Minister of Works and Supply Mutotwe Kafwaya has described as fraud the continued use of GRZ number plates by some former government officials who were sold government vehicles. Mr. Kafwaya has cited the case of former North-Western Province Minister Dawson Kafwaya who had the GRZ 882 CL number plates ripped off his Pajero vehicle which he said he bought from ...

A 42-year old man of Maloni compound in Lusaka West has committed suicide by throwing himself in the rear tyre of a moving Volve truck at Matero Police station. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has identified the deceased as Elvin Miyanda Mwanza who was arrested for assaulting his 37 year-old wife. Ms Katongo says the deceased was apprehended from Lusaka’s Avondale ...

All the 388,331 candidates who sat for the Grade 7 examinations have been selected to grade 8, bringing the national progression rate to 100 percent from 99.14 recorded in 2017. Minister of General Education David Mabumba says the improvement in the national progression rate is an indication that school places have been created at secondary school level. Mr Mabumba says ...

The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has buried 126 unclaimed bodies in 2018 which have costed the council over 200 thousand kwacha. LCC Public Relations Manager, George Sichimba says the latest burying of the bodies which makes it the fourth time this year was conducted on Friday, December 21, 2018 at Chingwere cemetery. Mr. Sichimba explains that the council buried 19 ...

Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) Acting Director General Cleophas Takaiza has noted the need for TEVETA institutions across the country to be upgraded with materials and modern infrastructure. Mr. Takaiza has told q news that most TEVET institutions in the country have introduced new courses that will require upgraded infrastructure and materials for the learners to receive ...

Tourism and Arts Minister Charles Banda has warned against people settling in wildlife preserves if the country is to address the scourge of human animal conflicts. Mr. Banda has told Q news that government is committed to addressing the challenge of human animal conflicts in wildlife preserves across the country. The Minister says this however will only be achieved if ...

President Edgar Lungu has sent a team of four ministers to Lundazi District, Eastern Province to go and access the damage caused by the washed away Msuzi culvert. The Ministers who have since inspected the culvert are Housing and Infrastructure Development’s Ronald Chitotela, Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe, Minister in Vice President’s Office Sylvia Chalikosa and Eastern Province Minister Makebi ...

Minister of Agriculture Michael Katambo has re-assured that the nation that Zambia is food secure as it has enough maize stocks in the strategic reserves. Mr. Katambo says there is therefore no need for people to cause alarm that the country risks a hunger situation. He has disclosed that the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) is currently holding on to about ...