ZAMBIA NEWS

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has with immediate effect suspended the Road Service License for Mazhandu Family Bus Services pending investigations into yesterday’s accident in which 10 people died. RTSA Chief Executive Officer Zindaba Soko has told a news conference in Lusaka that the agency expects Mazhandu Family Bus Services management to put in place necessary logistics and ...

President Edgar Lungu has observed the need for Zambians to support each other beyond political lines. Commenting on African Union Commission for Trade and Industry commissioner which has been scooped by Zambian Ambassador Albert Muchanga, President Lungu says Zambians must rise and support one another in rising up to the top. Speaking to journalists last evening shortly after arriving from ...

President Edgar Lungu says the full realization of the potential of women is critically important in efforts to accelerate economic growth and sustainable development on the continent.  In his closing statement at the high-level event on the implementation of the African Common Position on ending child marriage in Africa during the 28th African Union summit of heads of state and ...

Nine people have died on the spot while another died at kapiri mposhi district hospital after a Higer bus heading to Kitwe collided with a truck on the Great North road near Lwanshimba between Kabwe and Kapiri Mposhi this morning. Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) head of public relations Fredrick Mubanga says the Higer bus registration number ALZ 3197 ...

Government has been urged to call for a national stakeholders’ indaba to review proposed amendments to the republican Constitution. The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says such an indaba will be useful in addressing issues pertaining to the amendment of the Constitution. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says the indaba will also provide a platform ...

President Edgar Lungu has met PF Secretary General Davies Mwila and told him that the running of markets and bus stations should be left to local authorities. Special Assistant to the president for press and public relations Amos Chanda has told Journalists in Lusaka today that the president made it clear during the meeting that the operations of the markets ...

Two juveniles of Matero Township’s Shadreck area have died after consuming doom insecticide given to them by their mother. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo the children died on the way to Chingwere first level Hospital. In a statement to QFM News, Ms Katongo says the incident happened yesterday, 24th January, 2017 between 19:00 hours and 20:00 hours. Ms Katongo has identified ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) says strengthening the national Anti-Corruption policy remains crucial to Zambia’s fight against corruption. TIZ president Lee Habasonda says this is particularly pertaining to the prosecution mandate of the Anti-Corruption Commission. Mr. Habasonda notes that while the ACC has instituted a number of corruption investigations; it has secured very few convictions. In an interview with QTV News, ...

United, Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda has called on the government to reverse the policy decision to disengage from the procurement process of refined petroleum products by allowing the private sector to import fuel. Mr. Chanda argues that Zambia’s economy is fully dependent on fuel and that it is unreasonable for government to leave this to the ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) is disappointed with the move by the 17 PF Members of Parliament on the Copperbelt who have endorsed the candidature of President Edgar Lungu for 2021 elections. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape says the lawmakers should have instead met to try and find solutions to problems affecting Zambians and the people on the ...