The matter in which Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Zimba has sued minister of health Sylvia Masebo in the Lusaka high court for directing that only vaccinated people against the covid-19 virus should be allowed access to government buildings has failed to take off following the absence of other parties to the case. in this matter Kelvin Zimba of messers mosha and ...

The Opposition Patriotic Front (PF) has demanded that the UPND administration leaves street vendors alone until acceptable alternatives are found for them to vacate their trading sites. Pf Acting Secretary General Nickson Chilangwa has said in a statement obtained by q-news that the former ruling party is disturbed by government’s decision to unceremoniously remove the vendors from the streets. Mr. ...

 President Hakainde Hichilema says his new dawn administration is working extremely hard and in a manner that is versatile to change the prevailing economic situation in the country. Speaking in Kafue today when he graced the pass out parade of police officers at the Geoffrey Mukuma Paramilitary Training facility popularly known as Sondela, president Hichilema says it does not matter ...

Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo has announced that the ministry will begin administering covid-19 booster vaccines from Monday, 27th December, 2021. Speaking during the covid-19 update in Lusaka todays Ms Masebo says the development is part of the resolutions arrived at following a meeting by the council of ministers on disaster management to deliberate on the prevailing covid situation and ...

Dziwa Science and Technology Trust (DSAT) Founder and Executive Director Veronica Mwaba has called for the establishment of a university of science and technology in the country. Mrs Mwaba says the university should offer 100% bursary for science champions regardless of their standing in society. She says the science agenda should be practical to solve social economic challenges. Ms. Mwaba ...

Parliament has approved the k173.0 billion 2022 national budget equivalent to 37.1 percent of GDP. The 2022 National Budget is now expected to take effect on 1st January, 2022 following its approval. Of the total budget of k173.0 billion, revenues and grants are k100.7 billion representing 21.6 percent of GDP. The gross financing of k72.3 billion which translates to a ...

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has exceeded its target of k200 million in non-tax revenue collection for the year 2021 by k130 million. The k330 million translates into over 50% excess in non-tax revenue collection. ERB Acting Director General Fred Hang’andu made the revelation during a media briefing in Lusaka today. Mr. Hang’andu has attributed this to ERB’s proactive debt ...

Republican president Hakainde Hichilema has directed the Zambia National Service (ZNS) to help mitigate the effects of climate change by embarking on tree planting. Speaking when he commissioned ZNS officer cadets intake 04 of 2020 at the ZNS Kafue training camp, president Hichilema says government will facilitate a robust support arrangement to ZNS and other units as a way of ...

Environmentalist Reuben Lifuka has called for a Multisectoral and holistic approach in dealing with challenges of climate change in the country. Speaking to q-news in a phone interview, Mr. Lifuka says if the country continues with the traditional methods of managing waste without going into the secular economy or without looking at greener production approaches in the manufacturing sector, it ...

Governance, Elections, Advocacy and Research Services (GEARS) initiative Zambia Executive Director Mcdonald Chipenzi has called on stakeholders to reunite in pushing for the repeal of the defamation law. Mr. Chipenzi has told q-news in a telephone interview that it does not make sense to have such a in a democratic nation like Zambia. He has observed that the defamation of ...