A Rwandese national living in Lusaka’s Makeni Villa last night attempted to commit suicide by stabbing himself with a sharp instrument after he stabbed his wife with a knife. This was after a marital dispute. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo tells QTV News in a statement that the police received a report of unlawful wounding around 23hrs in which a woman ...

The Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has refuted media reports suggesting that there are fake medicines in the country. In the Times of Zambia on Friday 8th December, 2017 there was a story with the title “Zambia on Fake Drugs List”. The story was said to be quoting the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Surveillance and Monitoring System (GSMS) for substandard and falsified ...

A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, leaving at least four children dead and many other people injured. Twenty people were injured and 11 of them were in a critical condition, after the crash on a level crossing between Millas and Saint-Féliu-d’Amont. The bus had picked up pupils, aged between 13 and 17, from ...

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City are being widely hailed as one of the best sides in Premier League history after they set a stunning new record of 15 straight wins. In its 25-year history, the Premier League has boasted a series of outstanding sides including Manchester United’s treble-winners, Arsenal’s “Invincibles” and Jose Mourinho’s powerful Chelsea side in his first stint at ...

Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) President Sean Tembo has observed that the PF Government has this year performed well in stabilization of key monetary policy variables such as inflation and interest rates in which the Bank of Zambia exhibited sound levels of competence. The PeP Leader says there are however other areas where the PF Government has not performed well ...

Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) Chairman Andrew Chintala has expressed concern at the delay in the activation of Electronic Voucher during the 2017-2018 farming season. Mr. Chintala has however proposed that Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya should consider engaging the agro dealers for the farming input and find out what could be the problem considering that the agriculture minister announced that ...

Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Julius Shawa says farmers in some parts of the country have begun receiving the E-voucher cards under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). When reached for a comment on delays to activate the E-voucher, Mr. Shawa said the ministry has started distributing e-voucher cards to farmers who have not yet received. Mr. Shawa who declined ...

Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo has implored the Private Sector to be innovative in promoting quality education in higher learning institutions. In a speech read on her behalf by Director Department of Vocational Education & Training Muzano Simumba during the official launch of Cavendish University Zambia School of Working Adult Programmes (SWAP), Professor Luo says government is filled with ...

Former Commerce, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Miles Sampa has rejoined the ruling Patriotic Front with a pledge to support President Edgar Lungu. The Former Democratic Front (DF) Leader has advised those leaving the ruling party out of frustration to realize that there are worse frustrations outside the ruling party. Mr. Sampa is also advising party members that patience and ...

Suspected Patriotic Front cadres today attacked newly formed National Democratic Congress officials at 5fm radio in Lusaka where they were scheduled to appear on a live program. And NDC Spokesman Erick Chanda fired shots into the air to disperse a horde of cadres that stormed 5FM. 5FM was scheduled to feature NDC Consultant and PF Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba ...