The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Casualty and Emergency Wing which has been closed to the public for over nine months to facilitate renovations will be reopened on Monday next week. This came to light when Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary in-charge of Administration Dr. Kennedy Malama checked on the construction works. Dr. Malama says the government remains committed to ensuring ...

The Zambia Metrology Agency (ZMA) has with immediate effect suspended the packaging, supply and sale of 18.9, 20 and 21.8 Litres of bottled potable water on the market to protect consumers. ZMA Public Relations Officer Mutale Chileshe in a statement says this follows the recent reports of unscrupulous practices by some companies engaged in the production and packaging of bottled ...

Over sixty (60) houses have been washed away in Kaputa District of Northern Province following heavy rains experienced in the district in the last two weeks. Kaputa Member of Parliament Maxas Ng’onga who has confirmed the development to QTV News has since appealed to the Government through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) to come to the aid of ...

Works and Supply Minister, Felix Mutati has called on all public service workers to refrain from abusing Government vehicles or risk facing punitive action. Mr. Mutati says in order for Government to effectively deliver on its promises for a better Zambia, it relies on its fleet of vehicles for an efficient transport system that should be operated in a cost ...

The Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) has urged the Government to resume negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a possible financial support package, saying the country needs the package like yesterday. And the institute has recommended that the Government continues with fiscal consolidation steering Zambia back toward a state of “medium risk of debt distress”. ...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s superb backheel late in the game earned Real Madrid a point in a 1-1 La Liga draw with Athletic Bilbao at the Bernabeu stadium on Wednesday. The Portuguese forward flicked Luka Modric’s low drive into the back of the net in the 87th minute with a deft touch, his 24th league goal of the season cancelling out a ...

US President Donald Trump says that if his planned talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are not fruitful he will “walk out”. At a joint news conference, he and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said maximum pressure must be maintained on North Korea over nuclear disarmament. Mr Abe is at the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida for talks. Earlier, Mr ...

Movement for National Transformation (MNT) President Daniel Shimunza has challenged the government to provide full details on how far it has gone in setting up a sinking fund to refinance the two Eurobonds. He says the rising concern among Zambians is that the two Eurobonds will be maturing soon and yet the government seems not to have a plan of ...

Senior Citizen Dante Saunders has advised President Edgar Lungu to come out and defend himself from those questioning his origins. Mr. Saunders says the President should come out himself instead of allowing PF officials and other sympathizers to speak for him. Mr. Saunders states that the Head of State will lose nothing by proving to those who are questioning his ...

Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) Chairperson Bishop John Mambo has charged that some of the church mother bodies have been compromised. Bishop Mambo says some church mother bodies are failing to take a strong neutral stance on the dialogue process because they are compromised. He says these church mother bodies have been receiving brown envelopes from politicians. Bishop Mambo says ...