Gunmen in South Africa have killed 11 taxi drivers in an ambush, police say. The men from Gauteng province were travelling to Johannesburg on Saturday night when their minibus was fired at. The dead men, and four more who were critically injured, were returning from a colleague’s funeral in the coastal region of Kwa-Zulu Natal, police said. The motive is ...

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has been called upon to ensure that police officers more especially those assigned to man political activities are dressed in full police uniform. Senior Citizen Dante Saunders is calling on the Police Chief to ensure that police officers are dressed accordingly. Mr. Saunders has noted with concern that there are pictures circulating on social ...

The Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) says now that the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has announced the maize prices, the millers will go in full force to purchase the crops. MAZ Chairman Andrew Chintala tells QTV News via telephone that the millers are already on the market buying the maize but that some farmers were hesitant to sell their produce ...

The Ruling Patriotic Front says the calls by Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) Leader Sean Tembo that PF should disclose the source of funding for their campaigns are misplaced. PF Media Director Sunday Chanda says the Patriotic Front has no time to start justifying how it is mobilizing funds for the campaigns. Mr. Chanda has since challenged Mr. Tembo to ...

United, Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) Spokesperson Francis Kope has charged that the PF Government has accrued more debt than any other past administrations. Mr. Kope is concerned that Zambia’s foreign and domestic debt will continue to undermine the country’s credit worthiness and compromise its ability to secure new funding. He has told Q-news in an interview that while debt ...

Zambia Religious Council (ZRC) Executive Director Howard Banda has advised political parties to educate their cadres against engaging in violence. Mr. Banda says Zambia needs peace and it should not be deliberately spoiled for the sake of an election. He has told Q-news that it is an assault to the Christian declaration when political parties engage in political violence. Mr. ...

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) finds the K65 per 50kg Market price offered by the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) absurd and horrendously low. And the union says it did not meet the FRA to discuss maize prices after last years’ efforts yielded a blank because FRA told the Union it was Government that set the K60/50KG with no consultation ...

Israel says it has carried out an evacuation of members of Syria’s White Helmets civil defence group from a war zone in south-western Syria. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they had acted on a request from the US and European nations. Some 800 people were evacuated to Jordan via the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights overnight, Israeli media say. The White ...

Economic and Equity Party (EEP) Secretary General Winfred Silumbwe says the bringing together of PF and UPND to discuss and  sign violence free commitment document is an exercises in futility as it does not in any way address the root cause of political violence. Mr. Silumbwe says her party is highly doubtful that the violence free agreement signed by the ...

The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has boasted that cases of crop wastage in the country have drastically reduced due to the additional storage facilities that have been put up across the country. FRA Chief Executive Officer Chola Kafwabulula says the industry allows crop wastage of about 4 to 5 percent per season but that the FRA has beaten the standards ...