ZAMBIA NEWS

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has announced that one million, SIX hundred and ninety FIVE thousand, FIVE hundred and eighty (1,695,580) new voters were registered during the registration exercise conducted from 14th September 2015 to 29th February,2016. ECZ Public relations Manager Crispin Akufuna in a statement issued today says 1,634,288 updates were done, while 51,998 notifications of deceased voters ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested Livingstone Mayor Milford Maambo, Mosi-oa-Tunya ward Councillor Ziwa Malilo Ziwa and Former Acting Town Clerk Chabala Chanda for corrupt practices involving K164, 000.00 Mr. Mambo 46 of 2613/2113 of Dambwa North, Ziwa Malilo Ziwa aged 38 of Plot No.188 Off Lusaka Road and Chabala Chanda aged 41 of 16 A Makoma Road in Livingstone have ...

The Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has observed that there has not been any significant change in the lives of the Zambian people since the Patriotic Front came to power in 2011. JCTR Executive Director Leonard Chiti notes that a lot of people across the Country are still suffering. Father Chiti says this is however, against what the governing ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs has warned that all registered societies including political parties which have not paid their statutory obligations face deregistration in the first week of April. Ministry Spokesperson Moses Suwali says all registered societies operating in the country are required to pay statutory fees in accordance with the Registrar of Societies Act. Mr. Suwali states societies which ...

Over 1.2 million males have been circumcised since the introduction of the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) campaign in 2007. Speaking during the Launch of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) campaign in Lusaka today, Health Deputy Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya says Zambia has set itself a target to circumcise 80% of HIV-negative uncircumcised men which will prevent approximately 340,000 new ...

President Edgar Lungu says he looks forward to practical actions on the commitments political leaders have made. In a tweeter message, President Lungu has thanked the church for facilitating the talks and opposition leaders for accepting to be part of the dialogue. He notes that the candid nature of the discussion and the collective and individual commitment to keeping a ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has commended political parties for showing political will to end violence following the resolutions of yesterday’s meeting of party Presidents facilitated by the Church. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says the increasing political violence was turning into a crisis. Mr. Cheembe tells QFM News via telephone from Solwezi that ...

  Eighteen Political Party leaders late last night agreed to end political violence during a meeting facilitated by the church mother bodies namely Zambia Episcopal Conference, Council of Churches in Zambia and the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia. Reading out the communiqué of the meeting last night, Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore Mpundu said the leaders agreed to use existing leadership ...

Political party leaders including President Edgar Lungu have been meeting at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka in an attempt to come up with solutions to the political violence ahead of the August elections. The meeting which has been facilitated by the Catholic Bishops started at 14:40hours. Opposition leaders in attendance include UPND’s Hakainde Hichilema,FDD’s Edith Nawakwi,People party’s ...

All is set for today’s much anticipated political parties’ indaba called by the Catholic Bishops to discuss solutions to political violence in the country. The meeting is expected to take place this afternoon at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka. President Edgar Lungu will be among other political party leaders who will be seeking to find means and ...