Presence of God ministries Apostle Christopher Kunda has encouraged politicians to use the national day of prayer and fasting next week Wednesday, 18th October to reconcile. Apostle Kunda is concerned with the continued politics of hatred in the country. He says is it therefore important that politicians use the national day of prayer and fasting to reconcile. Apostle Kunda says ...

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 ...

SAVENDA Group has today signed a partnership agreement with Advanced Africa Solutions (ADAS) Limited for the construction of 98 warehouses across 79 rural sites for the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). Speaking at a signing ceremony in Lusaka, SAVENDA Group Managing Director Clever Mpoha says the project will be executed within the next one to two years and is expected to ...

Movement for National Transformation (MNT) president Daniel Shimunza has described the 2018 national budget as a deficit budget with limited resources to finance the proposed expenditure therein. Mr. Shimunza says the mistake is that to mobilise revenue, government has decided to increase taxes, rather than reduce expenditure by growing the macro-economic factors of production He states that the budget has ...

The Ministry of General Education says it is disturbed by the viral video on social media in which two Chengelo School pupils in Mkushi district are captured brutally beating up a fellow pupil over a girl. Ministry Spokesperson Nondo Chilonga has told QTV News that school managements across the country should closely monitor the activities of pupils. She says school ...

Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba says Zambia is this week set to sign various agreements with South Africa in areas of trade, tourism, agriculture and economic cooperation. Mr Mwamba has told QTV News on the sidelines of the Zambia – South Africa Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) meeting in Lusaka. He says the Zambian delegation has met ...

Cholera cases in Lusaka have increased from 11 cases recorded yesterday to 17 as at today, MONDAY, 9th October. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Kennedy Malama says the 17 cases recorded include both confirmed and unconfirmed cases. Dr Malama says from the total seventeen cases, two are under treatment at Kanyama cholera treatment center while four are undergoing treatment ...

Finance Minister Felix Mutati says government is engaging cooperating partners to solicit support in elevating debt management. Mr Mutati said this when he addressed journalists in Lusaka after a meeting with cooperating partners led by outgoing US Ambassador to Zambia Eric Shultz. He explains that he met with cooperating partners to review the performance of the Zambian economy, as well ...