The civil society scaling up nutrition alliance has opposed calls by paramount chief Chitimukulu of Northern Province for the farmer input support program to be scrapped off as the exercise commences today. Paramount chief Chitimukulu of Northern Province has suggested that FISP be discontinued because it has created a dependency syndrome among beneficiary farmers, with majority of them failing to ...

Green party leader, Peter Sinkamba has accused president Hakainde Hichilema of shattering a promising legacy of plugging the excessive abuse of public resources for personal and party gains when he decided to use the presidential chopper for a UPND campaign activity in Chisamba yesterday. Mr. Sinkamba says  president Hichilema has finally, joined the ranks of wasteful African leaders who cling ...

Zambia has continued to record low numbers in key covid-19 indicators, including new cases, hospitalizations and deaths with the country recording only 174 new cases, four deaths and 189 recoveries in the past week compared to 184 cases, five deaths and 291 recoveries the previous week. Health Minister Sylvia Masebo says in a statement that in comparison, this represents a ...

The Road Transport And Safety Agency (RTSA) Has Dismissed A Story That Has Been Circulating On Social Media Which Is Suggesting Changes To Procedure In Handling Traffic Cases. RTSA Head of Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga Says In A Statement That While The Agency Acknowledges That The Fast Track Court For Traffic Offences Was Initiated In 2013 To Prosecute Persons Violating ...

Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) President Bishop David Masupa has expressed disappointment on the low turnout of attendees at this Year’s National Day Of Prayer, Fasting, Repentance And Reconciliation At Lusaka’s Showground’s. Speaking in an interview with Q News, Bishop Masupa says the attendance during the previous commemorations of this day was overwhelming as opposed to this year’s attendance which ...

Chama North Member of Parliament Yotam Mtayachalo has noted the need to depoliticize Zesco to allow the company to purely run as a business entity. And the law maker has urged the power utility firm to implement radical measures in order to address some of the financial challenges they are currently facing. Mr. Mtayachalo has rubbished assertions by the dawn ...

Republican President Hakainde Hichilema has reaffirmed the declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation as provided for in the Preamble of the National Constitution. In a speech read on his behalf by Vice President Mutale Nalumango during this year’s National Day Of Prayer, Fasting, Repentance And Reconciliation, under the theme “Zambia Seeks Sustained Unity For Shared Prosperity”, Mr. Hichilema said ...

A 39-year-old woman of lusaka’s woodlands chalala residential area has died after being shot by her younger brother. Raymond Phiri shot Zelipah Phiri dead who was at the time seated with her sister in the living room. Father to the two and owner of the fire arm Lyson Phiri reported to the police, the incident which happened at about 19:30hrs ...

A research conducted has established that rising cases of Covid-19 are negatively impacting on the cases of mental health disorder. Speaking at the launch of the 14 days of activism aimed at raising awareness about mental health issues for children and adolescents, CHIN Executive Director Bestone Banda says the numbers being provided by the World Health Organization put the figure ...

The United States government has pledged to offer financial and technical support to help the Zambian Government to actualize implementation of the decentralization policy. Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Zambia, Martin Dale said actualization of the decentralization and devolution of power will lead to the empowerment of citizens to determine their own development trajectory. Mr. ...