ZAMBIA NEWS

President Edgar Lungu is expected in Southern Province on Tuesday where among all lined up projects will commission the Dundumwezi – Kalomo Road. While in Southern Province, the Head of State will inspect projects such as ultra Modern Airport in Livingstone – Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula, modern Intercity and Intercity Bus Terminal, completed township Roads and state of Art Hospital in ...

President Edgar Lungu has been advised against using harsh language towards the international community, more especially investors. Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) President Enock Tembo is advising the Head of State to always be diplomatic in his language each time he is talking about investors and the international community. Mr. Tembo says the President Lungu’s statement during his press conference ...

The Zambia Police Service has banned the use of unregistered motor vehicles countrywide. The move comes in the wake of President Edgar Lungu’s decision to invoke Article 31 giving police more powers. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo in a statement made available to Q-News says only unregistered motor vehicles in transit with accompanied relevant documents will be allowed to be driven ...

  PARLIAMENT will next week on Tuesday, 11th July debate the motion on the declaration of threatened state of public emergency by President Edgar Lungu. Vice President Inonge Wina has disclosed this when she indicated business the house will consider next week. And Ms Wina says the powers invoked by President Edgar Lungu will be outlined once Parliament has approved ...

The opposition National Restoration Party (NAREP) says had President Edgar Lungu recognized and acknowledged that there was political tension in the country; the situation could have been diffused in time. NAREP Spokesperson Bwalya Nondo has told QTV News in an interview that his party even wrote letters to President Lungu and the UPND asking the two parties to come to ...

President Edgar Lungu has not ruled out night time curfews in specific areas following the invocation of article 31 of the republican constitution which guides how a nation should deal with an existing situation which, if allowed to continue may lead to a state of public emergency. Addressing a media briefing at State house today, President Lungu says government will ...

Presidential press aide Amos Chanda says President Lungu has not declared a State of Emergency. Mr Chanda says the President Lungu merely made a proclamation of a situation that may lead to a state of public emergency. He explains that the current situation is simply that the President has given police more powers to stop and search and or detain ...

All People’s Congress (APC) Leader Nason Msoni says a declaration of a state of emergency will instill fear in Zambians and dent the country’s image. Mr. Msoni has told Qtv News via telephone that using force or apprehension is not the solution to Zambia’s current political situation. He says there is still an option of dialogue which can help diffuse ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has cautioned that any powers exercised by the government in pursuing anyone allegedly involved in the fire that gutted part of city market in Lusaka must be used within the limits provided by the Zambian constitution. In a statement, LAZ President Linda Kasonde says the association has noted statements in the media attributed to ...

The Human Rights Commission has advised against the declaration of a state of emergency. President Edgar Lungu has hinted at suspending human rights following a spate of fires that have rocked the country with the latest being at City Market in Lusaka yesterday. But Commission Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga has told Q-news that declaring a state of emergency will curtail and ...