The Centre for Trade policy and Development has called on government to state its position in the Malawi maize gate scandal. CTPD Acting Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo tells QTV News in a statement that his organization finds the revelations shared by Malawi’s Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Development citing Zambia’s President and the Minister of Agriculture to have been at ...

Hollywood musical La La Land has broken the record for the most Golden Globe Awards, winning seven prizes. It won in every category in which it was nominated – including best musical or comedy film and acting trophies for Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. It also won the awards for best director, screenplay, score and song. The Globes are seen ...

Key midfielder Sofiane Boufal pulled out of Morocco’s squad for the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday because of injury, joining influential playmaker Younes Belhanda on the sidelines. Southampton star Boufal, 23, had been at a training camp in the United Arab Emirates, where Morocco were preparing for a friendly on Monday against Finland. “Sofiane Boufal left the camp in ...

People’s Party President Mike Mulongoti has accused ruling Patriotic Front (PF) of doing contrary to the promises it made to the people of Zambia. Mr. Mulongoti has recalled that ruling PF promised to improve the livelihoods of the people but that the 2017 national budget is not in tandem with the promise of improving the people’s livelihoods. He says Zambians ...

The opposition Green Party has petitioned Parliament to pass a bill on the implementation of Zambia’s commitment on Climate Change. Green party President Peter Sinkamba says his party has since submitted the draft bill to the clerk of the national assembly for consideration during the next sitting of parliament. He says if passed, the bill will serve as a law ...

The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) has cautioned government against making any reversals of what has been approved in the 2017 national budget. EAZ president Chrispin Mphuka says the emphasis of his association is that government stays on course with the implementation of this year’s national budget. Dr. Mphuka states that the EAZ finds the implementation of the 2017 national ...

Four people have been killed in Jerusalem by a Palestinian who rammed a lorry into a group of soldiers, in what police say was a terrorist attack. Three women and one man, all in their twenties, were killed and at least 13 more were wounded, police said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacker, who was shot dead by ...

The opposition UPND has described as mediocre thinking calls that it should move on and let go of its 2016 general elections defeat. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka has wondered how possibly his party can go over the 2016 elections when it has petitioned the outcome of the polls. Mr. Katuka says for the fact that his party has gone ...

The increasing number of street kids in Zambia has been attributed to the escalated levels of poverty and the spread of HIV. Fountain of Hope Orphanage founder and president Rodger Mwewa says his organization has established that it is in fact these two factors that are pushing helpless orphans on the streets. Mr. Mwewa says what his organization has also ...

MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba has been elected as the vice chairman of the SADC opposition political parties organ for the Southern Africa region. This follows the recent election of Zambia as the vice chairperson of the newly constituted SADC organ. And Dr. Mumba has told QTV News in an interview that his vice chairmanship is for the next 12 ...