Zambia’s annual rate of inflation as measured by all Items Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increase by 1.1% from the 21.8% recorded in January this year to 22.9% recorded this month. This means that on overage, prices increased by 22.9% between February 2015 and February 2016. Central Statistical Office (CSO) Director John Kalumbi has attributed this increase in inflation rate ...

President Edgar Lungu has arrived in Eastern Province on a three-day working visit that will take him to Mfuwe, Chama, Lundazi, Vubwi, Chadiza Katete and Chipata. At Mfuwe the President told a cheering crowd that the PF is enjoying nationwide support and therefore they party cadres must step up its mobilization to sustain the ruling party edge of the opposition. ...

Zesco United have departed for Juba, South Sudan for the second leg Caf Champions League preliminary round match scheduled for Friday, February 26. Zesco United have a 2 – 0 advantage from the first leg played on February 14 at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola thanks to goals by Idriss Mbombo and Clatous Chama. Coach George Lwandamina has included goalkeeper ...

Manchester City may be toiling domestically at the moment but they produced a superb European away performance to beat Dynamo Kiev 3-1 in Ukraine in their Champions League last 16, first leg on Wednesday. Manuel Pellegrini’s side did enough to win the game in the first half with Sergio Aguero and David Silva both scoring to underline their importance to ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the global economy has weakened further and warned it was “highly vulnerable to adverse shocks”. It said the weakening had come “amid increasing financial turbulence and falling asset prices”. The IMF’s report comes before the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Shanghai later this week. It said China’s slowdown ...

EU ministers meet in Brussels later amid warnings the migrant crisis could threaten the bloc’s survival. Austria and Balkan nations have agreed measures to restrict numbers, drawing criticism from Greece, where thousands have been left stranded after Macedonia blocked entry to Afghans. Meanwhile Hungary has announced a referendum on whether to accept mandatory quotas of migrants. More than 100,000 migrants ...

The Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has observed the need for government to continue being open in reviewing the NGO Act. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says this is order that the Act is modernized in a way that it does not antagonize the cooperation between government and the civil society fraternity. Mr. Cheembe has ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba has disclosed that the Diaspora Policy has been finalized and is ready for submission to Cabinet. Mr. Kalaba says once Cabinet looks at the policy government will make a decision which will also be communicated to the public. In an interview QTV Mr. Kalaba says this means that his Ministry will have met its target ...

Opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) says it is economic rhetoric for government to project that Zambia’s economy this year will grow by 3.7 percent. ADD President Charles Milupi says coming up with a 3.7 percent GDP growth is in fact an indication of failure to manage Country’s economy on the part of government. Mr. Milupi has wondered how ...

Barotse National Freedom Alliance (BNFA) has written to Senanga Member of Parliament Likando Mufalali petitioning him to urge government to release the findings of the Dr. Rodger Chongwe report over the Mongu disturbance of 2012. BNFA Trustee William Harrington has disclosed the development to QRV News that he has also copied the letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly ...