United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has disclosed that the ruling Patriotic Front is plotting to send cadres to attack President Edgar Lungu with a view to implicate him as being responsible for the attack. Addressing journalists during a press briefing at his residence today, Mr. Hichilema says he is aware of the ploy by the ruling ...

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has urged government to take advantage of the prevailing situation within SADC region to generate the much needed revenue. CTPD Acting executive director Isaac Mwaipopo has observed that despite Zambia having demonstrated resilience to the changing weather patterns, Zambia has continued to pursue policies that discourage investments in the Agriculture sector. Mr. ...

President Edgar Lungu has appointed a Commission of Inquiry to examine the causes of the political violence before and after the 11th August, 2016 general elections. The Head of State has since tasked the commission to submit its report to the President within 120 days from the date of appointment. President Lungu has named the Inquiry in accordance with the ...

The media in the Country has been advised against ignoring reporting about issues that affect them. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chapter has observed that the media in the Country appears to have paid a blind eye to issues of persecution and stifling of their freedoms. MISA Zambia Chapter Chairperson Hellen Mwale has wondered why media houses ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has dismissed concerns its preoccupation to having its August presidential election petition heard is eroding its significance to Zambia’s democracy. UPND Vice President for Administration Geoffrey Mwamba says it is also not true that owing to this preoccupation his party is not in a position to render credible checks and balances to ...

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. ...