ZAMBIA NEWS

Nine people died during this year’s Easter holiday were a total of 210 road traffic accidents were recorded. Of the 210 accidents recorded 09 were fatal while 26 were serious road traffic accidents in which 40 persons were seriously injured and 56 were slight accidents in which 64 persons were slightly injured. Zambia Police Service Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says in comparison ...

The opposition Patriots for Economic Progress has written to the commissioner of police Lusaka division to stage a peaceful protest on 27th April 2022 against the increased cost of living. According to the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection-JCTR basic needs and nutrition basket, the cost of living for a family of five living in Lusaka in the month of March ...

Environmentalists William Harrington has called on government to investigate the circumstances under which Patriotic Front Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo came into possession of the wildlife. On Wednesday the Ant-Corruption Commission revealed that working with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPWL) examined the wild animals at Mr. Lusambo’s premises and found that the animals are unhealthy and ...

Opposition Saboi Imboela Led National Democratic Congress faction has criticized what she terms as hypocrisy in the fight against corruption in the UPND led administration. Ms. Imboela’s comment comes shortly after former Konkola Copper Mines Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu disclosed that he entered into a bargain with the state to resign as KCM Provisional Liquidator and to participate in an ...

Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe has dismissed allegations suggesting that president Hakainde Hichilema has interfered in the director of public prosecutions functions by instructing to grant immunity to any persons facing criminal proceedings before the court. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka, Mr. Haimbe says no such instructions have been issued as doing so would be abhorrent to the principle of ...

Former Konkola Copper Mines Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu has gone to the Constitutional Court seeking a declaration that his re-arrest and criminal proceedings against having been granted immunity by the Director of Public Prosecution in matters relating to his performance as Provisional Liquidator of KCM is an abuse of criminal proceedings and ultra vires to articles 180(7) and 2016(c) of ...

The Civil Society Organization Decentralization Alliance Network (CSO DAN) has advised the New Dawn Government to invest more resources into infrastructure development particularly the road infrastructure in rural districts. Organization Interim National Coordinator George Chimembe says this will accelerate the Public Private Partnership (Ppp) in the districts across the country. Mr. Chimembe has observed that improving road infrastructure in rural ...

Opposition Golden Party Zambia leader Jackson Silavwe has called on the police command to urgently form a task force of investigators to swiftly crack the organized crime and criminal gangs that have sprung up in compounds across the country which are becoming stronger by the day. Mr. Silavwe notes that the police command and The New Dawn Administration need to ...

Community Action Against Corruption [CAAC] has requested that the investigative wings should take keen interest in the matter in which Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations Stanley Kakubo allegedly engaged in corrupt practices. CAAC Chief Executive Officer Brighton Tembo tells Q News that this will help the nation to know the truth about the allegation as it will enable the ...

Nshamba Muzungu Lusaka Water Supply and Sanitation Company Public Relations Officer Nshamba Muzungu has urged the National Water Supply and Sanitation Council [NWASCO] to consider revising the water tariffs owing to the high cost of doing business. Mr. Muzungu says the business environment hampered by different macroeconomic indicators such as inflation rate, the exchange rate, and cost of electricity, fuel ...