Zambia has detected the first case of BA.4 omicron variant and another one of BA.5 variant four weeks ago. Health Minister Sylvia Masebo says both the concerned individuals are from Chongwe District in Lusaka Province. Ms. Masebo says while the increase in positivity is small and the number of persons being admitted due to covid-19 is low, there is need ...

Hope for Human Rights is disturbed to learn that the government secretly made it mandatory for person’s living with hiv to be vaccinated against covid 19. Organization Executive Director Smart Chanda has told QTV news in an interview that this has been confirmed by reports coming from kabwata clinic were persons accessing ARV’s are being told to first get vaccinated ...

A tear gas canister detonated at the Lusaka water and sanitation company in Lusaka’s lilanda compound. The offices are guarded by police officers.  Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale who has confirmed the development today says the incident occurred yesterday at around 10:30 hours in lilanda compound. Mr. Mwale explains that police preliminary investigations revealed that the canister is ...

A Swiss National in Lusaka has been convicted and fined k100, 000.00 for exporting medicines without export permit via Kenneth Kaunda international airport using Ethiopian airways with air tickets indicating Lusaka to Addis Ababa and from Addis Ababa to Geneva. This is in a matter where the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) intercepted Daniel Waldvogel, a ...

One Hundred Thousand, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Seven Teachers have applied to be recruited against the 30,000 teachers to be recruited in the ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise. Delivering a ministerial statement in parliament this afternoon Minister of Education Douglas Syakalima has revealed that central province received the highest number of applications with 17,513 followed by copperbelt with 14,114. Mr Syakalima said ...

The Zambia Police have arrested and charged with attempted murder a 29-year-old truck driver identified as Smart Phiri who almost run over a police officer who was on duty along the Lumumba and Kafue road traffic lights. The incident happened when the said driver disobeyed traffic signals and drove on almost hitting the officer who, in trying to save his ...

The Zambia Institute of Independent Media Alliance (ZIIMA) has described as betrayal the pulling out of two media bodies from the media self- regulation process. Yesterday Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia and BBC Media Action withdraw their participation from the Media Self-Regulation Technical Working Group (TWG) that proposes to set up the Zambia media council [ZAMEC]. Alliance President ...

The Transparency International Zambia has charged that there have been suspicions of political interference in the ongoing teacher recruitment process. Organization Executive Director Maurice Nyambe says TIZ has reached out to relevant stakeholders in order to ascertain the validity of these suspicions. Mr. Nyambe has explained that following the enquiry into the matter, they have established, among other things that ...

UPND Namwala Member of Parliament Moono Mapani says PF members being arrested for various offences should stop complaining. Mr. Mapani tells Q-news that those from the opposition party being pursued by investigative wings should willingly and happily avail themselves so that they can be cleared of the allegations being leveled against them. He has wondered why the PF and other ...

The Commuters Rights Association of Zambia (CRAZ) has called on the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) to seriously reconsider the monthly review of fuel pump prices. CRAZ president Aaron Kamuti has told QTV news that the monthly review and adjustment of fuel pump prices is doing more harm than good especially to those in business. Mr Kamuti says this has brought ...