ZAMBIA NEWS

Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba has refuted suggestions that President Edgar Lungu failed to meet with US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Mr. Kalaba says it is not true that President Lungu can refuse to meet Ms. Greenfield who last week was in Zambia for a two days state visit. He says President Lungu has in ...

Government says it is a political gimmick for the opposition to suggest that the Zambia Police has a soft spot for the ruling PF. Home Affairs Deputy Minister Panji Kaunda says the Zambia Police does not distinguish when it comes to applying the law whether who has committed a crime is from the ruling PF or the opposition. Colonel Kaunda ...

President Edgar Lungu has challenged those alleging that this year’s general elections will be rigged to provide evidence to prove their claim. President Lungu says he personally has no intentions of rigging the elections. Speaking this morning to journalists at Kenneth Kaunda international airport before departure to Uganda President assured the nation of free and fair elections. President Lungu believes ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba says Zambians should weigh the political party manifestos of parties contesting the August elections and see which party deserves to be in office. Mr. Sinkamba says the failure by some parties to articulate how they intend to transform the nation shows that they are not serious in taking the nation forward. Mr. Sinkamba says Zambians ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to direct the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) to impound all PF and UPND campaign vehicles having illegal and personalised number plates such as “EL 2016” or “HH 2016”. And RTSA has been challenged to impound all campaign vehicles having such number plates as this is illegal. In a statement made available ...

Government says the rolling out of the e-voucher system from the initial 13 to 39 districts will see the addition of six hundred thousand farmers. Agriculture Deputy Minister Maxas Ng’onga says government under the Farmers Input Support Programme (FISP) will supply subsidized inputs to about 1.6 million farmers across the country. Mr. Ng’onga says all the challenges that came with ...

ActionAid Zambia has encouraged mining firms to invest in the development of their own power generation either using solar or thermal to support their mining activities. ActionAid Country Director Nalucha Ziba tells QTV News that the recent pronouncement by government that mines should consider setting up their own power plant should be supported as this will scale up mining production. ...

First Lady Esther Lungu has observed the need for government through the Ministry of Justice to establish more fast track courts in other parts of the country, especially in provincial and district centers. Speaking after the Medical Association of Zambia March against Gender based Violence and Sexual Violence against Children in Zambia in Lusaka today, Mrs. Lungu says the number ...

University of Zambia (UNZA) workers have gone on a go slow following nonpayment of their June salaries. University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers Union (UNZALARU) General Secretary Jason Mwanza who has confirmed the development to Qfm news via telephone says they are disappointed that even after the ultimatum was given neither government nor management has been moved morally. Mr. Mwanza ...

The governing Patriotic Front says it’s not worried or moved by opinion polls suggesting that its chances of losing next month’s elections are high. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says this is because most of such predictions are being made by discredited researchers. Mr. Bwalya has singled out the latest prediction by political scientist Neo Simutanyi that the opposition UPND ...