ZAMBIA NEWS

Government says the implementation of the Diaspora Policy is on course. Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says government has taken cognizance that there is a direct link between the Diaspora Policy and the Dual Citizenship clause in the republican constitution. In an interview with QTV News, Mr. Kalaba says government’s aim is to ensure that Zambians living in the Diaspora ...

Finance Minister Felix Mutati says the plight of the depositors and employees of the repossessed Intermarket Banking Corporation Limited will only be determined once the Bank of Zambia has carried out an in-depth assessment of the bank with regards to the liabilities, assets and deposits. In a ministerial statement to Parliament on the Bank of Zambia’s possession of the bank, ...

UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka has reminded presidential press aide Amos Chanda to be mindful that he is a civil servant. Mr Katuka says Mr Chanda’s should not think that his being at State House makes him a special civil servant. He says Mr. Chanda should therefore not attack the Judiciary in the manner he did when he appeared on ...

The Teaching Council of Zambia has extended the deadline for the submission of teacher registration applications to 15th December, 2016. And the Council has so far received over 111, 000 applications from teachers across the country. Teaching Council of Zambia Registrar, Dr. Ebby Mubanga has told QTV News that the extension of the registration deadline which was initially scheduled to ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has strongly condemned recent attacks on the Judiciary by Presidential Press Aide Amos Chanda. LAZ president Linda Kasonde says Mr. Chanda’s statement made during the ZNBC TV program Sunday Interview appears to have suggested that any ruling made by the Courts against a Member of Parliament from the ruling PF is not in the ...

French Ambassador to Zambia Emmanuel Cohet says plans by government to move to cost reflective electricity tariffs will promote investment in Zambia’s energy sector. Finance Minister Felix Mutati announced in his 2017 budget speech that government will by the end of 2017 move to cost reflective tariffs to attract private sector investment. Mr Cohet says the move by government to ...

Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya says Government will support 1,609,187 farmers under the Farmer Input Support Programme in the 2016/2017 farming season Ms Siliya has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that of the total targeted beneficiaries, one million, six hundred and sixty six farmers will be supported under the conventional system in the sixty four districts while the remaining 602,521 ...

Political analyst Dr. Alex Ng’oma says the nullification of some parliament seats by the High Courts should serve as a lesson to politicians to desist from political violence. Dr. Ng’oma has reminded politicians that lawlessness and chaos should not be used as tools of getting into power. Dr. Ng’oma tells QFM News via telephone that political parties are now paying ...

Government has signed a K420 million grant with the European Union (EU) to support Zambia’s energy sector. The 40 million Euros project is being financed from the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) under the African Caribbean Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU) partnership agreement covering the period 2017 to 2021. Speaking during the signing of the agreement in Lusaka this afternoon, Finance Minister ...

The ruling PF has justified the necessitate of the trips that President Edgar Lungu has taken abroad since his re-election in August this year. And the ruling PF has reassured the nation that President Lungu who is also the ruling PF leader is fully conscious of the need to cut down government on expenditures. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says ...