Unscrupulous illegal miners of white stones have evaded Mabwetuba ward of Mapangazya in Chieftainess Mwenda of the Basanje Tonga speaking people. Confirming the development Chieftainess Mwenda of the Basanje Tonga speaking says relevant law enforcement agencies as well as ministry of mines officers should send people to Mabwetuba and verify the reports of the illegal miners in the area. And ...

Acting minister of green economy and environment Elijah Muchima says the UPND government is worried that the integrity of Zambia’s rich natural resources is under severe threat from increased human activity. Mr muchima has expressed concern that some human induced threats to the ecosystem as pollution, unsustainable harvesting of forests, over fishing and wildlife poaching among other things. He says ...

Zambia Climate Change Network ZCCN project development officer Ali Kaunda has called for an increase uptake of  sustainable and renewable forms of energy that are environmentally  friendly. Mr. Kaunda says clean sources of energy such as the solar energy is economically affordable unlike the use of fossil fuel which threatens biodiversity. He says fossil fuels are the largest  pollutants of ...

Minister of commerce trade and industry Chipoka Mulenga says  the new dawn government is on the right path in reconstructing the economy through  sound policies that the administration has put in place that have made the country an attractive investment destination. Mr. Chipoka says the investors’ confidence to invest into this economy  is cardinal to the country as this helps ...

Parliamentary committee on education science and technology has called upon Mukamambo secondary school to rescind its decision to expel the 14 and 16 year old girl pupils who were allegedly defiled by students from Chalimbana university. Five grade nine and 10 pupils at Mukamambo girls boarding secondary school in chongwe aged between 14 and 16 have reportedly been expelled for ...

National Olympics committee of Zambia (NOCZ) president Alfred Foloko has urged the media fraternity in Zambia to support the various athletes who will represent Zambia at the commonwealth games in Birmingham next month. Speaking during a media engagement forum at the Olympic youth development center – sports development center today, Foloko says the media play a very important role in ...

Zambia National Marketeers Credit Association ZANAMACA has disclosed that they have embarked on a program of capacity building among marketeers. Speaking in an interview with Qnews, ZANAMACA executive director Mupila Kameya notes that during this time when musketeers are currently receiving empowerment packages under the CDF there is need to equip them with knowledge that will enable them to use ...

A named laborer at Kasama’s Kateshi coffee plantation has allegedly been shot dead by a Zambia police officer during a fracas which erupted over poor wages. This incident which happened yesterday also left two other named casual workers injured. And laborers spoken to by q news are saddened at the death of their colleague and the injuries sustained by others ...

Government through the ministry of transport and logistics has with immediate effect suspended six senior officials at the road transport and safety agency (RTSA) pending investigations. minister of transport and logistics frank Tayali, says the move has been made following the findings by the Zambia revenue authority (ZRA) which established that about 33,045 registered motor vehicles at RTSA have no ...

Government says it is discussing with partners and other stakeholders to consider adding another category for social cash transfer programme. Currently, female headed households, child headed households, severely disabled, the old and those who are chronically ill and on palative care, are the five categories that are eligible to be on the programme. However, community development and social services minister, ...