Police in Siavonga District have arrested a 60-year old man for the murder of his 58-year old wife using a pounding stick. The suspect has been identified as Bernard Hamwiinga of Hakabija village in Chief Sinadambwe’s Chiefdom in Siavonga District who murdered his wife identified as Maggie Mafuta of the same village. Confirming the developmentto q-news, Siavonga District Commissioner, Lovemore ...

Former world number one Serena Williams says she is at the start of a “long comeback” after losing 6-3 2-6 6-3 to Czech Petra Kvitova in Cincinnati. The second-round loss comes on the back of her heaviest career defeat, a 6-1 6-0 loss to Britain’s Johanna Konta in the Silicon Valley Classic first round. “I’m still at the very beginning,” ...

Madonna turns 60 on Thursday. To celebrate, we’re taking a look back at her 35 years in the industry. Since Madonna’s eponymous debut album hit the shelves in 1983, she’s performed on 10 concert tours and sold more than 300 million records. This has earned her a spot in the Guinness World Records as the best-selling female recording artist of ...

Grief in Italy for the 39 victims of a collapsed motorway bridge in Genoa has been mixed with anger that such a vital structure could have simply given way. Rescuers say there is little hope for more survivors underneath the Morandi bridge, where almost 40 vehicles fell 45m (148ft) in Tuesday’s collapse. The cause is not yet known but there ...

Vice President, Inonge Wina has reiterated Zambia’s commitment to the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies not only in the SADC region, but Africa as a whole. And Ms. Wina has noted that Public Servants are key in spearheading the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies through the formulation of sound policies, adopting global and continental goals in addressing the ...

Zambia and Angola have formally waived-off the VISA requirement for citizens traveling between the two countries. This is a culmination of the signing of two VISA exemption agreements during a state visit to Zambia in May by Angolan president Joao Lourenco. The two agreements, one for diplomatic and official passport holders and another for ordinary passport holders, could however not ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to ensure Zambia’s unitary state status remains intact. Development Activist, Canisius Banda is urging President Lungu not to allow any province or region secede from the rest of the Country. Dr. Banda is of the view that regardless of any agreements that were signed in the past, Zambia must remain a unitary state. ...

Community Development and Social Welfare Minister, Emerine Kabanshi has disclosed that more than 700 NGO’s have been registered under the contentious NGO Act of 2009. And Ms. Kabanshi has revealed that a new NGO has come from the United States that will help with the software to capture vulnerable children in Zambia. She SAYS the NGO will start with the ...

The National Restoration party (NAREP) has described the recent decision by the PF Government to deny political asylum to Zimbabwe’s MDC Alliance senior member Tendai Biti as an error and a violation of international obligation. NAREP spokesperson Bwalya Nondo tells Q-news that government’s decision has dented the country’s image considering that Zambia is known to be a peaceful country that ...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda says the Draft National Legal Policy has been finalised and is at Cabinet office for consideration. Mr. Lubinda says the policy aims at providing accessible and quality legal aid to the indigent and vulnerable groups in civil and criminal matters throughout the country. Speaking during the handover of laptops and reference materials to the Legal Aid ...