The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has strongly condemned the decision by government to increase fuel prices. In a statement issued to Q-news, ZCTU Secretary General Cosmas Mukuka says the increase in fuel prices will have a spillover effect on the cost of essential goods and services with prices in transport, electricity, food another essential expected to increase soon. ...

  Justice Minister Given Lubinda says the bill to reform the Public Order Act will be presented to parliament for enactment during the legislative sitting in February 2019. Mr. Lubinda says government will begin by holding multi stakeholder meetings in all the ten provinces for the review of the public order act beginning the third week of October 2018. He ...

Government has paid back the 2.7 million pounds meant for the Social Cash Transfer to the UK government through the Department for International Development (DFID). Special Assistant to the President for press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has disclosed during a media briefing. Mr. Chanda says this follows a request made by (DFID) for the money to be paid back. ...

Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe says government is being bullish with the mining sector because it wants the sector to contribute more to Zambia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Speaking during the Africa CEO Forum organized in conjunction with the Swiss Government in Lusaka, Mrs. Mwanakatwe says this is why government is encouraging new investments in the mining sector. She says ...

National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) is disappointed with the K13.3 billion or 15.3 percent allocation to the education sector in the 2019 National Budget. NAQEZ Executive Director Aaron Chansa says it was expected that the education sector could at least get an allocation of 20 percent in the 2019 national budget. Mr. Chansa tells Q-news that the ...

Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development Permanent Secretary Charles Mushota says the 20 percent sub contraction policy adherence has not been impressive with regards to ongoing construction works at the Kenneth Kaunda International airport. Mr Mushota has told Q news that the ministry has since instructed the main contractors to sub contract local contractors for all external works. He has ...

MNT president Daniel Shimunza says government can better address the economic challenges Zambia is in if it involves critical voices such as the opposition in finding the solutions. Mr. Shimunza, however, states that if the patriotic front does not want to be criticized over the manner it is handling national affairs, it must as well leave government. In an interview ...

About 20 workers are expected to be laid off at Lafarge Cement Zambia by the end of October as part of the company’s restructuring. Confirming the development in an exclusive interview with q-news, company chief executive officer, Vincent Bouckaert says the development is as a result of increased competition on the market which has come about mainly because of a ...