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Government says it has distributed a total of 29, 466 metric tones of relief maize in areas of the Country that were affected by last year’s poor rainfall. Office of the Vice President Deputy Minister Lazarous Chungu has disclosed to QTV this translates to 589, 333 50kg bags of maize. Mr. Chungu says from the 29, 466 tones Western province ...

The Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry has raised K333 million to implement industrial yards in eighty provinces of the Country under the Skills Development and Entrepreneurship project. The project which is supported by the African Development Bank and whose funding was approved by Cabinet on the 15th of February this is year is meant for women and youths. And ...

The European Union (EU) has given Zambia a grant of over four million Euros for the implementation of power interconnector project with Kenya and Tanzania. Energy and Water Development Deputy Minister Charles Zulu says the three country power interconnector project is being funded by the European Union with the help of Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA). Speaking on ...

The Zambia National Women’s Lobby (ZNWL) has welcomed President Edgar Lungu’s decision to pick a woman to be his running mate in the August 11th General Elections. ZNWL Board Chairperson Beauty Katebe says the bold decision made by the President is yet another milestone in women’s ascendance to leadership positions in Zambia as it will consolidate the gains made in ...

President Edgar Lungu has commissioned a solar-powered milling plant in Solwezi with emphasis on the development of the cooperative movement as a vehicle for employment creation and fighting rural poverty. President Lungu says the cooperative movement remains the most sustainable vehicle through which Zambia can address the socio-economic challenges such as unemployment, HIV/AIDS and poverty especially among youths. The solar-powered ...

President Edgar Lungu is in North Western Province to commission the Ikelenge Jimbe Road and inspect various developmental projects. State House Spokesperson Amos Chanda says President Lungu, who left Lusaka at 07:20hrs arrived in Solwezi and went straight into a church service at the New Apostolic Church, Kyawama congregation. Mr. Chanda says President Lungu will later meet traditional leaders, the North Western ...

Former Church of God overseer Bishop John Mambo says the public order act should be done away with. Bishop Mambo says the public order act is colonial piece of legislation and the country should not have it after 50 years of independence. He notes the public order act only works well for the government of the day but works to ...

Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has welcomed the changes to the 2015 Mining Tax regime announced by Cabinet saying this will make the mining sector to remain stable and sustainable. PMRC Executive Director Bernadette Deka tells QTV News in a statement that an analysis of the Revised Mining Tax Regime reveals that the Government has taken steps to ensure ...

President Edgar Lungu says his running mate in the August 11th General Elections will be a woman. President Lungu says men will have no chance to be his running mate if he is still president citing that even the constitution has principles talking about gender balance. He has assured that he will not end what has been achieved so far ...

United States Ambassador to Zambia Eric Schultz has added his voice on the need to enforce the public order Act in fair manner as the country goes to the polls. Mr. Schultz has also noted the need to make amendments to the public order ACT stating that in its current form the ACT is colonial. Meanwhile Ambassador Schultz has encouraged ...