Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland’s Special Envoy to Zambia, Professor Ibrahim Gambari has today met political parties ahead of the constructive dialogue that will culminate into a roadmap for reforms ahead of the 2021 general election. The meeting in Lusaka that was facilitated by the Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) was attended by a number of political parties. And ...

  The Movement for National Transformation (MNT) has noted the need to reform the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to free it from political influence. MNT President Daniel Shimunza says this will also enable the Commission to fight corruption in both the public and private sectors effectively. He says there is need for the ACC operate independently without getting any instructions from ...

Disability Rights Watch has advised the Lusaka City Council to stop approving the construction of buildings that do not have disability friendly features. And the organization has called on the Ministry of Finance to consider allocating funds in the 2018 budget meant to refund those that are modifying their buildings to make them disability friendly. Organization national Coordinator Bruce Chooma ...

Senior Medical Superintendent at the Cancer Diseases Hospital Dr. Lewis Banda has encouraged school leavers with good grades to consider pursuing radiography studies to help fight the different forms of cancer. Dr. Banda tells Q-News that school leavers should consider taking up courses being offered at the Cancer diseases hospital training college which was established in 2012, to improve human ...

Government says it has raised over K300 million in road toll fees between January and August this year. Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela has told a media briefing in Lusaka that government has demonstrated that it is viable to invest in the road sector. He has since urged the private sector to seriously consider investing in the road ...

Mandevu constituency’s Raphael Chota Ward 22 Councilor Joseph Tamba has disclosed that the Road Development Agency (RDA) will work on 30km of roads in his ward under phase II of the L-400 road project. Mr. Tamba says most of the roads in his ward are in a poor state. He has cited roads in Kabanana Site and Service where residents ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has appealed to the Ministry of Local Government to operationalise the formation of Ward Development Committees in districts. FODEP Executive Director, Mweenge Chimfwembe feels that while the formation of ward committee have a constitutional backing, in some district they do not exist whereas in places where they exist they have not been oriented. Mr. ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has called on government through the Ministry of Justice to consider repealing the entire Penal Code. YALI President Andrew Nthewewe has told QTV News that some of the provisions in the Penal Code are archaic and bogus. Mr. Nthewewe says a number of provisions in the Penal Code are inimical to the growth of ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) Executive Director Wesley Chibamba has charged that there is a lot of corruption in the awarding of tenders in the construction sector in the country. Mr. Chibamba has alleged that there is a clique of people that feel entitled to be awarded government contracts to supply goods and services simply because they support the ruling party. ...

“My favourite smell is bleach,” says Nadine Coyle. “If I walk into the house and there’s things being bleached, it just makes me feel at home, euphoric almost.” She pauses and laughs. “I can’t believe we’re having a whole discussion about bleach. Real pop star things!” The topic has come up because Coyle’s new song, Go To Work, is about ...