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The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has directed Oil Marketing Companies to ensure filling stations countrywide have on site, a fully functional compressor,tyre inflator and pressure gauge in accordance with the standard license to Retail Petroleum Products. ERB Public Relations Manager Kwali Mfuni in a statement says the ERB has observed non compliance with regard to the provision of compressed air ...

The Commuters Rights Association of Zambia (CRAZ) is saddened that lives have continued to be lost through accidents involving public service transport. Commenting on the accident in which six people died when the Mazhandu Family bus overturned on Monday along the Kabwe Kapiri Mposhi road, Association President Aaron Kamuti notes that most of the accidents involving public service vehicles are ...

Government has reaffirmed its commitment to creating sustainable jobs and wealth for Zambians. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says government has put in place an enabling policy to support value addition to available local resources. Ms. Mwanakatwe says government is aware that the Zambian economy cannot develop without the participation of the private sector. She notes that a ...

Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) Coordinator Stephen Lyon has advised Zambian youths to stay away from violent activities. Mr. Lyon says young people should desist from acts that could ruin their future, but instead live according to the commandments of God. And Mr Lyon says the 16th Anglican consultative council from 8th to 19th April 2016 in Lusaka will be extended ...

The opposition UPND has defended its decision to embrace MMD members of Parliament. UPND Deputy Spokesperson Edwin Lifwekelo says Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili should not castigate the party for embracing politicians the people rejected in 2011 because the circumstances are different from what the PF did. Mr. Lifwekelo says the PF were condemned because they embraced MMD Members of ...

Health Minister Dr. Joseph Kasonde has expressed concern that Cholera cases have continued to rise. Dr. Kasonde says it is for this reason that his ministry is working on additional approaches to deal with the continued rise in cholera cases. He says the ministry of health will do everything possible to ensure that the cholera outbreak is contained. Dr. Kasonde ...

Former Commerce Minister Felix Mutati says the ban on maize exports is not the solution to the current shortage of mealie meal in the Country. Mr. Mutati says the solution to the shortage lies in addressing the bottlenecks in the flow of maize from the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to millers. He says the primary issue is for government to ...

The Advisory Board for the National House of Prayer has disclosed that the construction of the 7, 500 sitting capacity church will commence in June this year. Briefing journalists in Lusaka today, Board Chairperson Bishop Dr. Joshua Banda says ground clearing preparations are currently being done by the fundraising team through volunteer participation of churches and other well wishers. Bishop ...

Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Chishimba Kambwili has formally lodged a complaint with the Police against the Post Newspaper for tapping into his private conservation with Kitwe District Commissioner Chanda Kabwe. And Mr. Kambwili has threatened to introduce statutory regulation for the print media in the country if newspapers do not desist from championing political party agendas. Briefing journalists in ...

Government spent more than one million United States dollars last year to send citizens abroad for specialized treatment. Speaking during the official opening of Forest Park specialized hospital in Lusaka this morning, Health Minister Joseph Kasonde says more than 200 patients have been on the waiting list for specialized treatment outside the country. Dr. Kasonde however, notes that already, some ...