The Oasis Forum says it is extremely disturbed, appalled and greatly saddened by the alarming increase in political violence in the run-up towards the August 11 General Election, despite commitments political parties made during the Indaba on political violence held on 29th March,2016 Oasis Forum Chairperson Father Cleophas Lungu in a statement laments that the resolutions of that Indaba have ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested five (5) Ministry of Health officers for Theft by Public Servant involving K471,275.00. The Commission has since charged them with Theft by Public Servant contrary to Section 277 as read with Sections 272 and 265 of the Penal Code Cap 87 of the Laws of Zambia. Those arrested are Zukas Musonda Kaoma a principal accountant, ...

Members of the rock band Led Zeppelin have appeared in court to deny borrowing from another song for their 1971 hit Stairway To Heaven. Guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant are expected to give evidence at the civil case in Los Angeles. They are accused of lifting the song’s opening notes from Taurus, a 1967 track by the band ...

Iceland earned a memorable point on their European Championship debut, holding Portugal to a draw in Group F. Gylfi Sigurdsson almost put Iceland in front early on but his angled shot and follow-up were both saved. Nani slotted in for Portugal but Iceland worked a shock equaliser when Birkir Bjarnason volleyed home. Cristiano Ronaldo had a header saved for an ...

The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando could face charges in connection with the attack, according to reports. Prosecutors have convened a grand jury to investigate Noor Salman, wife of gunman Omar Mateen, sources quoted by Fox News and Reuters say. She is reported to have told police she tried to talk ...

Government has maintained that it will deliver the farming inputs for this year’s farming season to all farmers across the country before September 2016. Agriculture Deputy Minister Maxas Ng’onga says this is possible because government has carryover fertilizers from Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia as well as the imported fertilizer which remained from the 2015/2016 farming season. Mr Ng’onga says this ...

Mining Expert Dr. Mathias Mphande has backed the call for mining companies to establish their own power plants in response to the current power deficit the country is experiencing. Dr. Mphande, who is a University of Zambia Lecturer in the school of mining, tells QTV News in an interview that the call by government encouraging mining firms to establish their ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has challenged Government to give the people of Zambia an assurance that the contents of the Bill of Rights will not be tempered with after the bill is passed in the referendum. Mr. Sinkamba tells QTV News via telephone that his party is worried that the Government may alter the Bill of Rights when it ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says it will not disqualify the Lundazi Central independent parliamentary Evans Ngoma who has withdrawn his earlier resignation from the Patriotic Front. ECZ public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna has explained that once the nomination papers are declared valid by the returning officer nothing can change. Mr. Akufuna says the commission can only disqualify someone ...