Patriotic Front Luangeni Member of Parliament Charles Zulu has differed with party’s position on the reintroduction of Deputy Ministers in government. Mr. Zulu says having previously served as Deputy Minister, he thinks the position is necessary to have in government. In an interview with QTV News, Mr. Zulu says while he respects his party’s position, he feels austerity measures cannot ...

National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) has advised the ministry of general education to engage traditional leaders in curbing the vice of pupils in rural areas dropping out of school for fishing and collecting caterpillars. NAQEZ Executive Director Aaron Chansa feels the suggestion by Minister of General Education, David Mabumba to introduce a mobile education policy is not ...

Government has been challenged to clearly state the whereabouts of the approved Access To Information (ATI) Bill. Zambia National Students Union(ZANASU) Secretary General Isaac Mwanza says the union has observed that government is giving contradictory statements on which ministry is in possession of the Bill. Mr. Mwanza says ZANASU is therefore demanding for answers from the responsible Ministries on what ...

Former Transport and Communications Minister William Harrington has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to reconsider the degazetting of the Lusaka East Forest. Mr. Harrington has told Q-news in a walk in interview that the President should cancel Statutory Instrument number 62 of 2017 and Statutory Instrument number 13 of 2019 which he signed to degazette Lusaka east forest number 27 ...

The University of Zambia (UNZA) has in partnership with Pearson of United Kingdom, launched an ‘A’ level Academy. UNZA Acting Vice chancellor Enala Mwase says the ‘A’ level academy will be looking at none science areas of study. Professor Mwase has told QTV News on the sidelines of the launch that the academy will be preparing students to go into ...

The Zambia National Men’s Network for Gender and Development is shocked and saddened with the over 35,000 child pregnancies recorded in the last six months in Eastern Province. Organisation National Coordinator Nelson Banda says its extremely worrying that underage girls in Eastern Province and elsewhere have continued to suffer sexual abuse at the hands of heartless men. Mr Banda says ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General Davies Mwila has warned that stern action will be taken against anyone using the name of the party to encroach on Baobab land and any other areas. Mr. Mwila says party members across the country should not commit illegalities in the name of the party. He has advised PF members to follow the due process ...

Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu says his honeymoon is short as the terms of reference given to him by President Edgar Lungu to stabilize and grow the economy offer limited room for delay. Speaking during a meeting with the Cooperating Partners Group which paid a courtesy call on him, Dr Ng’andu says the need for action is immediate. He says his ...

Goals from Tammy Abraham and Ross Barkley gave Frank Lampard’s Chelsea an impressive 2-1 win against Barcelona in a pre-season friendly in Japan. Abraham opened the scoring with a neat first-half finish after rounding the goalkeeper, and substitute Barkley curled in a second late on. Ivan Rakitic struck in injury time for Barcelona with powerful drive. The game saw £107m ...

The newly elected president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has congratulated incoming UK PM Boris Johnson, but warned he was facing “challenging” times ahead. Mr Johnson was elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members. US President Donald Trump congratulated him tweeting: “He will be great!” The EU’s Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, will meet MEPs ...