The ruling Patriotic Front (PF)  has won the Mangango and Lupososhi, Parliamentary and Council Chairperson by-elections respectively. In the Parliamentary by-election,PF candidate Godwin Putu polled 5,618 votes to beat his closest rival of the United Party for National Development (UPND),  Akakandelwa Mwendoi who got 3, 987 votes. United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) candidate Chingumba Kabinda was in third position ...

Milenge Member of Parliament, Mwansa Mbulakulima has bemoaned the lack of roads in an area called Longomukuta in his constituency. Mr Mbulakulima says this is the same area which First Lady Esther Lungu recently visited and found that people have been cut off from the rest of the Milenge. In an interview Mr. Mbulakulima has disclosed to QTV News that ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has commended the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) and the three Church Mother Bodies for coming to an agreement on the holding of the National Dialogue and Reconciliation. The three church mother bodies and the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) on Monday, 19th November, 2018 agreed that the Church Mother bodies must ...

Over 1,000 women and girls from 15 African countries have gathered in Johannesburg South Africa to try and find solutions to current issues affecting them. Africa Women in Dialogue, an international feminist and membership based organization committed to achieving gender equality,sustainable development and women’s rights has organized the forum under the theme: “ strengthening the continental African women’s movement within ...

We’ve all been there – a football in the face during a kickabout with your niece, or a whack on the ankle by your son’s out-of-control scooter. So it’s good to know we mere mortals aren’t the only ones to suffer at the hands of our beloved offspring. Music star Gaz Coombes revealed on Tuesday he has had to cancel ...

A suicide bomb attack on a gathering of religious scholars in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed at least 43 people, officials say. At least 83 more were injured as the clerics met at the Uranus hall to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. It is one of the deadliest attacks in Kabul in recent months. No-one has admitted ...

Minister of Higher Education Nkandu Luo says the confusion that involved the Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) and the Higher Education Authority (HEA) on the conduct of medical programmes at the Copperbelt University was as a result of miscommunication between the two institutions. Early this month, the Higher Education Authority overruled the Health Professions Council of Zambia’s suspension of three ...

Minister of Agriculture Michael Katambo has justified the cost attached to security measures that government has put in place in curbing smuggling of maize. Government has deployed Zambia National Service and Police officers to various parts of the Country to man road blocks that have been set up to curb the smuggling of maize. Mr. Katambo has told parliament that ...

Copperbelt Province Police Commissioner Charity Katanga says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has been warned and cautioned for Seditious Practices. Ms Katanga has told Q-news in a telephone interview that this is contrary to section 57 (1)( d) as read with section  60 (1) (f) of the Penal Code. She says Mr. Hichilema is alleged to have broken this provision of ...

Former minister of finance, Felix Mutati says securing a financial bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has now become a matter of urgency. Mr. Mutati says if Zambia does not secure the us$1.3 billion government is seeking from the IMF, there will be a significant deficit on the 2019 national budget. Speaking during a public forum organized by the ...