ZAMBIA NEWS

Political Analyst Dr. Alex Ng’oma has cautioned the opposition UPND against treating the absence of their vice president for Administration Geoffrey Mwamba lightly at a time their leader Hakainde Hichilema remains incarcerated. Dr. Ng’oma has urged the opposition United Party for National Development to handle the absence of their vice president with great concern. Dr. Ng’oma has questioned Mr. Mwamba’s ...

Former Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Chishimba Kambwili says the ruling PF is becoming undemocratic by stopping debates on how to choose the PF 2021 presidential candidate. Mr. Kambwili, who is also Roan PF Member of Parliament, says it is unnecessary to start talking about 2021 general elections but rather concentrate on addressing issues that will benefit the majority poor ...

President Edgar Lungu has commended the Zambia Under-20 Soccer team for putting up a gallant fight at the ongoing Under-20 FIFA World Cup in South Korea which saw them reach the quarter finals. The President says although the Junior Chipolopolo lost today’s quarter final encounter against Italy, played at Suwon World Cup stadium, they are still heroes because of their ...

Government says it has started dismantling the two billion, sixty seven million Kwacha debt owed to, transporters, seed suppliers and the Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ), from the 2016-2017 farming season. Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya has told a media briefing that ministry of finance has made strides in dismantling the debt for effective preparations, of the next farming seasons. Ms. ...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda has dismissed assertions by the opposition UPND that the Judiciary is deliberately delaying their leader Hakainde Hichilema’s treason case. Mr. Lubinda says the Judiciary will ensure that incarcerated opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema receives a speedy and fair trial. He has told QTV News that the defense team has been asking for preliminary issues and adjournments, thereby ...

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has revealed that his ministry is in the process of deporting about 31 foreign nationals who have gone against the provisions of the Law who are currently in detention. Mr. Kampyongo has warned that there shall be no sacred cow when it comes to Law enforcement. The Home Affairs Minister has since called on police ...

The opposition United party for National Development (UPND) says it is not missing its vice President Geoffrey Mwamba popularly known as GBM. And the party says it is not worried about his absence, during this period when its leader Hakainde Hichilema remains incarcerated. UPND Secretary General Steven Katuka has cautioned the public to stop talking about their vice president’s absence, ...

United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda has challenged President Edgar Lungu and the PF to abandon the 2021 debate and concentrate on addressing the challenges the people are facing. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka this afternoon, Mr. Chanda says it is irresponsible on the part of the PF to shift their attention on who stands ...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has recommended that government should consider employing more Labour inspectors to help enforce the casualization Law. In November 2015 President Edgar Lungu signed into law the amendments to the employment Act that bans casualization and unjustified termination of employment in the country. ILO Country Director for Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, Alexio Musindo has observed the ...

Economic and Equity Party (EEP) President Chilufya Tayali has charged that President Edgar Lungu is part of the mess in the Zambia Police Service. Mr. Tayali says if the Police are abusing the law, the President as commander-in-chief of the armed forces cannot be spared from blame. He says the President has an obligation to make sure that the police ...