ZAMBIA NEWS

Some Patriotic Front Members of Parliament have called the new dawn government to provide a plan on how it intends to address the high cost of living in the country. Patriotic Front Mfuwe Member of Parliament Maureen Mabonga says the high cost of living the country has been subjected to under the new dawn Government is a source of concern. ...

Parliament has unanimously ratified the presidential appointments of Lawyers Musa Mwenye and Gilbert Phiri as Chairperson and Director General respectively of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Others whose appointments have been ratified are retired Judge Prisca Matimba Nyambe and Chad Muleza to serve as members of the judicial complaints commission (JCC),Irene Musonda Chongo Lamba,Dr Henry Bwanga Mbushi, and Dr O’brien ...

Mines and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe has denied that any death has occurred in the recent past at the Nkana Slag Dump 48 popularly known as the Black Mountain. In a ministerial statement to Parliament on the measures government is taking in creating a balance between economic activities and safety of the miners at the slag dump, Mr Kabuswe ...

Home Affairs Minister Jack Mwiimbu says Pamela Chisumpa, a mobile money agent who was allegedly abducted is still alive. Mr. Mwiimbu says a week ago, there were communication between Pamela and the relatives. He says the police are failing to trace where exactly she is as the abductors are using different gadgets. And Mr. Mwiimbu has noted with great concern ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has called upon the Zambia Army Commander Lieutenant General Dennis Alibuzwi to take appropriate steps to promptly deal with the erring military personnel assaulting unidentified youths for purportedly insulting President Hakainde Hichilema. Laz Honorary Secretary Sokwani Chilembo says this will help maintain the rule of law, and to deter would be offenders within their ...

The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CISCA) is disgusted by the patriarchal sexist remarks attributed to William Banda, a senior member of the ruling party, made against the new heritage party president, Chishala Kateka. Ms. Kateka yesterday staged a lone protest at Kafue round about in the central business district demanding that the government begins to address the high cost of ...

The latest 2021 Financial Intelligence Centre says it has reported a 6 percent increase in the amount of money related to suspicious transaction reports from 6,160 million kwacha in 2020 to 6,533 million kwacha in 2021. According to the fic report, a total of 2, 577 suspicious transaction reports representing 13.7 percent were received. The report further indicates that the ...

Zambia Community Resources Board Association (ZCRBA) President George Tembo has charged that there are no hunting activities currently going on contrary to the ministerial statement made in Parliament by Tourism Minister Rodney Sikumba. Mr. Tembo has told QTV news in an interview that concession agreements for the 19 hunting blocks which were awarded by the previous regime were cancelled, and ...

Republican President Hakainde Hichilema has held talks with European Union Council President Charles Michel in Brussels,Belgium. In a Facebook post on his page, President Hichilema says the discussion centered on the need for enhanced partnerships in key areas of trade and investment between Zambia Europe because this is key and a path to sustainable development in place of aid. Mr ...

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has disclosed that it has since January 2022 received one billion, four hundred and two million, four hundred and eighty four thousand, three and fifty five Kwacha (K1, 402, 484, 355. 00) from the treasury towards the constituency development fund (CDF). Speaking at a press briefing in Lusaka today, minister in-charge, Garry ...