The first flight due to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled minutes before take-off after legal rulings on Tuesday evening. Up to seven people had been expected to be removed to the east African country. But the flight was stopped after a late intervention from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) led to fresh challenges ...

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has maintained that 100, 000 metric tons of soya beans will be exported arising from the increased production as unanimously agreed during a stakeholders meeting. This comes after the Crushers and Edible Oil Refiners Association-CEDORA issued a contradictory statement that thirty thousand metric tons of soya beans and not 100,000 metric tons will be ...

The Private Security Companies Association of Zambia has hailed the move by Cabinet to approve in principle, the introduction of a Bill in Parliament for the regulation of private security companies in Zambia in order to monitor the companies’ activities and enhance accountability. Organization President, Francis Mukuka is happy that the new dawn government has decided to consider regulating private ...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has stressed the importance for government to maintain industrial harmony in all sectors of the economy in order to ensure increased productivity which will then facilitate economic recovery. ILO Director for Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, George Okutho tells Q-News that the existing social dialogue mechanism, through the Tripartite Consultative Labour Council (TCLC) should be utilized ...

Former Minister of Environment and Natural Resources in the Frederick Chiluba led MMD administration William Harrington has challenged Lands and Natural Resources Minister Elijah Muchima to a live public debate on the current state and future of the Lusaka East Local Forest Reserve No. 27. Mr. Harrington’s challenge comes in the wake of a recent statement by Mr. Muchima that ...

Opposition Leadership Movement president Richard Silumbe has charged that government is waiting for the monies from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to create salaries for the over 11, 000 and 30, 000 health workers and teachers respectively. Dr Silumbe has told QTV news in an interview that this is the reason why the recruitment processes have taken long. He says the ...

Minister of Youth, Sport and Art Elvis Nkandu says sustainable development is multifaceted in that it needs the involvement of all stakeholders both at local and international levels. Mr. Nkandu says government is committed to partnering with all stakeholders to improve the livelihoods of youths in the country. In a speech read on his behalf by Ministry Of Youth, Sport ...

Felix Mutati Government says it has set a target of four weeks in which it intends to eliminate what is now becoming ‘an industry’ taking advantage of systems in order to leak revenue, thereby depriving it of the much needed resources. Technology and Science Minister Felix Mutati says government is resolved to seal all manner of revenue leakages through integration ...

A 22-year old mobile money agent of Chipata district in Eastern province has been murdered, and his body discovered in Katete. The murder of Emmanuel Nyirenda is believed to have occurred between 10th and 11th June, after he was lured into undertaking a mobile money transaction away from his work station, a move that subsequently led to his disappearance. Eastern Province Acting ...

Government is in the process of amending the Forests Act to provide for stiffer penalties against those indiscriminately cutting down trees and strengthening enforcement mechanisms against the vice and deforestation. And ABSA Bank Zambia in partnership with Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has today launched the Plant and Grow a Million Trees Campaign worth 1.5 ...