Calvin Kaleyi The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has backed government’s position to allow the continued export of maize despite the country recording a reduction in the production of the crop from the 2021/2022 season. ZNFU Media and Public Relations Officer, Calvin Kaleyi says where the country can export the excess maize it would be right to do so in ...

Historian, Dr. Euston Chiputa has charged that those reporting people for Defamation of the President in far flung areas are endangering their lives. Dr. Chiputa who is a lecturer at the University of Zambia has told QTV news that this is considering that the suspects have to be transported by road to faraway places putting them at risk of road ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has observed that the country has not yet gotten to a point where people are able to associate freely. FODEP President, Mwenda Mumbuna says the country is still witnessing incidents where some ruling party cadres are still harassing people. Mr Mumbuna says this is unfortunate because Zambians voted against such in the 2021 elections. ...

The Zambian Diaspora Foundation is urging the new dawn administration to fast track interaction with their Angolan counterparts with regards the implementation of the SADC protocol on Regional trade and Investment to make it easier for the private sector to easily trade with each other. Foundation Executive Director, Dean Mulozi says the Foundation is impressed with UPND administration’s intentions to ...

The opposition Economic Front has called on government to reopen Chambishi Metals Plc and Chibuluma Mine Plc. Party Chairperson for Mines and Mineral Development, Shadreck Mwale is disappointed to see government spending sleepless nights fighting political opponents in the name of fighting corruption instead of using that energy to engage the owners of Chambishi Metals and Chibuluma Mine to reopen ...

Minister of community development and social services Doreen Mwamba has reassured retirees who have been staging protests at the ministry to push for the payment of the benefits that her ministry is doing everything possible to ensure they receive what they worked for. Mrs Mwamba has however explained that the retirees issue was only referred to her ministry because the ...

The Zambia National Public Health Institute is actively understanding the nature of the current outbreak of the Monkey pox disease which has been recorded in some parts of the world. The disease has so far been detected in fifteen (15) non-endemic countries across Europe, Australia, Canada and part of the Americas and as of May 21, 2022, the World Health ...

Former Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba and former Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji have pleaded not guilty to ten counts of Willful failure to comply with procedure and being in possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. Mr. Yamba and Mr. Malanji took plea today before Lusaka Magistrate Jennifer Bwalya after the State submitted an amended ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has disclosed that Cabinet has approved the review of the Public Order Act. In his Facebook post, President Hichilema says the new dawn government continues to reject political violence and refuses to back down in the fight against corruption no matter the opposition encountered. The Head of State has vowed that he will not rest until he ...

Political analyst and human rights defender Ngande Mwanajiti has charged that Collum coal mine in Sinazeze has become a total governance embarrassment and an indictment on successive governments. Mr Mwanajiti notes that the safety standards at the mine are a serious health hazard and yet government is doing very little to ensure an effective caring response for its hard working ...