The Zambia National Women’s Lobby has condemned the harassment of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Lilian Siyunyi by some members of the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND). Organization National Chairperson Daisy Ng’ambi says members of the UPND should desist from using threats and cyber bullying Ms. Siyunyi as they air their grievances. Ms. Siyunyi has in the ...

Over 759 million kwacha was collected by the Department of Immigration in 2021 against an annual target of 357,000,859. Announcing the development during the Senior and Regional Immigration Officers Annual Conference in Lusaka, Immigration Department Director General Denny Lungu says the Department collected beyond the target by over 401 million kwacha, attributing it to the diligence, commitment and hard work ...

The Non-Governmental Gender Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) is demanding for the unconditional release of Pamela Chisumpa who was abducted case by some unknown criminals who are now demanding ransom from her family. The NGOCC is further demanding that security wings move in and save the life of the young woman and arrest the abductors. NGOCC Executive Director Anne Mbewe Anamela ...

Former Konkola Copper Mines Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu has gone to the Constitutional Court seeking a declaration that his re-arrest and criminal proceedings against having been granted immunity by the Director of Public Prosecution in matters relating to his performance as Provisional Liquidator of KCM is an abuse of criminal proceedings and ultra vires to articles 180(7) and 2016(c) of ...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism Evans Muhanga has charged that destination Zambia’s comparative advantage lies in the opportunity to advance home grown sustainable tourism initiatives. Mr. Muhanga says as the tourism sector starts to rebound, the sector players have a duty to contribute to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, manage resources efficiently and integrate local communities and ...

Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary Robert Kamalata has revealed that the provincial administration is aiming at empowering and promoting the socio-economic and political inclusion of all persons with disabilities. Mr. Kamalata says the administration is cognizant of the critical role that persons with disabilities perform in national development as highlighted in the un convention on the human rights of persons with ...

The Civil Society Organization Decentralization Alliance Network (CSO DAN) has advised the New Dawn Government to invest more resources into infrastructure development particularly the road infrastructure in rural districts. Organization Interim National Coordinator George Chimembe says this will accelerate the Public Private Partnership (Ppp) in the districts across the country. Mr. Chimembe has observed that improving road infrastructure in rural ...

Opposition Golden Party Zambia leader Jackson Silavwe has called on the police command to urgently form a task force of investigators to swiftly crack the organized crime and criminal gangs that have sprung up in compounds across the country which are becoming stronger by the day. Mr. Silavwe notes that the police command and The New Dawn Administration need to ...

Zambia Tobacco Consortium Control Vice Chairperson Dr Webby Mwamulela has called upon pregnant women to avoid smoking shisha. Dr. Mwamulela who spoke in an interview with Q News notes that shisha contains harmful substances such as nicotine, tar among others that can lead to problems to any pregnancy by damaging the fetus. He is worried with the continued uptake of shisha ...

Former MMD Copperbelt Secretary Reverend Jameson Kamwanga says the UPND Alliance government has demonstrated that it has enough political will to bring to fruition the fight against corruption. Reverend Kamwanga is optimistic that some of the alleged corruption cases under investigations by law enforcement agencies will see the light of day in court and the accused persons penalized accordingly. In ...