ZAMBIA NEWS

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has suspended fuel importation licenses for Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in public interest to allow for a smooth transaction before the Private Sector takes over the procurement of petroleum products. ERB Director Consumer & Public Affairs Agnes Phiri has told QTV News in a statement that following notices of intention to suspend importation of petroleum ...

ActionAid Zambia has welcomed plans by the Zambia Revenue Authority to undertake forensic audits of large mining companies to establish whether or not they have been complying with the various tax legislations administered by the authority. Recently, Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) assistant director Clement Kapalu disclosed that Zambia is losing US$3 billion annually due to illicit financial flows mainly perpetrated ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka Province has arrested and jointly charged a Liberian national and two Congolese nationals for being in possession of 10,000 US Dollar counterfeit notes. Tea Yah Kelvin White, 37, a Liberian Businessman of House No. 25/64 Kabanana Site and Service in Lusaka has been arrested and jointly charged with two Congolese nationals namely Wa Kapuku ...

President Edgar Lungu says government has formulated attractive investment policies, thereby making Zambia a preferred destination for investment in the Southern African Region. The Head of State said this at State House this morning when he received letters of credence from High Commissioners and Ambassadors designate to Zambia from Turkey, Uganda, Nepal and Malawi. President Lungu says it is his ...

The opposition UPND has charged that it is not afraid to contest the 2021 general elections whether President Edgar Lungu seeks re-election or not. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says his party does not in fact consider President Lungu’s declared interest to stand in 2021 as a threat in any way to its contesting the elections. Mr. Katuka has wondered ...

President Edgar Lungu has accorded late former cabinet Minister Misheck Chiinda an official funeral. The late Mr. Chiinda, aged 69, died at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka on Saturday. The funeral gathering is being held at his farm House in Chikankata District in Southern Province. President Lungu has also declared Thursday 19th January, 2017, the day on which Mr. ...

Preparation for this year’s March 17 MMD faction convention have reached an advanced stage. MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba has disclosed that his party’s officials have since been dispatched around the Country to mobilize party structures. Dr. Mumba believes that his party will rise as a new political movement after the March national convention. In an interview with QTV News ...

The ruling PF has challenged its members interested to aspire for the party’s 2021 presidential candidacy to brace themselves for a tough battle. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says bidding for the 2021 presidential candidacy in his party will be a question of competing for a place. Mr. Bwalya says anyone interested in this candidacy should however keep in mind ...

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) says it received a total of 1, 349 reports of suspected corruption last year. This show a decrease of 296 reports from 1, 645 received in 2015 when compared to 2016. ACC Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono says out of the reports received in 2016, a total of 884 were non corruption related cases while ...

Former Church of God General Overseer Bishop John Mambo has maintained that the Church in Zambia should seek the forgiveness of God because the church is compromised. Bishop Mambo says the church has put priority on material things and forgetting their role of preaching the Kingdom of God. He says politics has penetrated the church to an extent that they ...