Russian spies have been accused of involvement in a series of cyber-plots across the globe, leading the US to level charges against seven agents. The US justice department said targets included the global chemical weapons watchdog, anti-doping agencies and a US nuclear company. The allegations are part of an organised push-back against alleged Russian cyber-attacks around the world. Russia earlier ...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has demanded that Government refunds all motorists that were charged more than K5 per liter of fuel from the US$20 million worth of crude procured from Saudi Arabia. Mr Hichilema is demanding that government refunds the motorists for the 6 days this consignment lasted. He says it is not right for government to charge citizens a ...

The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says there is need for an inquiry to be conducted in some government ministries to establish why there is misapplication of funds and corruption allegations. ZCTU Secretary General Cosmas Mukuka says the union is concerned with the continued corruption allegations against civil servants. Mr. Mukuka says an inquiry should be conducted to ascertain ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has disclosed that Zambia needs not less than 800 million kwacha to refund Value Added Tax every month. ZRA Commissioner Kingsley Chanda says these refunds are largely going to the mining industry. Speaking at a Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) analysis of the 2019 National Budget, Mr. Chanda explains that the VAT ...

President Edgar Lungu has urged the Zambia Police Service and Defence forces in the country not to tolerate criminals and befriending them. Speaking during the swearing in ceremony for Zambia Air Force Deputy Air Commander Major General Kapotwe Chintu, Deputy Inspector General of Police Bonny Kapeso and Southern Province Commissioner of Police Diamond Likashi, President Lungu says it is important ...

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 ...