ZAMBIA NEWS

Government has noted the need for all parastatal companies to be viable and profitable in order to help in raising the much needed revenue. Transport and Communications Minister, Brian Mushimba has told journalists at State House shortly after presenting his 2016 fourth quarter ministerial report to President Edgar Lungu that under his ministry, only ZAMPOST and National Airport Cooperation are ...

Government has justified the proposal by ZESCO to increase electricity tariffs. Energy Minister David Mabumba has told a media briefing that the power utility company is making loses because its electricity production cost is higher than the revenue being generated from the sale of electricity to its customers. Mr. Mabumba says with the loses ZESCO is making; he does not ...

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has called for political dialogue between the PF and UPND leaderships to prevent continued violations of human rights and freedoms, including the loss of lives. In a statement, Commission Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga says the Commission is concerned at the prevailing political animosity between the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the United Party for National Development ...

The Zambia Police says all its actions are within the law as mandated by the Republican Constitution. Spokesperson Esther Katongo says it is therefore not possible for the Police to act in an unprofessional manner in the discharge of duties. Ms Katongo says the Zambia Police is a law enforcement institution and therefore does not work outside the law. Ms. ...

Patriotic Front Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya has dismissed as a fabrication media reports in which he is quoted to have condemned the Police for blocking the UPND’s Kanyama rally. Mr. Bwalya says he did not issue the statement circulating online in which he purportedly labeled the Police as being unprofessional for stopping the UPND rally from taking place. In an ...

Government has ruled out discontinuing the ongoing consultations on whether Zambia should leave or maintain its membership to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Justice Minister Given Lubinda says the consultations will go on despite advice from the Civil Society Constitution Agenda to discontinue the process in view of President Edgar Lungu’s position on the matter, and the general view of ...

Government has been advised against taking a pre-conceived position in consultations on whether Zambia should withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) or not. Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says what people need to know in Zambia is the importance of the ICC. Mr. Cheembe says this is what his organization ...

One person is reported to have been murdered today after an attempt by opposition UPND cadres to hold a rally in Lusaka’s Kanyama township was stopped by the Police. The deceased, Stephen Kalipa, aged 20 years, is believed to have been stabbed with a knife by an unknown person suspected to have been among UPND cadres. Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata ...

The ruling PF has dismissed as unrealistic suggestions that Zambia is at the verge of having a genocide. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says it is not possible for a Christian nation like Zambia to have genocide as the opposition UPND wants people to fear. Mr. Bwalya has wondered how possibly a genocide can occur when it has never been ...

Labour Minister Joyce Nonde has warned foreign investors in the habit of exploiting workers that they risk being deported. Ms Nonde sounded the warning when she officially opened the Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE) 51st Annual General Meeting in Lusaka today. She says she has been receiving a lot of reports of some foreign investors abusing their workers, saying such ...