The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has demanded that Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya becomes more responsive to the cries of the farmers in the country. UPND Secretary General Steven Katuka says it is regrettable that farmers have suffered a lot under President Edgar Lungu’s leadership. He says this is clear indication that President Edgar Lungu does not mean well ...

The ruling PF has called on the Ministry of Agriculture to speed up registering the affected farmers under the e-voucher system across the country. The ruling party says this clarion call is in line with the objectives on agriculture of the PF 2016-2021 manifesto which assures food security and a rewarding environment for hardworking farmers. PF Media Director Sunday Chanda ...

Government Accountant General Dr. Dick Sichembe says the Ministry of Finance will no longer make Treasury Single Account payments to suppliers of goods and services who turn-up with manually generated purchase orders. Dr. Sichembe states that with effect from January 2018, manually generated Local Purchase Orders that are handwritten – will not be entertained for Treasury Single Account payments at ...

President Edgar Lungu has fired National Planning and Development Minister Lucky Mulusa with immediate effect. The Head of State has also revoked his nomination as Member of Parliament with immediate effect. The President has not indicated the reasons why Mr. Mulusa has been fired. This is contained in a brief statement issued to QTV News by Special Assistant to the ...

A Tokyo-bound flight carrying the model Chrissy Teigen and her musician husband John Legend turned back to LA after someone reportedly boarded in error. According to Ms Teigen, the passenger boarded at LAX airport with a ticket for a different airline, although this was not confirmed by authorities. The plane turned back four hours into the flight, over the Pacific ...

A family of 5 from Kapesa village in Mungule area has been admitted to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) after consuming Munkoyo. UTH Public Relations Officer Natalie Mashikolo says among them four are children 1 female aged 3 years, 3 males aged 2 years, 6 years and 8 years and one pregnant woman. She tells QTV News that unfortunately the ...

Chief Lundu of the Senge speaking people of Chama District in Muchinga Province has queried that the current extremely slow pace of e-voucher registration has frustrated the farmers who have either not planted due to lack of seed or will have their crops destroyed due to lack of fertilizer. The Traditional Leader has also commended the Patriotic Front government for ...

A thirty three year old man of Kanyama was last evening murdered by criminals when they attacked a Rwandese national in his shop. The criminals also went away with undisclosed amounts of money when they attacked the owner of the shop. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo tells QTV News that police in Kanyama received a report of Aggravated Robbery and Murder ...

President Edgar Lungu has made the following changes at Permanent Secretary level with immediate effect: The President has transferred Permanent Secretary for Copperbelt Province Mr Elias Kamanga to Northern Province taking over from Dr. Jobbicks Kalumba who moves to Muchinga Province in the same capacity. Muchinga Province Permanent Secretary Mr Bright Nundwe moves to the Copperbelt Province in the same ...

Mental Health Foundation of Zambia President Portipher Gwai says stigma is the biggest obstacle to recovery, treatment and societal acceptance for people living with mental illness. Mr. Gwai says there is need to fight stigma as it interferes with people getting treatment. He has told Q-News that public stigma may also influence the beliefs and behaviors of those closes to ...