Two white farmers who accused a black teenager of stealing sunflowers and threw him out of a moving van have been sentenced in South Africa. Pieter Doorewaard, 28, and Phillip Schutte, 35, were sentenced to 18 and 23 years in prison respectively for murder and other offences. The pair had accused 16-year-old Matlhomola Mosweu of stealing sunflowers worth $5 (£3). ...

Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya’s main international airport after a strike caused major disruption to flights. The military was deployed to try to overcome the industrial action at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta airport. By late afternoon, Kenya Airways said most of its affected departing flights had been rescheduled. However, some regional flights have been cancelled. Airports in Mombasa, Eldoret ...

Zambian film producers have launched the Professional Film Makers Guild of Zambia which will help bring about professionalism in the film industry as well as protect the industry from exploitation. Guild Interim committee Chairperson Lawrence Thompson has lamented that currently players in the film industry do not get the returns and payments they deserve. Speaking during the launch of the ...

Youth, Sport and Child Development Minister Moses Mawere says government is committed to supporting local innovation by young people in the country. Speaking when he hosted local young innovators at the ministry of information and broadcasting services ahead of the International Youth Day which falls on 12th March, Mr Mawere says government will endeavor to support innovation by youths and ...

Prime TV Proprietor Gerald Shawa has appealed to Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Dora Siliya to review the suspension of the TV station. Mr Shawa says the 30 day suspension imposed on the station by the IBA is harsh. He says the suspension is not the only the remedy available to address what the IBA termed as unprofessional practice ...

Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya has advised members of the public to desist from making ignorant comments on the suspension of the broadcasting licence for Prime Television. Ms Siliya who is also Chief Government Spokesperson says Prime Television is not any special from other media institutions that have been suspended or closed down by the Independent Broadcasting Authority, ...

The United States has called for the reversal of Prime Television’s broadcast ban. US Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote says the United States government remains a staunch advocate for inherent human freedoms around the world. Mr. Foote has expressed concern over the Independent Broadcast Authority’s decision to suspend Prime TV’s broadcasting license. In a statement made available to Q-news, Mr. ...

Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) has paid K16.8 million in dividends to Government for its shares in the company. This marks the third time that the government is receiving a divided cheque from ZCCM-IH. Presenting the cheque to Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe in Lusaka, ZCCM-IH Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mabvuto Chipata says the K16.8 million is part of ...

Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo has noted the need for women to enhance mechanization in their farming activities if they ate to equally participate in national development. Speaking when he officiated at the women in agriculture conference in Lusaka, Mr Katambo says mechanization in agriculture is cardinal if the country is to improve its current production and productivity. The Minister says ...

The Three Church Mother Bodies namely Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) and Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) have joined in condemning the suspension of Prime TV’s broadcasting license by the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) for thirty days. In a statement obtained by Q-news, the church mother bodies have described the suspension of Prime ...