Minister of Finance Felix Mutati has disclosed that government is in the process of creating an Entrepreneurial Fund for the Zambian private sector. Mr. Mutati this is to facilitate the creation of a scheme for issuance of long-term credit guarantees to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Country on low-interest terms. He states that the Entrepreneurial Fund which will ...

President Edgar Lungu has been cautioned against allowing the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) turn into a voiceless association under his tenure. Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) is urging President Lungu to do so particularly that he is a lawyer. TIZ president Lee Habasonda says his organization wants President Lungu to appreciate that if LAZ is forced to operate amidst political ...

Patriotic Front media and information committee vice chairperson Sunday Chanda has charged that President Edgar Lungu will be the strongest candidate in 2021. Speaking during the PF interactive forum in Lusaka this morning, Mr. Chanda however says the 2021 elections are not their preoccupation but that their preoccupation is to deliver to the expectations of the people of Zambia. Mr. ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit (AMLIU) arrested three business persons for attempting to obtain credit by false pretences. Katongo Chiteba Mulenga, 28, a Business Woman of 218/16 Kaunda Square Stage 2 in Lusaka has been arrested for theft, forgery, uttering of false documents, impersonation, and obtaining credit by false pretences contrary to the ...

State House says it is too early for anyone to question whether or not government’s promise to create 100, 000 jobs this year will be attainable. The President’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has wondered why this promise by government can questioned a month into the 2017 financial year. Mr. Chanda has told Qfm News in ...

US President Donald Trump has vowed to overturn a legal ruling which suspended his ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries. He described federal judge James Robart as a “so-called” justice whose “ridiculous” opinion “essentially takes law-enforcement away from” the US. Judge Robart ruled on Friday there were grounds to challenge the ban. A number of airlines have said ...

The Zambian government has been advised to consider pushing for a ban on left hand driven vehicles in the Southern Africa region. Former Transport Minister William Harrington is urging government to do so in view of the number of traffic accidents the Country is recording as a result of having such vehicles. Mr. Harrington says he has personally observed that ...

Opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) has charged that Zambia will never have a proper democracy if its media remains compromised. ADD president Charles Milupi says his party does not also think meaningful development in the Country can take place with a compromised media. Mr. Milupi notes that the public media in the Country is one such media the ...

The ruling Patriotic Front is against subjecting the review of the amended Republican Constitution to public opinion. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says taking back to the people the process of cleaning up the Constitution will be costly. Mr. Bwalya states that the ruling PF believes that the review of the country’s supreme law should be left to Parliament alone. ...

Government has clarified that the Health Social Insurance Scheme it plans to introduce this year will include private health institutions. Health Minister Chilufya Chitalu says all health institutions in the country be it public or private will be registered under this scheme. Dr. Chilufya says people will only have to make a small monetary contribution towards the scheme. In an ...