The Center for Trade Policy Development (CTPD) says the move by government to reestablish Zambia Airways is a wrong one given the current economic position the country is in. The center says the move is a bad investment decision, further describing it as a blunder in the making than a blessing. Addressing journalists in Lusaka, CTPD Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo ...

Zambia is among the least transparent countries in relation to national budget implementation, according to the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2017 conducted by the International Budget Partnership. This is based on the information assessed between July 2015 and December 2016. Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) Executive Director Fr. Emmanuel Mumba is worried that after recording a 38 percent rate ...

Jose Mourinho has revealed Juan Mata’s contract at Manchester United has been extended for another year. Spain midfielder Mata was in the last six months of the deal he signed when he joined the club from Chelsea in 2014, but United had the option of keeping him for an extra season and have triggered that agreement. The 29-year-old is now ...

A female traveller was recently banned from taking a large “emotional-support peacock” on board a United Airlines flight, it has emerged. She had offered to buy the bird its own plane ticket, according to travel blog Live and Let Fly. Nonetheless the airline refused to let the bird board at Newark airport in New Jersey, saying it did not meet ...

US actor Mark Salling, known for his role in the TV series Glee, has been found dead near his Los Angeles home, his lawyer confirmed to the BBC. US media reports suggest he may have taken his own life. The 35-year-old was expected to get between four and seven years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child sex abuse ...

A bullish US President Donald Trump has proclaimed a “new American moment” as he delivered his maiden State of the Union speech to Congress. In a primetime address, the Republican leader said he is “extending an open hand” to Democrats to work together. Mr Trump also said he was ordering Guantanamo Bay to be kept open, reversing an Obama-era directive ...

The Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) has encouraged teachers to step up efforts by ensuring that they finish this year’s syllabus following the delayed opening of schools. PROTUZ General Secretary Kangwa Musenga tells QTV News that there is no doubt that the delay in reopening of schools will greatly affect the completion of the syllabus. He has implored teachers ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary General Mwenya Musenge says government will be held responsible if anything was to happen to the party consultant Chishimba Kambwili. Mr. Musenge says the party is concerned with the manner Mr. Kambwili is being treated. He has also described as dictatorial the barring by Police of NDC members from attending Mr. Kambwili’s court case. Mr. ...

Political Scientist Zumani Zimba has charged that President Edgar Lungu has succeeded in skillfully fooling Zambians and politically betraying the masses on the crucial tenet of democracy and good governance called corruption. Mr. Zimba says President Lungu’s continued smile at corruption is against a background where poverty levels in the country remain unacceptably high, with more than 54.4% of Zambians ...

People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda has called for the immediate removal of military personnel from the central business district deployed to clean up the area following the outbreak of cholera. Mr. Banda says he’s disgusted by the ill treatment of citizens by the soldiers who have been deployed in town. He says it is regrettable that the ...