Zambia, Zim to discuss Batoka hydro project
ZAMBIA and Zimbabwe will next month hold meetings to discuss the construction of the US$3-billion Batoka Hydro-Power plant which will produce 1,600 megawatts of power. Mines, Energy and Water...
View ArticleSimuusa calls for closer ties with Israel
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Wylbur Simuusa has called for enhanced relations with Israel to help boost technology and agriculture in Zambia. Mr Simuusa said plans were underway for Zambia to open a...
View ArticlePresident Sata urged to intervene in Nurses’ strike
President Michael Sata has been called upon to quickly intervene in the strike action by Nurses and other health workers at the University Teaching Hospital which has also spread to Levy Mwanawasa...
View ArticleChrysalis Resources wraps up copper-gold drilling at Shikala
Chrysalis Resources has completed a 26 hole, 2,145 metre reverse circulation drilling program on its Shikila copper project in north-western Zambia. The program tested eight 120 part per million copper...
View ArticleState warns conmen
STATE House has warned unscrupulous people obtaining money and other benefits using President Michael Sata’s name to stop their deception before they reap the penalty of their deeds. This follows...
View ArticleTeacher nabbed for defiling niece
POLICE in Kabwe have arrested a 44-year-old teacher who is alleged to have defiled his 15-year-old niece. The suspect of Chipako Primary School, whose names have been withheld, is alleged to have...
View ArticleReturn to work, union tells nurses
THE Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) has called on striking nurses to return to work, as the union and Government have started negotiations for the 2014 improved salaries and conditions of...
View ArticleKambwili reprimanded by speaker
Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has rebuked Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili for accusing his fellow parliamentary of smoking dagger. UPND’s Lukulu West MP rose on a point of order...
View ArticleGovernment roasts some banks for delaying paying farmers
Agriculture & Livestock Deputy Minister Rodgers Mwewa has castigated some banks for the slow pace at which they are paying farmers the monies owed to them by the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). Mr...
View ArticleCriminalize GBV – Nawakwi
Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) leader Edith Nawakwi has appealed to government to criminalize gender based violence cases. Ms Nawakwi has told Qfm News that the lengthy process of reporting...
View ArticleUN climate change Conference approves new global treaty
THE United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference 2013 came to a close in Warsaw, Poland and approved the new global treaty to be signed in Paris in 2015. The UN climate talks concluded with delegates...
View ArticleSata appoints Chilufya as Deputy Health Minister
President Michael Sata has with immediate effect appointed newly elected Mansa Central PF Member of Parliament Dr. Chitalu Chilufya as deputy minister in the Ministry of Health. Dr Chilufya replaces...
View ArticleChibombo council land deal raises dust
CHIBOMBO District Council has allegedly issued 1,000 hectares of land to four foreign investors disregarding laid down procedure. The investors had initially applied for 4,000 hectares, which could...
View ArticleState to act against public funds abuse
GOVERNMENT says it will work to strengthen the offices of the controller of internal audit and accountant general to give them more capacity and ability to prevent the misuse of public resources....
View ArticleGovernment dismisses allegations of its intentions to manipulate the final draft
Chief Government Spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya has dismissed assertions that the Patriotic Front (PF) government wants to manipulate the contents of the final draft constitution before it is released to...
View ArticleFire guts Trade Kings Warehouse
Property worthy million of kwacha has been destroyed after a fire swept through a Trade Kings Warehouse on Mumbwa road in Lusaka. The fire whose cause is not known started around 01:30 hours destroying...
View Article20 Zambians jailed in Malawi
Twenty Zambians are currently being held in Malawi’s Kasungu Prison after being convicted of encroaching in Kasungu National Park. The 20 together with eight others, all of Chief Chanje’s area in...
View ArticleCEEC loan Defaulters Face Law – Trade and Industry Minister
BENEFICIARIES of the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) who have failed to pay back the loans they obtained now face prosecution and loss of property, Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister...
View ArticleYouth employment strategy ready
GOVERNMENT has finalised the Youth Employment Strategy which will outline how it seeks to address unemployment in the country. Youth and Sport Minister Chishimba Kambwili said during the Zambia...
View ArticleIncreased foreign borrowing limit worries JCTR
The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has warned that the country runs the risk of falling back into the debt trap following the decision by Parliament to increase government’s borrowing...
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