UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has narrated how suspected PF cadres who attacked his entourage in Kitwe yesterday while armed with all sorts of dangerous weapons had the clear intention of cause maximum harm. Mr Hichilema says the attackers who followed them to Moba Hotel after aborting a scheduled appearance on Radio Ichengelo turned the hotel into a battle ground with ...

Government says it realizes that good procurement practices can bring about positive results which can ultimately impact positively on the economy. Speaking at the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) electronic government procurement system (E-GP) and open contracting workshop in Lusaka today, Acting Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary for economic management and finance Kasonde Mwila says good procurement practices and prudent ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has commuted the death sentences of all 332 condemned prisoners at Kabwe’s Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison to life imprisonment. And President Lungu has pardoned Clifford Dimba popularly known as General Kanene and urged him to be an ambassador in the fight against Child defilement. The President said this is in exercise of the powers vested in ...

Mamelodi Sundowns on Wednesday afternoon picked up a second successive win on their five-day, pre-season training camp in Zambia. Sundowns beat defending Faz Super League champions Zesco United 1-0 at their Levy Mwanawasa home ground in Ndola in the tourist’s penultimate pre-season friendly in Zambia. The win was Sundowns second over Zesco in a friendly international this year after beating ...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is focused on completing a bailout deal agreed with the eurozone despite setbacks in a crucial vote to push through tough reforms, his spokesman has said. Gabriel Sakellaridis was speaking after Mr Tsipras won the late-night vote convincingly, but with more than 30 of his own MPs voting against him. The vote means the government lost ...

Lubansenshi independent Member of Parliament Patrick Mucheleka has taken a swipe on the civil society for not doing enough to hold government accountable on various governance issues affecting the country. Mr. Mucheleka who is former CSPR Executive Director notes that the civil society has not been very active in speaking out on behalf of the voiceless Zambian people since the ...

Government is disappointed that some sections of the media and opposition political parties are politicizing the natural calamity which has resulted in increased load shedding in the country. Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili says the low water levels at Kariba Dam has nothing to do with policies implemented by the PF government as some politicians are suggesting. Mr. Kambwili says ...

The office of the Vice President has assured the nation that there are sufficient strategic food reserves in the country for any citizen to starve. Deputy Minister in the office of the Vice President Chungu Bwalya says areas such as Kazungula District, where hunger has been reported will be adequately supplied with relief food. Mr. Bwalya says the people of ...

Renowned constitutional lawyer John Sangwa says former President Rupiah Banda still enjoys his immunity from prosecution and does not need to have it restored following his acquittal by the Lusaka Magistrate Court on the charge of abuse of authority of office in the Nigerian oil deal. Mr Sangwa has explained to QFM News in an interview that the former President ...