Finance Minister Felix Mutati says government will this year begin preparations for the implementation of the E-voucher early to avoid encountering the same challenges that were faced last year. Mr Mutati says government will ensure funding for the programme is secured early to ensure effective implementation. He says government has drawn several lessons from the migration process from conventional FISP ...

Economic and Equity Party (EEP) President Chilufya Tayali has called upon President Edgar Lungu to break down the cartels he says have been created in the judicial system and give back power to the chief justice to handle the judicial system. Mr. Tayali says chief justice is currently powerless because some judges who feel they are closer to the president ...

Barclays bank PLC has awarded its employees a 9 percent salary increment across the board effective April 2018. The increment follows successful and concluded negotiations between the bank and the Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers on increased salaries and improved conditions for workers for 2018. Speaking during the signing of the agreement, Barclays bank PLC Managing Director ...

The opposition National Restoration Party (NAREP) has called on President Edgar Lungu to stop members of defence forces deployed on the streets of Lusaka to stop brutalizing people. NAREP Spokesperson Bwalya Nondo tells Q News that people perceive that since the defence forces work under instructions, they were instructed to beat up people. Mr. Nondo says this issue of brutalizing ...

Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary in-charge of Administration Dr Kennedy Malama has assured the nation that the ministry will give an account of all the funds and materials received towards combating the outbreak of Cholera. Dr. Malama says the nation will soon be informed how the donated funds have been applied in controlling the outbreak of the disease. He says ...

Police in Lusaka have launched investigations in the matter in which pictures of two girls believed to be in a same sex relationship have been circulating on social media. Police spokesperson Ester Katongo says according to Section 158 subsection 1 and 2 of the Penal Code, Cap 87 of the Laws of Zambia, it is an offence for people of ...

Mamelodi Sundowns had a special guest in their training session on Monday morning at the club’s base in Chloorkop – sprint legend Usain Bolt. The Jamaican trained with the Brazilians and imparted his knowledge on how to gain maximum speed with the club’s strikers. Bolt was at home with the 2016 African champions. The two sporting institutions, Bolt and Sundowns, ...

Liberia’s President George Weah has called for the removal of a “racist” clause in the constitution which restricts citizenship to black people. The clause was “unnecessary, racist and inappropriate”, the ex-football star said in his first State of the Nation address since being elected president. He also pledged to scrap the law that prohibits foreigners owning land. Liberia was founded ...

Kenyan authorities shut down TV stations to prevent live coverage of a swearing-in event by opposition leader Raila Odinga, who boycotted last year’s disputed presidential election. He declared himself the “people’s president” in front of thousands of his supporters in the capital, Nairobi. The result of the August general election was annulled following allegations of irregularities. Uhuru Kenyatta won a ...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda has disclosed the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) has resolved to do away with the rule of barring students from writing examinations in the event that they failed at the fifth attempt. Mr. Lubinda has told Q-News that the ZIALE Board of Directors recently held a series of meetings where resolutions were made in ...