UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has described the recent proposed constitution amendment by the pf government as an assault and abrogation of the democratic rights of citizens. Speaking during an opposition alliance media briefing at the upnd secretariat, Mr Hichilema says the constitution making process is a preserve of the Zambian people and that pf has no right to bulldoze the ...

The Football Association of Zambia has announced that National Team Coach Sven Vandenbroek’s contract will not be renewed when it comes to an end next month. And National team assistant coach Chintu Kampamba has been dropped, while Green Eagles Coach Aggrey Chiyangi and his ZANACO counterpart Numba Mumamba have been roped in as first and second assistants to the outgoing ...

The Felix Mutati led MMD faction has rebutted media reports suggesting that the Constitutional Court dismissed its petition to have its leader declared as the legitimate MMD president. Faction National Secretary Raphael Nakachinda says it is not true that the Constitutional Court has made any such decision. Mr. Nakachinda says what the Court did in its ruling was to basically ...

Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance Country Coordinator Mathews Mhuru has appealed to government to give an update on the relief food distribution to hunger stricken districts across the country. Mr. Mhuru says despite government’s assurances that the distribution of relief food is ongoing in 60 needy districts,  the Alliance has continued to receive reports of hunger in some districts ...

Students at public universities have been advised to realize they still have the option of suing government if their quest to have the meal allowances reinstated fails. Human rights lawyer Moono Mapani says the decision by government to unilaterally abolish meal allowances was an infringement of the students’ rights. Mr. Mapani explains that the High Education Act, under which all ...

Government has insisted it will not be rushed into tabling the Access to Information Bill in Parliament for enactment into law. Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo says he personally does not want to produce a Bill that is full of lacunas. Mr. Kasolo has charged that officials from his Ministry who have been working on the Bill ...

Political Analyst Neo Simutanyi has charged that President Edgar Lungu has abandoned the leadership style he portrayed when he just took over the presidency from the late President Michael Sata in 2015. In an interview with Q-news, Dr. Simutanyi has pointed out that the President in State house appears to be different from the one people voted for in 2015. ...

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has directed that the Hybrid Chicken statue at Chainama roundabout be removed within the next two weeks. In a letter dated 25th February,2019 addressed to Hybrid Poultry Farming Country Director, Huw Morris and copied to the ministry of local government and housing, Mr. Sampa states that the current policy on all roundabouts in the city is ...

Golden Progressive Party President, Jackson Silavwe has called for the immediate termination of the Intelligent Mobility Solutions (IMS) concession agreement so as to save the integrity of THE ROAD Transport and Saftey AGENCY (RTSA), Road Development AGENCY (RDA) and the entire government. Mr. Silavwe has charged that a detailed study of the technocrats’ report on the re-negotiations between RDA and ...

President Edgar Lungu says the role of accountants is cardinal in transforming africa into a prosperous and peaceful continent. Speaking when he officially opened the 26th east and southern africa association of accountants general’s (ESAAG) 2019 annual conference held at Avani Hotel in Livingstone, President Lungu says to achieve this vision, there is need to build and put in place ...