Mulobezi Member of Parliament Alfred Mandumbwa says agro-dealers in his constituency have started receiving farming inputs. Mr. Mandumbwa however complains that farmers have not yet started receiving inputs because their e-voucher cards have not yet been activated. He laments that this is when the district commissioner in the area has started ferrying farmers to go and collect their cards. He ...

Stakeholders have condemned the shooting of six Zambians by a Chinese-owned Ebenezer tubombeshe mine. Governance activist Leslie Chikuse has called on the Zambia police service to act in apprehending the perpetrators of this violent and mindless crime. Mr. Chikuse is demanding that the police do everything in their power to arrest those responsible for this outrage and bring them to ...

The party of national unity (PNU) says it will take approximately 3 to 4 years for Zambia’s agriculture sector to recover from the shocks that the PF Administration has caused on the sector. Party Secretary General Kasote Singogo tells Q news that government has thus far mishandled the entire agriculture sector. He says this is due to the incompetence in ...

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 ...