Government will be spending US$ 13.5 million per month to import 300 megawatts of power from South Africa as a measure to ease the power deficit in the Country. Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa says the cost will go up to US$ 20.5 million per month if other costs are added. Mr. Nkhuwa says for government to pay this amount ...

Rev Godfridah Sumaili Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs, Reverend Godfridah Sumaili has called on the church and believers to pray for the affected families and the destructive wave that has befallen the African continent following Xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Reverend Sumaili has condemned the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa describing them as disruptive, unacceptable ...

Nicki Minaj says she’s “decided to retire and have a family” – and told her fans that she loves them “for life”. The Grammy-nominated rapper is dating a man called Kenneth Petty and has hinted that they’re planning to get married. As well as music, the 36-year-old has appeared in several Hollywood films and has her own radio show. She’s ...

The National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) has strongly opposed the suggestion to abolish grade seven examinations. NAQEZ executive director Aaron Chansa says while his organisation agrees that the current grade 7 exams have lost educational meaning and are just a sheer waste of money and time, abolishing the exams would be promoting poor and quantity education in ...

The death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas will be “staggering”, the country’s government has warned as aid efforts are being stepped up. The official death toll stands at 30, but is expected to rise further. Officials are sending morticians and 200 body bags to the Abaco Islands, the worst-hit part of the archipelago. Dorian – which devastated the ...

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died aged 95. His family confirmed his death to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. Mr Mugabe was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in power. Mr Mugabe’s early years were praised for broadening access to health and education for ...

The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has so far bought 79, 425 metric tones of maize from small scale farmers under the 2019 crop marketing season, far below its target of 300,000 metric tons. FRA Acting Public Relations Officer Manyando Luywa has told QTV News that the purchase of 79,425 metric tones is as at 28th August, 2019. Mrs. Luywa says ...