Economic and Equity party president Chilufya Tayali has staged a lone protest in Lusaka calling for the reopening of the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University. Mr Tayali who was clad in a green work suit used a megaphone to call for the reopening of the two institutions during his protest which started from East Park shopping mall to the ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says striking the right balance between debt contraction and investment is one of the most critical economic challenges facing African countries including Zambia. Speaking in Lusaka during the Africa Fiscal Forum under the theme “Fiscal Policy in an Evolving World”, IMF African Department deputy Director, Roger Nord has also observed that debt levels in many ...

Government says it has commenced discussions on a nuclear energy development programme that will result in generation of about two Giga Watts of electricity. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary for International Relations and Cooperation, Chalwe Lombe says the programme will take approximately 15 years. Speaking when he held talks with Toshiba General Manager for Government and External Relations, Yoshita ...

“I’ve made a decision tonight that this is going to be the last show,” said Elton John, announcing his retirement from touring. That wasn’t him announcing his farewell tour a couple of weeks ago – that was in 1977. Farewell doesn’t always mean goodbye, as fans who have been to “farewell” gigs by rock and pop legends over the years, ...

North Korea is set to hold its 70th anniversary military parade, a day ahead of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. The annual parade, marking the founding of its army, is usually held in April but was moved to 8 February this year. Ahead of the parade, Korean Central Television is showing video archive of previous leaders, the local landscape ...

US budget hawks have labelled a plan to hike defence and domestic spending by hundreds of billions of dollars as a debt-ballooning “monstrosity”. In a rare show of bipartisanship, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic counterpart Chuck Schumer agreed the two-year pact. The bill is expected to clear the Senate comfortably, but face opposition in the House of Representatives. ...

Livestock and Fisheries Minister Michael Katambo says a task force from Saudi Arabia is expected in the country to inspect quarantine facilities in the provinces before commencing the importation of goats from Zambia. Mr. Katambo is hopeful that negotiations will be concluded so that the export of goats to Saudi Arabia and the Middle East can commence. He adds that ...

Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo has disclosed that government will construct a 300 megawatts thermo power plant in Chipata District at a cost of US$900 million under phase one. Mr. Kasolo says phase two of the project will also see the putting up of another power plant with a capacity to generate an additional 300 megawatts. Mr. Kasolo has ...

The National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) says it is financing over 400 routine maintenance contracts across the country using the money collected from toll FEES. And the agency is hopeful that it will collect over K845 million from toll fees this year alone. NRFA Spokesperson Alphonsius Hamachila tells Q News via telephone that the K667 million collected in toll fees ...

Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya has described the e-voucher system of distributing farming inputs as a success. Ms Siliya says only 100,000 farmers across the country are yet to have their e-voucher cards loaded with money. She says of the targeted one million farmers, about 719, 000 responded by paying the contribution of K400 and were able to access the farming ...