Women Farmers in Mumbwa District in Central province have held on to their maize commodity and vowed to do away with maize farming in the coming farming season. Women Farmer’s Representative Serah Ngwenya says there will be no need for farmers to venture into the crop again when they are not making profit out of it. She says women in ...

Spain maintained their three-point advantage over Italy and Serbia moved four clear of their pursuers but the top four in Group I are separated by just two points after victories for Iceland and Turkey. GROUP D Republic of Ireland 0-1 Serbia Serbia stretched their lead at the summit to four points and are certain of a top-two finish as their ...

Islands in the Caribbean have made last-minute preparations for Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, with officials warning of its “potentially catastrophic” effects. The category five hurricane, the highest possible level, has sustained wind speeds reaching 295km/h (185mph). It is starting to hit the Leeward Islands and will move on towards Puerto Rico and the Dominican ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has implored government to come up with a 2018 national budget that is growth oriented and pro-poor to reduce the high poverty levels in the country. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani says this is because the 2017 national budget has been hectic for most Zambian people to survive. ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General Davies Mwila says he will present the petition from Eastern Province PF members demanding that Finance Minister Felix Mutati must resign on moral grounds or state where his loyalty belongs today. And Mr. Mwila says he is yet to receive a petition from Central Province where some PF members are protesting over what they described ...

UPND Management in Western Province has passed a vote of no confidence in the UPND Western Province Acting Chairperson Njamba Musanga. In a letter addressed to the UPND Secretary General Steven Katuka obtained by QTV News in Lusaka, the management is accusing Mr. Musanga of incompetence and failure to organize and mobilize the party in the province. The management is ...

The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) is deeply grieved with the death of seven St John’s Catholic Church Choir members of Kasama Archdiocese. In a statement issued to QTV News, ZCCB Communications Director Rev. Fr. Winfield Kunda says the Catholic Church mourns the loss and sends its heartfelt condolences to the grieved families, Archbishop Ignatius Chama, St John’s Catholic ...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda has set September 30th, 2017 as a deadline in which stakeholders should make submissions towards the revision of the much talked about Public Order Act. Mr. Lubinda says he is disappointed that stakeholders are not submitting towards the revision of the POA. He says stakeholders are busy complaining about this piece of legislation and yet they ...

President Edgar Lungu says his government is committed to equipping the country’s defence forces with modern equipment to enable them address new security challenges efficiently and competently. Speaking during the official opening of the L-15 simulator training center at the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) base in Lusaka, President Lungu says Infrastructure Development is one of government’s priority as highlighted in ...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been awarded 100,000 euros (£91,730) in damages by a French court, after a magazine printed topless pictures of the Duchess in September 2012. The court ruled the images, taken as the royal couple holidayed in Provence, were an invasion of their privacy. The judge also fined staff at Closer magazine more than 100,000 ...