Zambian Youths Association in the Fight Against Corruption (ZYAFAC) has described as lame the excuse of poor funding by the Anti-Corruption Commission for its failure to effectively carry out its mandate. During the launch of the 2019 Zambia Bribe Payers Index Report, ACC Chairperson Justice Anderson Zikonda said the commission is poorly funded thereby making it difficult to carry out ...

Police in Nchelenge in Luapula province have arrested a Fifty-year-old man identified as Mikaliyo Bwalya for allegedly having canal knowledge of a Seven-year-old girl against the order of nature. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says it is alleged that on 17th September, 2019 around 23:00 hours at Chilongoshi Village, Chief Kambwali in Nchelenge District, the mother of the victim aged 34, ...

Minister in the Office of the Vice President Olipa Phiri says over 2 million people representing 388,364 households in 58 districts will require relief interventions for them to survive up to the next harvest season. Speaking when she gave a ministerial statement to parliament on the hunger situation in the country, Mrs. Phiri says the households will require 164, 775 ...

Eleven member of the Cleaning Association of Zambia have been detained after conducting citizen’s arrest on Shoprite Zambia General Manager Charles Bota for allegedly abrogating Statutory Instrument No.22 of 2019 by continuing to use foreign cleaning companies. Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo has confirmed the development to QTV News. Ms. Katongo says the 11 people who conducted a citizen arrest ...

The ruling Patriotic Front has recommended the deletion of the word Christian in Article 4 of the Constitution Amendment Bill no.10 of 2019. PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says while his party supports the idea that Zambia remains a Christian nation, it still believes other minority religions in the Country should be protected. Appearing before the parliamentary select committee scrutinizing ...

Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) president Sean Tembo is disappointment that Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu has so far done nothing to turnaround the Zambian economy. Mr Tembo says what is particularly disappointing is that Dr. Ng’andu has seemingly failed to distinguish himself from his predecessor. He states that his party however, advises Dr. Ng’andu to seize the opportunity and use ...

Dr. Alex Ng’oma Political Scientist Dr. Alex Ngoma has called on Zambians to rally together and oppose any attempt to remove the National Assembly’s oversight role in the contraction of public debt. Section 13 of the constitution amendment Bill number 10 proposes the amendment of Article 63 of the Constitution Act by the deletion of provisions requiring the National Assembly’s oversight ...

Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa says the impending increase in electricity tariffs will apply to all categories of consumers. Mr Nkhuwa says there is a crisis that needs everyone to resolve. He says the power deficit the country is facing is likely to be addressed between 2020 and 2021. And Mr Nkhuwa says his ministry has started implementing the directive by ...

Millers Association of Zambia President Andrew Chintala has expressed doubt that mealie meal prices will reduce any time soon. Mr. Chintala has told QTV news in an interview that even though there is stability in terms of mealie meal prices; the prices have continued to skyrocket. He has however, assured members of the public that the Association together with the ...