The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is to attend the Winter Olympic Games which open in Pyeongchang in the South on Friday, ministers in Seoul say. Kim Yo-jong, a senior Workers’ Party official promoted to the politburo last year, will be the first immediate Kim family member to cross the border. Both Koreas will march under one ...

Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have reached an agreement on a coalition government with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives (CDU/CSU). A deal on the division of the key ministries was seen as the last major hurdle towards forming a coalition. The agreement looks set to end more than four months of wrangling since inconclusive elections in September. Negotiators have been in ...

Secretary to the Cabinet Rowland Msiska says government is walking the talk in the fight against corruption. Dr. Msiska says government is doing this by institutionalizing the fight against corruption through the formation of integrity committees in both public and private sector institutions. Speaking in Lusaka when he officially opened a workshop on the establishment of the construction sector Anti- ...

Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba has disclosed that Zambia recorded a total of 30, 163 road accidents in which 1,989 lives were lost in 2017. Speaking during the official launch of the Road Safety Management System at RTSA Mimosa in Chilanga, Mr Mushimba says six lives are lost on Zambian roads daily, while 20 people are seriously injured with ...

President Edgar Lungu has taken a swipe at law enforcement agencies for their slow pace in investigating and prosecuting individuals cited in the Auditor General’s report. The Head of State is also hoping that the courts of law will expedite the process of hearing cases relating to misuse of public funds to deter would be offenders. Speaking in Lusaka during ...

Christians against Poverty in Zambia (CAPIZ) Founder Evangelist Gregory Chileshe has called for the assessment of all the elected officials. Evangelist Chileshe says it is time to assess each councilor, mayor or council chair person including the provincial ministers and other appointed officials. Evangelist Chileshe says there is no need for people to start waiting for 2021 in order for ...

The Opposition Movement for National Transformation says the country is in need of transformative leadership that can address corruption and other challenges. Party President Daniel Shimunza says Zambia is in a wrong path also claiming that the current happenings are clear indications that those at the helm of political leadership have no vision to unite the country. Mr. Shimunza tells ...

The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) says the successful operation on the Siamese twins by surgeons at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) last week is an indication that the country has competent doctors. HPCZ public relations officer Terry Musonda says the council is proud of all the surgeons who took part in conducting the operation on the conjoined twins ...

The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has been called upon to ensure that all maize storage facilities across the country are improved so that no maize will be wasted. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani tells QTV News that this is because the nation will not harvest enough maize during this farming season due to the dry spells ...

Southern African Centre for Constructive Resolution and Disputes (SACCORD) Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says the national dialogue has delayed to take off because of the Cholera outbreak. Mr. Cheembe says his organization has taken note of complaints coming from various stakeholders saying the process will soon resume when all is well. He says the process was suppose to start last ...