The Transparency International Zambia [TIZ] has welcomed the decision by the Anti-Corruption Commission to hand over to the government more than 65.3 million kwacha and 57,000 United States dollars proceeds of crime forfeited to the state from Faith Musonda. And TIZ Executive Director Maurice Nyambe has called for accountability measures to ensure that the recovered funds that have been directed ...

Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe has announced an immediate 30 day suspension of the issuance of mining licenses following allegation of corruption which he said have a serious damage to the reputation of the ministry. Speaking at a media briefing, Mr Kabuswe says the suspension is subject to one month extension should the assignment not be fully completed after one month. ...

Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe has clarified that the new dawn government has not taken a position on polygamy in Zambia, stressing that all that has been done is a recommendation to clear up the Stattute book.   Speaking when he gave a ministerial statement on the repeal of the law relating to bigamy in the penal code, chapter 87 of the ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has handed over to the Ministry of Finance and National Planning the k65 million and 57, 900 us dollars that was seized and forfeited to the state from Faith Musonda for being proceeds of crime.  And Minister of Finance Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane has announced that the funds has been given to the ministry of education to ...

Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN) country coordinator, Mathew Mhuru has called upon the new dawn government to have a strong focus on bridging the inequality gap, which he says has become a source of concern. Mr. Mhuru attributes the challenges to eradicate the high levels of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition to the wider inequality gap in the ...

Zambia National Teachers Union (ZNUT)Public Relations Manager George Maseka is of the view that disruption in the learning process maybe minimize if teachers and learners take on-going coronavirus (COVID 19) vaccination exercise seriously. Mr. Maseka says though vaccination maybe brought closer to schools taking the jab is not mandatory but learners and teachers must heed the preventive measure as a ...

Economist Esther Banda is hopeful that the zambian economy will recover on account of prudent measures employed by President Hakainde Hichilema. Ms. Banda has told QTV news in an interview in Lusaka that increasing export earnings and address the inflation rates will spur good economic fortunes in Zambia. Ms. Banda believes that lowering borrowing rates will also enable local businesses ...

Mpika central constituency in Mpika district of Muchinga province has received k635, 000 for boarding school bursaries under the constituency development fund (CDF). Area member of parliament Francis Kapyanga has told Qtv news that the money is supposed to help vulnerable children who are in boarding schools. Mr. Kapyanga, however, reveals that the allocation towards boarding school bursaries is supposed ...

Parliament has heard that 4 out of 58 bottles each containing 1,000 HoneyBee paracetamol tablets supplied to Kasama general hospital were consumed by patients. In a ministerial statement to give the house an update on what led to the distribution of the quarantined HoneyBee paracetamol to Kabwe central and Kasama general hospitals by ZAMMSA, Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo says ...

The National Union for Public and Private Educators of Zambia (NUPPEZ) has called on government to expedite the process of recruiting thirty thousand teachers to cushion the teacher-pupil ratio in rural areas. NUPPEZ general secretary Nelson Mwale has observed that there are more science and technology teachers that need to be deployed to rural areas so that the pupils in ...