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Republican President Hakainde Hichilema says the African people deserve better from their leaders. Speaking when he addressed the ongoing mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa today, President Hichilema says there should be no excuses from African leaders to drive development and alleviate poverty on the continent. He says leaders are elected to better the lives of the people. President ...

A renowned fish farmer and trainer who is also founder of the zambian aquaculture cooperative society (ZACOSO) Dr Collins Kachaka has called on government to utilize the vast water resources to add value to the gross domestic product GDP. Dr. Kachaka says the abundant water resource that Zambia is endowed with are enough to improve the economy of the country ...

The civil society organization decentralization alliance network (CSO-DAN) has appealed to the local government parliamentary committee to summon the Zambia public procurement authority so it can explain what capacity it has built in the councils for the proper management for the constituency development fund. Speaking to Q-News CSO-DAN national coordinator George Chimembe recalls that not long ago the committee alarmed ...

Veteran politician Chifumu Banda says the provision of free education will compromise quality education if the new dawn government does not urgently address the challenge of the pupil-teacher ratio in schools across the country. Mr. Banda tells q news that in as much as the provision of free education is welcome, there are several challenges that government should urgently address ...

Lukulu East member of parliament Christopher Kalila has bemoaned the poor state of the Katunda-Lukulu-Watopa road which connects his constituency to the rest of the country. Dr. Kalila tells Q-news that the road which is a stretch of about 200 kilometers of gravel is in a very bad state and becomes impassable during the rainy reason. The lawmaker says the ...

Leader of opposition Economic Front Wynter Kabimba has charged that employees in the country employed both by foreign and local investors are likely to continue getting low wages as they don’t have strong unions to speak for them. Mr. Kabimba tells Q news that there is for employees in the private sector to come up with unions that will speak ...

Chikondi Foundation founder Bishop John Maambo says it will be a great mistake for the patriotic front-PF to adopt a politician that jumps from one political party to another as their party president during its convention slated for June. Speaking in an interview with Q news bishop Maambo notes that politicians that jump from one political party to the another ...

The Civil Society Organization Decentralization Alliance Network (CSO-DAN) says it is anxiously looking forward to the new dawn government to demonstrate political will to expand the bill of rights the same way it has done with the decentralization agenda.  CSO-DAN national coordinator George Chimembe tells Q news that the recent launch of the booklet on human rights courtesy of the ...

About 5,000 grade 12 school leavers across the country will benefit from free college education under the international coalition of fellowships (ICOF) online and distance education through a 100 per cent bursaries support. This follows government providing 40 per cent of the k4 million tuition fees towards the community education scholarships Programme under ICOF. And eastern province minister, Peter Phiri ...

National association for small holder farmers in Zambia (NASFAZ)  has embarked on a project of linking up small scale farmers with soya beans suppliers to improve diversification in the country. NASFAZ executive director Dr. Frank Kayula tells q news in an interview that for the country to have food security, there is need for small scale farmers to diversify from ...