Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) faction President Saboi Imboela has backed efforts to promote the development of a sexual harassment policy in political parties. During a recent workshop held by the Center for Young Leaders in Africa Zambia it was revealed that sexual harassment is one of the hindrances that prevent women participation in politics Ms. Imboela notes that policies ...

Ruling UPND Lusaka Province Chairperson, Obvious Mwaliteta says opposition politician are trying to use the seemly slow progress in youths accessing the different youth empowerment programs to incite youths to rise against the new dawn administration. Mr. Mwaliteta says the new dawn administration appears to be taking time in approving the youth project proposals because it wants to ensure that the ...

Economist Chibamba Kanyama says Zambia must seriously signal stability in her policy regimes to the international community in order to benefit from foreign investment. Mr Kanyama says the policies must not be driven by any political change but must be imbedded in the national constitution making it difficult to be changed easily by anyone. He states that this would show ...

Zambia Community Resources Board Association (ZCRBA) President George Tembo has charged that there are no hunting activities currently going on contrary to the ministerial statement made in Parliament by Tourism Minister Rodney Sikumba. Mr. Tembo has told QTV news in an interview that concession agreements for the 19 hunting blocks which were awarded by the previous regime were cancelled, and ...

About 48 million Kwacha is expected to be spent towards the procurement of various school requisites for 80,000 vulnerable girls under the Keeping Girls in School Project. KGS Project Coordinator Willie Kaputo tells Q-news that a total of K600 is being given to each beneficiary this year to assist with buying of school requisites under the education grant component which ...

A representative from the Anglican children’s program, father Jackson Jones Katete has cautioned members of the public against giving alms to children on the streets. Father Katete is of the strong view that alms giving to the street children contributes to their continued stay on the streets and in some cases also encourages them to recruit other children to join them in ...

A 36-year old woman of Lusaka has committed suicide by jumping off the Misisi footbridge along Kafue road. Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale says the incident happened today,22nd June,2022 between 10:30 hours and 11:00 hours. Mr Mwale explains that the deceased who has been identified as Mutinta Maambo sustained a deep cut on the head and was pronounced ...

Republican President Hakainde Hichilema has held talks with European Union Council President Charles Michel in Brussels,Belgium. In a Facebook post on his page, President Hichilema says the discussion centered on the need for enhanced partnerships in key areas of trade and investment between Zambia Europe because this is key and a path to sustainable development in place of aid. Mr ...

Advocacy for Child Justice has stressed the need for the Marriage Bill to be urgently taken to Parliament for enactment. Organization Executive Director Josephat Njobvu says the current statistics on child marriages in Zambia are alarming, hence the need to strengthen legislation and policies that can protect the children against this vice. Speaking on the sidelines of a Network on ...

Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN) has called for the review of the relief food package in order to protect the nutrition status of affected people. CSO SUN Country Coordinator Mathew Mhuru says most of the food aid interventions have not been nutrition sensitive and are mono diet based. Mr Mhuru is saddened with the lack of food diversity in ...