People’s Alliance for Change President Andyford Banda says while President Edgar Lungu has scored some successes in certain areas, he has lamentably failed in the fight against corruption. Mr. Banda says while the Head of State claims he is fighting corruption, this does not correspond with what is on the ground. He adds that the issue that is also making ...

The Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) says the introduction of excise duty on cement will affect the stable growth the manufacturing sector has recorded in the past few months. Government has in the 2018 national budget proposed to introduce an excise duty of K2 per 50 Kg bag of cement. Association president Rosetta Chabala tells Q-News that instead of penalizing ...

Parts of California’s wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people. Mass evacuations have taken place and at least 1,500 properties have been destroyed. Seven people were killed in Sonoma county, authorities said. About 20,000 people fled from Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties after some of the state’s worst-ever wildfires broke out. The ...