Patriotic Front Lusaka Mayoral Candidate, Miles Sampa has promised to transform Lusaka District within 100 days if elected Mayor. Speaking during the PF Interactive Forum in Lusaka where he unveiled his vision, Mr. Sampa said he will ensure that the Lusaka City Council (LCC) sets up a call center as a way of enhancing communication between the council and the ...

The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has penalized all three (3) Mobile Network Operators for failing to adhere to the Quality of Service parameters as outlined in the Quality of Service Guidelines during the fourth quarter of 2017 and first quarter of 2018 respectively. The three Mobile Phone Operators, Airtel Networks Zambia Plc, MTN Zambia Limited and ZAMTEL ...

The three Church mother bodies have called for serious commitment from all stakeholders in the dialogue process. In a communiqué on the national dialogue and reconciliation, the three church mother bodies namely Council of Churches in Zambia, Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia and Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops have also called on the stakeholders to remain focused and avoid political expediency ...

Economist Lubinda Haabazoka has attributed the Kwacha’s inability to appreciate despite a rise in copper prices on the international market to increasing government debt. Dr. Haabazoka says servicing government debt is demanding a huge chunk of foreign exchange from the market. In an interview with QTV News by telephone, Dr. Haabazoka says with the rising copper prices on the international ...

Supporters of Nigeria’s soccer team described their heartbreak after watching the elimination of the national side from the World Cup on Tuesday following a late Argentina goal. The game determined who progressed from Group D to the knockout stage and dictated whether or not Argentina forward Lionel Messi – considered by some soccer fans to be the world’s best player ...

Argentina and Lionel Messi scraped into the knockout stages of the World Cup by the skin of their teeth on Tuesday after an 86th minute strike from defender Marcos Rojo gave them a barely deserved 2-1 win over Nigeria, eliminating the African side. The twice World Cup champions will face France in the last 16 while Croatia, who advance as ...

Seventeen US states have sued the Trump administration over its “cruel and unlawful” break-up of migrant families. Democratic attorneys general from states including Washington, New York and California launched the lawsuit. The legal action objects to the policy of refusing entry to asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border. Meanwhile, a California judge has ruled that all families of undocumented immigrants ...

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said he suspects a group linked to the former first lady was behind an attempt on his life. Two people died and more than 40 were injured in an explosion near Mr Mnangagwa at a rally in Bulawayo. Mr Mnangagwa told the BBC’s Fergal Keane that he suspected the G40 group, which supported Grace ...

People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) President, Andyford Banda says revelations by the World Bank that 75 percent of the Zambian Cabinet decisions are never implemented is concerning. In its “Zambia Systematic Country Diagnosis” report of March 2018, the World Bank has noted that weak capacity to manage public expenditure and implement policy programs is undermining service delivery effectiveness. Mr. Banda ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says there is need for the nation to come up with strategic policies that will help in reducing the high poverty levels. CSPR Executive Director, Patrick Nshindano says Zambia’s staggering poverty levels are worrying. Mr. Nshindano told Q News that in as much as the government has come up with social programmes such ...