The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has backed the UPND’s calls for the cancellation of Independence Day celebrations in view of the cholera outbreaks in some parts of Lusaka. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza says all public gatherings including Independence Day celebrations should be cancelled. Mr. Mwanza says the day should instead be used to do community service, and improve ...

Opposition New Congress Party (NDC) president Pastor Peter Chanda has called for civility in politics. Pastor Chanda is worried that politicians are now embracing uncivilized kind of politics which do not add any value to the development of the country. He notes that insulting each other through the media will not earn politicians any political mileage, stating that Zambians are ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority has disclosed that it has raised over K1 billion of the K8 billion target through the amnesty on interest and penalties that recently came to an end. ZRA Corporate and Communication Manager Topsy Sikalinda says even though amnesty came to an end, people with issues can still engage ZRA in order to perfect their accounts. Mr. ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) in Eastern Province has questioned why Minister of Agriculture Dora Siliya went ahead to announce that the distribution of farming inputs will begin on 15th October despite being aware of the logistical challenges being faced on the ground. CSPR Eastern province Coordinator Maxson Nkhoma tells QTV News via telephone that it has come ...

Oscar-nominated Hollywood film-maker James Toback has been accused by nearly 40 women of sexual harassment. The Los Angeles Times said 31 of the women had spoken on the record about their experiences, which span the last 30 years. Toback has denied the allegations and said he had never met any of the women in question or, if he did, it ...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has denied leaking an account of his working dinner with Theresa May, saying he is “really surprised” at what’s been reported. “Nothing is true in all of this,” Mr Juncker said, adding the PM had not been “tired” as a German paper said. Mrs May is about to update MPs following last week’s EU summit. ...

The widow of a dead US soldier says Donald Trump could not remember her husband’s name when he phoned to offer condolences. Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt La David Johnson, told ABC News the president’s “stumbling” had “hurt her the most”. But President Trump said that he had used Sgt Johnson’s name “without hesitation” and described the conversation as “very ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has demanded that the government strengthens its capacity to negotiate contracts with mining multinationals that generate fair resource rents and stipulate local inputs for operations. The organization has furthermore demanded that the government expedites the implementation of the decentralization process and ensure full devolution. FODEP Executive Director Mweenge Chimfwembe has told a media briefing ...

The Ministry of Health has distanced itself from a fake statement circulating on social media suggesting that it has cancelled tomorrow’s Independence Day celebrations. Spokesperson Maximillian Bweupe has since urged the public to dismiss the statement with the contempt it deserves. Dr Bweupe has further encouraged all media houses to ignore the statement bearing a fake name of the Spokesperson. ...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Stanbic Bank Zambia in a long-running dispute with a defaulting borrower that sued the bank claiming K192.5 million in damages for loss of business as a result of being registered as a bad debtor with the Credit Reference Bureau. The case centered on loans made by Stanbic Bank to a procurement ...