Patriotic Front (PF) Matero ward 28 councilor Aggie Chinyanta has embarked on youth empowerment programs to supplement government’s efforts in job creation. Ms. Chinyanta notes that while government has been striving to create job opportunities for the youth, such efforts might not be enough if young people do not engage in activities which will keep them busy. She tells Q-News ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has challenged President Edgar Lungu to set-up a commission of inquiry headed by the Chief Justice to follow the financial trail in procurement of 42 fire tenders to understand beneficiaries of the US$42 million. YALI president Andrew Nthewewe tells Q-News that it is quite obvious that the claimed purchase price of US$1 million per ...

A general strike threatens to bring large areas of Catalonia to a standstill, following the Spanish region’s disputed referendum. The strike was called by Catalan trade unions and associations due to “the grave violation of rights and freedoms” seen during Sunday’s ballot. Madrid had deemed the referendum illegal. However, more than 2.2m people reportedly voted in spite of this. But ...

Zambia will host the 2017 COSAFA under-20 youth championship. FAZ Communications Manager Desmond Katongo has disclosed that the decision was arrived at after last Saturday’s FAZ Executive Committee Meeting held in Lusaka. Katongo says FAZ has since written to COSAFA to confirm the exact dates of the tournament that is usually held in December every year. Zambia are the reigning ...

Government hcallas ed for increased private sector participation in addressing the housing deficit in the country which stands at over 1.5 million. And government through the National Housing Authority (NHA) has today signed a memorandum of understanding with Zhongmei of China dubbed “RENT-to-own housing scheme” targeting civil servants which will see the construction of 10, 000 housing units. Speaking during ...

At least 58 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert. A gunman, named as 64-year-old Nevada resident Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards an open-air music festival attended by 22,000. He killed himself as police stormed the room where 10 guns were found. ...

THE Non-Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has charged that it is insensitive and irresponsible for the state to seek to intimidate citizens by arrests for demanding answers on the procurement of 42 fire trucks at a total cost o US$42 million. In a statement, NGOCC board Chairperson Sara Longwe says the Council condemns in the strongest terms the arrest last ...

Futsal and Sports Complex Limited has signed a 5-year contract with Barcelona football club of Spain for the setting up of a Football academy in Zambia that will be called FCBEscola Lusaka. In a jointly signed statement, Futsal and Sports Complex Limited Directors Ahmad Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmad say the academy will be the first FC Barcelona academy in the Southern ...

A consortium of civil society organizations has called on law enforcement agencies to investigate the nationality of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment Holding (ZCCM-IH) Chief Executive Officer Pius Kasolo. This comes amid allegations that Mr. Kasolo is not Zambian and obtained South African Citizenship, contravening Section 52 CAP 2, as read with Section 56 of the Immigration and Deportation Act ...

The Central Statistical Office (CSO) says it will next month conduct a nationwide livestock census. CSO Deputy Director Goodson Sinyenga says the purpose of the livestock census is to provide a benchmark upon which future surveys in the livestock sub-sector will be based. Mr. Sinyenga says this will also form a basis for planning, policy formulation, as well as policy ...