The BuyZed Campaign has described as regrettable the imposition of a ban on exports of Zambian honey in South Africa. Founder Evans Ngoma says his organization also finds the ban to be a big setback especially for Zambian exporters who may had orders already on the way to South Africa. Mr. Ngoma says the ban is however a wake-up call ...

Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general who won the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work, has died aged 80, his aides say. He “passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness”, the foundation named after him said on Saturday. Annan was the first black African to take up the role of the world’s top diplomat, serving from 1997 to ...

Political historian Bizeck Jube Phiri has observed that Zambia cannot anymore be separated among ethnical groupings 50 plus years after independence. Professor Phiri has taken note that Zambians have very much transformed in these past years for such a division to ever emerge. In an interview with QTV News Professor Phiri, who is a University lecturer, notes that this is ...

Vice President Inonge Wina is  today among 52 Heads of State attending the 6th Ordinary Congress of the ruling Justice and Development (AKP) party of Turkey. Mrs. Wina is in Turkey for a three day state visit at the invitation of the Turkish Government. And Mrs. Wina  says Zambia and Turkey have a trade volume amounting to 22 million United ...

The Grain Traders Association of Zambia (GTAZ) has projected a rise in the price of maize to K100 per 50Kg bag given the demand of the grain on the market. Executive Director Chambuleni Simwinga says his association has observed that there is slow supply of maize on the Zambian market. Mr. Simwinga has told QTV News via telephone that this ...

Economist Oliver Saasa says he does not see any investments that Zambia has made that will enable it immediately service the US$ 3 billion debt it owes from issued Eurobonds . Professor Saasa has observed that the investments that the Country has made in road infrastructure, for example, may not yield the sort of return that will service the debt ...

President Edgar Lungu has assumed the chairmanship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on politics, Defense and Security. President Lungu took over the mantle yesterday in Windhoek during the 38th Summit of Heads of State and Government from President Joao Lourenco of Angola. He will lead the regional Politics, Defense and Security organ for one year during which the region will ...

The ruling PF has dismissed assertions that it wants to turn Zambia into a one party state. Media Director Sunday Chanda says the ruling PF wants Zambia to remain a multiparty democracy the more reason it prefers to have a vibrant opposition in the Country. In an interview with QTV News, Mr. Chanda says it is therefore not true that ...

Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) Board Chairperson, Bishop John Mambo says the recent deportation of Zimbabwean opposition leader Tendai Biti has dented the country’s image as a Christian nation. Bishop Mambo says the sending back of Mr Biti who was seeking asylum is an embarrassment to the country. He says Zambia as a Christian nation should have hosted Mr. Biti like ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has commended Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja for suspending the four traffic police officers who had mounted a roadblock along Mungwi road where they were getting bribes from traffic offenders TIZ Executive Director, Wesley Chibamba says the suspension of the named officers will act as a deterrent measure to other would be culprits. He has ...