United Party for National Development [UPND] Rufunsa Member of Parliament, Sheal Mulyata has bemoaned the poor road network in the constituency. Mrs. Mulyata has told QTV News that government should accelerate the construction of the roads in the district. She has noted that the poor state of roads has resulted in some public transport operators shunning the area. Mrs. Mulyata ...

Sitibekiso Wamuyuwa – SESTUZ Secretary General Secondary Schools Teachers Union of Zambia (SESTUZ) General Secretary Sitibekiso Wamuyuwa has urged government to increase to 20% the budgetary allocation to the education sector in the 2020 national budget. Mr. Wamuyuwa has noted with concern that the education sector has suffered greatly over the years due to inadequate funding. He has told QTV ...

Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP) President Sean Tembo has expressed willingness to rejoin the Opposition Alliance provided an electoral pact is agreed. Mr. Tembo has since advised the Opposition Alliance to realize the urgent need to come up with an electoral pact. He says the Opposition Alliance should be wary that it risks disintegrating in the absence of an electoral ...

Opposition Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says government’s decision to start importing 300 megawatts of electricity from South Africa at a cost of US$13.5 million to mitigate the electricity power deficit is a waste of public resources. Mr. Sinkamba says government missed an opportunity when it failed to accept the offer by Mozambique to export power 500 megawatts to Zambia ...

Disney is to make more blockbusters at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire after signing a deal to take over most of the complex for at least a decade. The film and TV giant behind the Star Wars, Marvel and Avatar movies will lease 20 stages plus other facilities. Pinewood is famously the home of James Bond, not a Disney franchise – ...

John Bercow says he will stand down as Commons Speaker and MP at the next election or on 31 October, whichever comes first. Speaking in Parliament, Mr Bercow said his 10-year “tenure” was nearing its end and it had been the “greatest honour and privilege” to serve. If there was no early election, he said 31 October would be the ...

Tom Hanks has said the increasing level of cynicism in society is partly what led him to take a role as a loveable children’s entertainer. The actor plays Fred Rogers in his new movie – a legendary US kids TV host whose brand was wholesome and warm. “Cynicism has become the default position for so much of daily structure and ...

Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand Slam title after holding off Russian Daniil Medvedev’s exhilarating fightback in one of the greatest US Open finals. Spain’s Nadal, 33, won 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 against the fifth seed in New York. Nadal, seeded second, was cruising at two sets and a break up, only for Medvedev to force a decider. But ...

Robert Mugabe’s nephew has said the former Zimbabwean leader died a “very bitter” man. Mr Mugabe, who died aged 95 last week, led Zimbabwe for nearly four decades until he was ousted by a coup in 2017. “Imagine people you trusted – people that were guarding you, looking after you – [turning] against you,” Leo Mugabe said. “He was very ...

University of Zambia Vice Chancellor Luke Mumba has noted that providing the right information on the economy is critical in helping investors make decisions that will accelerate economic growth, as Zambia makes strides in becoming a middle income country by 2030. In a speech read on his behalf by deputy vice Chancellor Michael Mulenga during the Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa ...