Zambia has for a third consecutive day recorded over 5,000 new covid-19 cases, bringing the total of cases to 15,791 in three days. The country has recorded 5,081 new cases in the last 24 hours representing 32% positivity. Giving a covid-19 update at a media briefing today, health minister Sylvia Masebo says 15,779 tests were conducted. Ms Masebo says 4 ...

United Party for National Development UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda has urged the Zambia police to arrest all those involved in political violence ahead of the kabwata parliamentary by-election regardless of political affiliation. Addressing a media briefing in Lusaka today ,Mr Imenda has since warned UPND members engaging in violence that the party will not defend any member engaging in ...

The Non-governmental Gender Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has urged the new dawn government to take advantage of the offer by the cooperating partners to fund the referendum on the expanded bill of rights.  NGOCC board chairperson Mary Mulenga says Zambia can only address the issue of human rights through an enhanced bill of rights. Ms. Mulenga says the new dawn ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has described the year 2021 as a good, historic but very hectic year. FODEP executive director George Chimembe tells q-news that 2021 has been a good year because Zambians had the opportunity to speak through the ballot and delivered their verdict by voting out the patriotic front and voting in the new dawn UPND ...

The Chongwe fire brigade has retrieved the body of a 24-year old man of Palabana who had drowned in a dam. The deceased who has been identified as Ian Nzala of Machi-machi farm in Palabana area drowned on Tuesday afternoon as he attempted to swim across the dam to rescue a duck that was stuck in a tree on the ...

CHALIMBANA UNIVERSITY has signed a memorandum of understanding with the coalition of African parliamentarians against HIV/AIDS (CAPAH) for  a degree programme on leadership and governance which will be offered to law makers. The higher learning institution has developed an academic training programme in leadership and governance for members of parliament in partnership the coalition of African parliamentarians against HIV/AIDS (CAPAH) ...

Inspector general of police Lemmy Kajoba has warned people that may have intentions to cause confusion in the forthcoming by elections in Kabwata, Senanga and Milenge  to desist as they risk facing the wrath of the law. Mr. Kajoba says the Zambia police service will not tolerate illegal practices such as political violence and other electoral related offences in Kabwata ...

GEARS Initiative Zambia has condemned the recent incident of violence in Kabwata constituency by-election. Gears initiative executive director McDonald Chipenzi says it is very worrying that barely a day after nominations and pledges of peaceful campaigns for Kabwata parliamentary seat slated for 20 January, 2022, violence has already started showing its ugly face caused by the ruling UPND cadres. Mr. ...

The annual inflation for December, 2021 has decreased to 16.4 percent from 19.3 percent recorded in November 2021 indicating a decrease of 2.9 percentage points. Disseminating the monthly inflation bulletin for December 2021, ZAMSTATs statistician general Mulenga Musepa said the decrease in annual inflation means that on average, prices of goods and services increased by 16.4 percent between December 2020 ...

The Office of the Auditor General has announced that about k3 billion was lost through financial irregularities by 67 out of 116 local authorities in 2020 compared to the k2 billion in 2019 representing a 39.6 percent increment. Auditor General Dr. Dick Chellah Sichembe disclosed this during a press briefing when he announced audit findings contained in four reports that ...