Sesheke, Mwandi and Namwala districts in Western and Southern provinces respectively have become the latest districts to be connected to the Top Star Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) signal. Speaking during the launch of the Digital Terrestrial Television transmission in Mongu, Western province Minister Richard Kapita says government is committed to ensuring all citizens have equal access to basic services and ...

Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Administration Dr Kennedy Malama is confident that works to upgrade to upgrade Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital in Lusaka at a cost of US$48 million will be completed on schedule. Last year in June 2017, the President Edgar Lungu upgraded Levy Mwanawasa Hospital into Levy Teaching Hospital. The project is expected to be completed by September ...

The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) has noted with concern that Cotton Ginners are offering low prices this marketing season compared to last year. In a statement, ZNFU president Jervis Zimba says it has come to the attention of the union that some Ginners are offering very poor prices, some as low as K3 per kg with only one cotton ...

The opposition UPND has condemned the Zambia Police Service and the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) for the manner in which they conducted the just ended local government by-elections. Party Secretary General Steven Katuka has accused the two institutions of allowing Patriotic Front members to disfranchise the electorate by way of nodding the violence they allegedly perpetrated. Mr. Katuka says ...

Zambia is currently losing over 35 million Kwacha in revenue on a daily basis at Kazungula border, the Zambia Revenue Authority has disclosed. ZRA Kazungula border station manager Rodger Kaonga says this follows the breakdown of the two pontoons at the border, thereby affecting revenue collection from trucks entering or leaving the country into neighboring Botswana. Our staffer Alfred Mwansa ...

Five people have died on the spot while five others are nursing serious injuries after the vehicle they were traveling in collided with a Crane along the Chirundu-Kafue road this morning. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo who has confirmed the development to QTV News in a statement says the accident happened at 09:40hours at Kapirigonzi hill. Ms Katongo says two women, ...

Leader of the opposition in Parliament Jack Mwiimbu says UPND Members of Parliament will not support the Constitution amendment bill when it is tabled before Parliament. Mr. Mwiimbu has told journalists in Lusaka that if the PF Government wants the support of UPND Members of Parliament, they should first commit to addressing all governance conflicts through dialogue before tabling the ...

Mines Minister and Minerals Minister Richard Musukwa has announced that the suspension of issuance, renewal and transfer of mining rights and non-mining rights in five districts will be lifted on 2nd May, 2018. In November Last year, the then Mines Minister Christopher Yaluma suspended mining licenses in Nyimba, Vubwi, Petauke, Rufunsa and Luano districts in order to curb illegal Gold mining. Mr. ...

The Civil Society Poverty Observatory Group has challenged the government to tell the nation the exact accumulated total of the Chinese debt. Speaking during a Civil Society State of the Economy media breakfast in Lusaka, Center for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) Head of Programs and Research Brian Mwiinga whose organization is a member of the observatory group notes that ...

The Football Association have received an offer to buy iconic Wembley stadium in a shock move that increases the chances of an NFL team taking up permanent residence in London. Shahid Khan, who owns Championship club Fulham and the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, is behind the £500 million ($698 million) bid to buy the national stadium and he hopes to complete ...