North Korea has said it will send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, taking place in South Korea in February, says Seoul. The breakthrough announcement came as the countries met for their first high-level talks in more than two years. The delegation will include athletes, officials and a cheer squad. South Korea also proposed holding family reunions during ...

Government has been urged to move in quickly and sensitive rural communities on how they can prevent themselves from getting Cholera. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani feels that rural people may not have information on how they can prevent cholera as compared to urban dwellers and thus the need to sensitize them effectively. Mr. Mapani says ...

Peoples Alliance for Change (PAC) President Andyford Banda has called for more funding to sanitation and water development sector. Mr. Banda says this sector has been underfunded for a long time resulting in many health challenges. He says this is a key sector that needs serious attention like the Ministry of Health with a view to promoting health services for ...

Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) Board Chairperson Bishop David Masupa says it is a shame to call for outsiders to come and engage politicians in a political dialogue. Bishop Masupa says Zambia doesn’t need Commonwealth to resolve the political wrangles in the country. He says political parties can resolve their political tension without involving an outsider. And Bishop Masupa says ...

Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba has cautioned individuals abusing social media of stern action. Engineer Mushimba says ZICTA has the capacity to monitor what people are doing on social media and that one by one they will be cramped down and prosecuted. He says social media is a good platform and that people should stop abusing it. Engineer Mushimba ...

Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya has disclosed that government has so far captured 846, 000 farmers under the e-voucher system out of the targeted one million farmers. Addressing journalists in Lusaka, Ms Siliya states that this represents an 84 percent catch rate. Ms Siliya says these farmers have already paid their K400 contributions so that they can start accessing the farming ...

Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) President Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu has expressed concern over the increasing incidence of corruption, and embezzlement of public funds in the country. Archbishop Mpundu has noted that corruption has become a troubling national issue. He is worried that corruption has become so pervasive in the country, with no solutions in sight. Speaking during a joint press ...

Two Cholera Patients in Siavonga District of Southern Province last evening escaped from the hospital where they were receiving treatment. And Siavonga District Commissioner Lovemore Kanyama has confirmed the development to QTV News via telephone that the two patients were later apprehended by Siavonga police last night at around 23hrs. Mr. Kanyama says this happened in full view of Siavonga ...

Local Government Minister Vincent Mwale has clarified that churches have only been banned from congregating but that people are free to pray from their homes or anywhere else they feel comfortable as individuals. And Mr. Mwale says bars have been allowed to operate from 11:00 to 19:00 just to keep the wheels of the economy running as government intensify the ...

President Edgar Lungu has appointed Nkana PF Member of Parliament Alexander Chiteme as Minister of National Planning Development. President Lungu has also appointed Kwacha PF Member of Parliament Joseph Malanji as Minister of Foreign Affairs. President Lungu on December 27th, 2017 fired Minister of National Development Planning Lucky Mulusa. President Lungu also revoked the nomination of Mr. Mulusa as a ...