Born Short Living Tall (BSLT) Executive Director Ntalasha Chisha has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to appoint a commission to facilitate for the integration of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) into a comprehensive national action plan. Mr. Chisha says the commission can be chaired by the minister of national planning who can be tasked with forming inter-ministerial committees and task ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission in Chirundu has arrested the deputy council secretary for corrupt practices. Acc public relations manager Timothy Moono says Derick Chongo, aged 53 of Mulolo compound, Chirundu was arrested and charged with one count of conflict of interest contrary to section 28(2) of the anti- corruption act no. 3 of 2012 0f the laws of Zambia. Particulars of ...

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has announced an increase in fuel prices effective midnight tonight. Announcing the increase, ERB board chairman Raymond Mpundu says the new petrol price will be k16.06 per liter from k13.75,diesel will now cost k14.65 per liter from k12.01 with kerosene increasing to k11.34 per liter from k8.85 while low sulphur gas will now cost k16.94 ...

Police in Las Vegas have reopened a sexual assault investigation from 2009 at the request of a woman who has alleged she was raped by Cristiano Ronaldo. Kathryn Mayorga says she was attacked by the Portuguese footballer in a hotel room in the US city that year. Juventus forward Ronaldo, 33, has dismissed the claim, first reported in Germany’s Der ...

About 7,860 people are expected to benefit from the Kataba electrification project in Nalolo District of western province. Under this project which is being implemented by Northlands Equipment, the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) will supply power to five schools and one village. The project whose completion is scheduled for 3rd December 2018 is costing over US$8 million and will see ...

Police in Livingstone have formally arrested and charged two Chinese nationals and nine Zambians with various offences under the state and security Act,penal code and firearms Act respectively. Southern province Commissioner of Police Bonny Kapeso says this means that Niu Zhichuan 37,owner of Warm Harbour hotel in Livingstone,Xu Hvibo 31, and Senethinian Mudenda 36, Director of Alert Security Company,all of ...

Government says it will pay all outstanding Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds to mining companies before the Sales Tax comes into force on 1st April, 2019. Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe says all firms that owe and will owe government will also have to pay their tax dues during the transition period of the Sales Tax. Speaking during the Ernst ...

Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has disclosed that malaria related deaths reduced by 50 percent in all ages between 2016 and 2017. Dr. Chilufya says despite the country recording a reduction in the number of malaria deaths over the years, there are still more interventions that need to be put in place to completely eradicate malaria by 2021. He says government ...

Kanye West was supposed to release his ninth album, Yandhi, on Saturday. Three days later, he’s appeared on Saturday Night Live and called for the abolition of the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, which ended slavery – but the album has yet to materialise. Speaking to TMZ, the star explained he “didn’t finish” the album in time; and would ...

Public Private Drivers Association of Zambia (PPDAZ) President Josiah Majuru has encouraged bus drivers to seriously consider putting God first in their operations and always ensure they start their journey with prayer. Mr. Majuru tells Q-news that some of the fatal road traffic accidents that have been recorded in the country have some evil forces behind them. He says it ...