ZAMBIA NEWS

President Edgar Lungu has warned that he will take stringent measures aimed at bringing to an end the current cases of sabotage in the country. The Head of State said this upon arrival from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in view of the gutting of Lusaka City Market. President Lungu says it is high time the country intensified security against acts of ...

President Edgar Lungu says the law will catch up with lawbreakers and those engaging in acts bordering on economic sabotage. The President has called on Zambians to remain patient as they await a full report by security services on the fire that has gutted city market. President Lungu says if the fire is an act of arson, then those destroying ...

Fire has swept through Lusaka’s City Market destroying property worth millions of Kwacha. The QTV News crew that rushed to the scene this morning found City Market engulfed as shop owners watched in disbelief. The fire is believed to have started early this morning around 04 hours. And Acting Republican President Inonge Wina who rushed to the scene around 10hrs ...

The Zambia Police Service in Northern Province has warned of stern action against United Party for National Development (UPND) members if they continue with their newly adopted political strategy of holding meetings in the bush. On Thursday last week, UPND Northern Province Chairman Nathan Ilunga said in a statement that the party is now having its meetings in the bush ...

The Zambia Police Service is offering a reward of 300 thousand kwacha to any person with information that will lead to the apprehension and successful prosecution of criminals vandalizing Zesco pylons in the country. Police Public Relations officer Esther Katongo says the service has increased the reward to 300 thousand kwacha from the earlier 100 thousand kwacha announced by the ...

The Road Traffic and Safety Agency (RTSA) has cautioned motorists in the country to follow all traffic rules during the  Unity and Heroes holiday as the agency has intensified patrols countrywide. RTSA Head of Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga is appealing to all road users countrywide to exercise caution and obey all traffic rules and regulations during the Unity and Heroes ...

Political Scientist Chris Zimba says the continued standoff between the ruling PF and opposition UPND will one day land the country into serious predicaments. And Mr. Zimba has challenged the ruling Patriotic Front to apologize to the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) and to the deceased family over what happened at Memorial Park recently. Mr. Zimba says what ...

Vice President Inonge Wina says President Edgar Lungu is very much willing to meet the church. Responding to questions in Parliament during the vice president’s question time, Mrs. Wina said the President had other national matters to attend to the reason why he could not meet the three church mother bodies who recently said their attempts to meet the president ...

Defense Minister Davis Chama has disclosed that the Zambia National Service Troops that were deployed in the country’s border posts for the Anti-Maize smuggling operations of maize grain and products have been withdrawn from all operational areas due to the country’s bumper harvest. Mr. Chama told Parliament in his ministerial statement that since the inception of the operation, ZNS confiscated, ...

Visiting Ghanaian President Nana Akufor Addo has observed the need for African countries to promote value addition in order to create the much needed jobs on the continent. The visiting Ghanaian Head of State said this in Ndola when he officially opened the 53rd Zambia International Trade Fair. President Addo was accompanied to Ndola by President Edgar Lungu and Commerce ...