Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya says Zambia is still in a deficit of 187, 000 metric tonnes of maize of the total required strategic reserves. Ms. Siliya says this is what will be needed to push the Country’s strategic reserves to slightly over the national requirement of 500, 000 metric tonnes. In a ministerial statement Ms. Siliya has disclosed in Parliament ...

President Edgar Lungu has called for an end of Misappropriating public funds and resources including the pilferage of medicines. President Lungu says the misapplication of public funds by controlling officers should come to an end if the country is to prosper. The Head of State says there is need to inculcate discipline at all levels in society hence the need ...

Sixteen people including six refugees have died on the spot in a bus collision accident along Mongu – Lusaka road. The accident happened around 23hrs near Namilangi area in Kaoma District while 38 others survived the horrific accident. Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Levy Lilanga tells QTV News in a statement that the accident involved a Higer Bus registration number ...

Rock group Radiohead will headline Glastonbury next year, in their first UK festival appearance in six years. Rumours that the band would return to Worthy Farm began to circulate on Wednesday, when the band’s logo appeared near the Pyramid stage. Eagle-eyed fans saw two men painting the “angry bear” symbol onto the grass via the BBC’s Glastonbury webcam. The festival ...

President Barack Obama has said Republican Donald Trump’s insistence that he might not accept the election result is “dangerous”. Speaking at a campaign rally in Miami for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the president said Mr Trump’s comments undermined American democracy. Mr Trump refused in a televised debate to say he would accept the outcome of the election on 8 November. ...

Civil Society Organization-Scaling up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) has attributed Zambia’s poor ranking on the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report to the alarming percentage of child stunting which stands at 40%. Programs Officer Mwandwe Chileshe says child stunting in children is one of the prominent factors used by the GHI to measure levels of hunger. She says good nutrition alone will not ...

Government has been cautioned against tolerating the continued misuse of public funds if the country is to make progress in poverty reduction. Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) Executive Director Patrick Nshindano says his organization is deeply concerned that some public officials have continued to misappropriate public funds knowing too well that the nation is not doing well in terms ...

The leaderships of ruling PF and opposition UPND have been reminded that Zambians are still expecting them to resolve their differences in national interest. Every Home for Christ Regional Director Dr. Bishop Richard Kakuwa says the leaders of the two political parties must be seen making efforts towards ironing out their differences for the sole purpose of moving forward. He ...