Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he would “not be sitting here today” without the “great care” of hospital staff after his surgery for a brain haemorrhage in May. Ferguson, 76, has spoken publicly for the first time since going home from hospital in a video on social media. The Scot also thanked well wishers “for the support ...

South Sudan’s 400 MPs have received a government loan of $40,000 (£30,300) each to buy cars for themselves, causing public anger. A presidential spokesman defended the $16m expenditure, saying MPs could not be expected to “use motorbikes”. Critics have accused the government of rewarding MPs two weeks after they voted to extend President Salva Kiir’s term to 2021. The government ...

Development activist, Canisius Banda has observed that Zambia is not so far off in attaining a democratic dispensation that is free of political violence. Dr. Banda says all that Zambians need to do as they participate in politics is to always remember that they are one family regardless of political affiliation. In an interview with QTV News, Dr. Banda who ...

Economist Lubinda Habaazoka has proposed that the best way to service Zambia’s Eurobond debt is through the creation of a stabilization fund. Dr. Habaazoka says it is this fund that can also help cushion the Country when copper prices are low on the international market besides helping in paying debts and save for future generations. In an interview with QTV ...

Governance, Elections, Advocacy and Research Services (GEARS) Initiative Zambia has noted the need for the nation to undertake law reforms that will allow Zambians living in the diaspora to take part in elections following the introduction of the duo citizenship clause. GEARS Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi tells QTV News that it is quite expensive for Zambians to travel back home ...

The ruling PF has won the Lusaka Mayoral by-election with a landslide. PF candidate Miles Sampa has polled 81, 936 votes to beat his closest rival of the opposition UPND who has 36, 753 votes. Opposition PAC candidate Mundia Mukubesa is in the third position with 7, 741 votes while NDC’s Saboi Imboela is in the fourth position with 2645 ...

Voting is underway in the Lusaka’s mayoral by-election which has been characterized by a low voter turnout. Voting is also taking place in Chilanga and six newly created districts namely Chasefu,Chipangali,Kasenengwa,Lumezi and Chifunabuli where people are voting for the council chairpersons. And President Edgar Lungu has described as pathetic the low voter turnout in Lusaka. Speaking after casting his vote ...

Polls have opened in the Lusaka mayoral and other local government by-elections taking place around the country. The Lusaka mayoral by-election is being contested by nine candidates. These are People‘s Alliance for Change’s Mundia Mukubesa,NDC’s Saboi Imboela, UPND’s Kangwa Chileshe, PF’s Miles Sampa, Republican Progressive People’s Leslie Chikuse,UPP’s Saviour Chishimba, and UNIP’s Alfred Banda. Others are Madalitso Musukwa of UPPZ ...

Serena Williams says she is a victim of “discrimination” as she is the most drug tested American tennis player. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion made the claim in a tweet on Tuesday, after doping officials visited her. The American had previously expressed frustration about the volume of her tests earlier this month. “Out of all the players it’s been ...

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Jean Kapata has directed the Director of Forestry to ensure the decentralized forest and other natural resources management program which was being undertaken by the governments of Zambia and Finland from 2015 to 2017 is sustained. Speaking during the close of the decentralization forest and other natural resources management program, Ms. Kapata has noted ...