The annual inflation rate for March 2018 has increased to 7.1% from 6.1% recorded in February. This means that on average, prices of goods and services increased by 7.1 percent between March 2017 and March 2017. Central Statistical Office (CSO) Acting Director Goodson Sinyenga has attributed this increase in inflation rate to price movements in both food and non food ...

The Lusaka Magistrates Court has issued a subpoena Duces Tecum in respect to the Deputy Director General in the immigration department. The Deputy Immigration Chief is scheduled to appear before Magistrate Mwaka Mikalike at 14:00 hours today. According to the notice, the court is demanding for an explanation from the immigration department on why they did not submit the passport ...

Manchester United’s decision to establish their first professional women’s team will boost the female game across Europe, Uefa’s head of marketing activities and sponsorship said on Wednesday. The highest revenue-generating soccer club in the world, according to financial services firm Deloitte, United last week announced that they had applied to enter the second tier of the Women’s Super League. The ...

Mohamed Salah heads into Matchweek 32’s opener at Crystal Palace on course to beat the Premier League record for the most goals in a 38-match season. The Liverpool winger’s 28 goals this campaign have him only three short of the 31 scored by three players: Alan Shearer (1995/96), Cristiano Ronaldo (2007/08) and Luis Suarez (2013/14). Indeed, if Salah were to ...

Ken Simons has had his hands on Picasso paintings, moved Tracey Emin’s bed and manoeuvred an Antony Gormley sculpture though a third-floor window. For him, a famous painting or sculpture isn’t just a precious creation to be admired – it’s a practical puzzle. Will it fit through the door? How can it be carried? Which trolley is best to wheel ...

Rioting and a fire at a police station in the the Venezuelan city of Valencia, in Carabobo State, have left 68 people dead, government officials say. Chief State Prosecutor Tarek Saab said an investigation into what had happened would begin immediately. The blaze reportedly started after prisoners set fire to mattresses in an attempt to break out on Wednesday. Police ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants. Ms Yousafzai, now aged 20 and a vocal human rights activist, was shot in the head by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012. She is expected to hold meetings with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Details of ...

The Southern Africa Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says the postponement to announce the steering committee for the dialogue process could be an indicator that perhaps the environment is not conducive for third party facilitators to proceed with the task. The steering committee was supposed to have been launched on Monday, 26 march 2018 and has now ...

Western Province Permanent Secretary Sibanze Simuchoba says government will soon work on the roads that are in a bad state in the province starting with economic ones. Mr. Simuchoba tells QTV News that the government understands the frustration of the people in the province over the bad state of some roads. He states that people should understand that it is ...

Caritas Zambia has reminded the PF Government that the people of Zambia expect low taxes in line with the PF campaign manifesto. Caritas Zambia Executive Director, Eugene Kabilika says in as much as the nation needs to raise revenue through taxes, higher taxes are a threat to poverty alleviation. Mr. Kabilika recalls that while in the opposition, the PF promised ...