ZAMBIA NEWS

The ruling Patriotic Front says the UPND is misleading itself to think it can win the August 11th general election on the account of the support it has received from the Democratic Front. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya has wondered how the UPND thinks it will emerge victorious when the political party supporting it has been deregistered. Mr. Bwalya says ...

President Edgar Lungu has warned millers, the business community and traders in the habit of abrogating state regulations on the exportation of maize and mealie meal of stern action. The President sounded the warning when he met NGOCC Board members at State House who expressed concern over the artificial shortage of mealie meal in some parts of the country. President ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has given Mazhandu bus services a seven days ultimatum to show cause why it road service license should not be revoked or suspended for failure to comply with conditions subject to which it was granted. This follows Monday’s accident in which a Mazhandu bus was involved resulting in the death of seven people. ...

Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says there is need for government to come up with long term measures that will help ensure the country has sufficient stocks of maize year in year out. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano says much as the suspension of maize export might have the impact intended, it still remains a short term measure. Mr. ...

A 21-year-old man has been killed in a suspected ritual murder in Lusaka’s George compound, the sixth of such murders in the area in a space of three weeks. The body of Amos Sichamba was discovered this morning with ears and private parts cut off and the heart ripped out. And Police who only managed to pick the body at ...

Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza has expressed concern that a week after getting an assurance from political parties that they will refrain from acts of violence, the ruling PF and opposition UPND have clashed in Kasama. Reverend Mwanza who was one of the Facilitators of the Indaba held in Lusaka last week laments that the two ...

The US Government has given Zambia through the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) US$3.8 million towards the holding of credible elections on August 11th. US Ambassador to Zambia Eric Schultz says this substantial contribution is aimed at ensuring the voice of the electorate is heard. Mr. Schultz says a portion of this contribution will go towards preparations for the referendum ...

Government has disclosed that the water level in Lake Kariba is still low to adequately generate power. Ministry of Energy and Water Development, Director of Energy, Oscar Kalumiana has told a panel discussion on the Power Sector organized by the US Embassy in Lusaka that the water level in the lake now stands at 19 percent. Mr. Kalumiana says this ...

Former Commerce Minister Felix Mutati says the ban on maize exports is not the solution to the current shortage of mealie meal in the Country. Mr. Mutati says the solution to the shortage lies in addressing the bottlenecks in the flow of maize from the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to millers. He says the primary issue is for government to ...

The World leader of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has urged political leaders in Zambia to preach peace ahead of the August 11 elections. Speaking on arrival at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport this afternoon, Archbishop Welby who is in the country for the 16th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) says Zambia has been a ...