ZAMBIA NEWS

State House says there is no need for Cabinet to approve any Bill on Access to Information which is being requested to be part of Zambia’s laws. The President’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has wondered how many times does Cabinet have to approve the same legislation. Mt. Chanda has reminded the opposition political parties and ...

The ruling PF has cautioned Zambians against being mislead on the review of  the amendments that were made to the Republican Constitution in 2016. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya is urging people in the Country to be wary that it is not true that the PF led government has embarked on another Constitution review process. Mr. Bwalya says the nation ...

Over 90 women in Eastern Province alone died in 2016 while giving birth. Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya says this is according to a report his Ministry is in possession of on the Province. Speaking last night during a fundraising cocktail organized by the Zambia National Blood Transfusion Service (ZNBS) Dr. Chilufya disclosed that the said women died as a result ...

Opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) vice president Chifumu Banda has been expelled from the party for gross misconduct. The FDD has also suspended with immediate effect its Lusaka province chairman James Musemuna. Speaking this morning at a media briefing in Lusaka party national chairman Potipher Chungu disclosed that  Mr. Musemuna has been suspended for bringing the name of the ...

State House has warned opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema that he will be arrested as many times as he breaks the law just like any other citizen. The President’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says in a democracy anyone who breaks the law must be arrested by the Police. Mr. Chanda states that Mr. Hichilema should ...

Post Newspapers Limited in liquidation Proprietor Fred M’membe has described as inhuman, unacceptable and in bad faith the arrest of his wife Mutinta and the alleged harassment of his lawyer Nchima Nchito. In a statement, Mr. M’membe says the warrant to arrest him was a farce meant to intimidate, harass and humiliate his family. He has since advised his wife ...

Lusaka magistrate Faides Hamaundu has granted Post Newspapers in liquidation Editor-in-chief Fred M’membe’s wife Mutinta a K3,000 bail in her own recognizance. Mrs M’membe 39 of plot no.7345 Nangwenya road has been charged with obstructing police officers who had gone to her residence to execute a search warrant. Magistrate Hamaundu has since set 3rd March,2016 as the date for commencement ...

FINANCE Minister Felix Mutati says cooperating partners including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will have to fit into the government’s economic recovery programme or they will not be needed. Speaking during the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) Public discussion forum on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reform programme, Mr. Mutati says government will not need the IMF if it does ...

The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) has cautioned government against making any reversals of what was announced in the 2017 national budget. EAZ president Chrispin Mphuka says government should be mindful that the inertia in implementing its pronouncements can send serious negative signals to the market. Dr. Mphuka says failure, for example, to leave the market for the procurement of ...

All People’s Congress (APC) president Nason Msoni has charged that the action of the police at post newspaper in liquidation editor-in-chief Fred M’membe’s residence last evening was barbaric. Mr. Msoni says what the country witnessed yesterday at Mr. M’membe’s residence can only be likened to the infamous Criminal behavior of the Janjaweed militia of Sudan invading and attacking the innocent ...