Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dora Siliya says she will soon sign a Statutory Instrument to ensure broadcasting regulations are adhered to. In a speech read on her behalf at the Radio Indaba in Lusaka by the Director of Press and media relations, Isaac Chipampe, Ms Siliya has noted that professionalism is lacking in most radio stations across the country. ...

President Edgar Lungu has nominated Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) faction National Secretary Raphael Nakachinda as Member of Parliament. Mr. Nakachinda replaces Felix Mutati who was recently relieved of his duties earlier in the month as a nominated MP and as Minister of Works and Supply. ZANIS reports that Presidential Spokesperson Amos Chanda announced the development when he addressed the media ...

Government through the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has embarked on the scaling solar programme which will add an estimated 600 Mega Watts (MW) of solar energy to the national grid in the next few years. Speaking during the launch of the University of Zambia Solar Centre of Excellence, Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa says the first phase of the development ...

Economic Equity Party (EEP) president Chilufya Tayali says any suggestion for early elections is misplaced. Mr Tayali says the EEP does not think Zambia has grind to a halt that would necessitate the current government seeking a fresh mandate from the people. He tells Q-News that what his party however thinks the Country currently needs from opposition political parties is ...

Goodwill Ambassador For Persons With Disabilities, Elijah Ngwale Has Charged That The First Economic Report In Braille Produced By The Ministry Of Finance Is A Waste Of Public Resources. Mr. Ngwale Says This Is So Because The Country Has Very Few Blind People Who Know How To Read And Understand Braille. He Has Charged That The Economic Report In Braille ...

Political leaders have been called upon to censor their public utterances in view of the head-ways made towards holding the national dialogue. Presence of God Ministries Overseer Apostle Christopher Kunda has expressed fear that unguarded political statements may derail the dialogue process. Apostle Kunda says he expects both President Edgar Lungu and UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to commit to the ...

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has taken the extraordinary step of rebuking President Donald Trump’s criticism of a federal judge. Mr Trump on Tuesday called a jurist who ruled against his asylum policy an “Obama judge”. The president’s gibe provoked a stern statement from the head of America’s highest court. Mr Trump has defended his comments, saying Chief ...

A giant dust storm has blanketed communities across south-east Australia, turning skies orange and raising concerns about air quality. Authorities issued a public health alert for Sydney on Thursday as the 500km-wide (310 miles) dust band began to reach the city. Many regions elsewhere in New South Wales (NSW) have had poor visibility. Authorities said the storm has been driven ...