changed since the PF came to power in 2011 are not telling the truth. Mr. Chama says people making suggestions are only doing it out of hatred for the ruling PF and its leadership. He says to the contrary, the Country has ...

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja says the deployment of Police recruits in Lusaka is aimed at enhancing the security of residents. Reacting to reports that the recruits deployed to conduct night patrols in the city are beating up people and charging those caught for loitering K55 to be let go, Mr.  Kanganja says it is wrong for the officers ...

Suspended MMD Spokesperson Raphael Nakachinda says there is need for the former ruling party to go for the convention to elect a new leadership. Mr. Nakachinda says this is the only way the party will be force to reckon with in the forthcoming elections. He says the mandate for the current party leadership is coming to an end this month, ...