ZAMBIA NEWS

Political activist Dante Saunders has charged that the people of Zambia are currently caught between rock and hard place with respect governance. Mr. Saunders says people are in a dilemma of choosing to allow the current government to continue in office or to go for an early general election. He has told Qfm News by telephone that the fix is ...

Government has been advised against downplaying the impact that the current prices of energy will have on Zambia’s end year GDP. Economic analyst Yusuf Dodia thinks that the fact that price of petrol has gone up and there is short supply of electricity there will be a direct impact on the productivity of the country. Mr. Dodia who is also ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have signed contracts that will see the development of the Mineral Value Chain Monitoring Framework. The signing of the contracts marks the second stage in the implementation of the Mineral Value Chain Monitoring Project (MVCMP) that the Government through ZRA has embarked on, after the ...

Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president George Mpombo has observed that Zambia’s current political climate is presently characterized by unnecessary antagonism. Dr. Mpombo says such political brinkmanship is to the extent of where political opponents have stopped talking to each other. He has taken note that people in the country are not sharing problems to each other and thereby failing ...

All People’s Congress (APC) President Nason Msoni has charged that the economic challenges the country is currently facing all point to lack of leadership. Mr Msoni says his party believes in view these economic challenges, it has become necessary to hold the 2016 general election as early as April 2016. Mr. Msoni has told Qfm News in an interview that ...

President Edgar Lungu has congratulated Patriotic Front (PF) members for the party’s resounding victory in yesterday’s Bangweulu Constituency Parliamentary by-election in Samfya District of Luapula Province. President Lungu has expressed happiness for the hard work and team spirit that the PF exhibited during campaigns for the ruling party’s candidate Anthony Kasandwe who has scooped the by-election with a land-slide victory ...

The Copperbelt University which was closed indefinitely on July 8 as a result of a strike by Lecturers will reopen on 17th August, 2015. Education Minister Michael Kaingu told a media briefing in Kitwe today that students are expected to be at the campus by 16th August. Mr Kaingu however, said Vice Chancellor Naison Ngoma will continue being on leave. ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has won the Bangweulu Parliamentary by-election with a landslide victory. PF candidate Anthony Kasandwe has polled 10, 516 votes to beat his closest rival Robby Mwansa of the opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) who got only 1, 852 votes. In the third position is opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) candidate Bulanko ...

The Law Association of Zambia says maneuvers by government of directly opening debate on the content of the draft constitution by tabling the constitutional amendment bill on the floor of Parliament, not only represents a radical departure from the initial constitution making process, but also represents a serious breach of trust reposed by the people of Zambia in the PF ...

Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed a bilateral trade agreement that will allow both countries to import goods from each other duty free. The trade agreement will however, only be functional after the two countries finalize the two signed addendums of lists of goods each of them will be importing from each other as per agreement. ...