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UPND Itezhi Tezhi member of parliament Twaambo Mutinta says his district is cleaning up the social cash transfer mechanism by ensuring that only verified and qualifying beneficiaries remain on the register. Mr. Mutinta has disclosed that the district audit reveals that in the past there were beneficiaries with shared national registration card numbers, others appearing in more than one district, ...

The Transparency International Zambia TIZ is expectant that President Hakainde Hichilema will address the raging speculation surrounding the Milingo Lungu and DPP issue in his address to the nation through a press conference scheduled for tomorrow. President Hichilema recently announced in a post on his face book page that he will tomorrow Monday 25th April, 2022, the nation through the ...

At least 568 people were killed in road traffic accidents during the first quarter of this year. A total number of 7,255 road traffic accidents were recorded nation-wide of which 436 were fatal road traffic accidents in which 568 persons were killed, 659 were serious road traffic accidents in which 1,366 persons were seriously injured and 1,308 were slight road ...

A social economist Kelvin Chisanga says the local currency is beginning to show positive trends on the money market, a situation he says is a positive thing to happen. The kwacha on Friday made a sharp jump, with an appreciation percentage of around 2 to 3.4%, closing the week with such an impressive margin. Meanwhile, Mr. Chisanga says the supply ...

The Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) president Bishop David Masupa has challenged Zambians to be self reliant especially in this economic challenging moments the country is passing through. Bishop Masupa tells Q-News in an interview that Zambians should not have what he termed as an utopia mind, and live the development of Zambia to the hands of foreigners. Bishop Masupa ...

Golden Party of Zambia leader Jackson Silavwe has requested the new dawn administration to state it’s official position on the future of Konkola copper mines and Mopani respectively in national interest. Mr. Silavwe says he is aware that officials from vedanta resources, a company that formerly owned the mining giant Konkola copper mines (KCM) have been in the country for ...

A decomposed body of a 34 year old man of Mtendere east has been discovered in his house by the neighbors in what is suspected to be a murder case. The body of Isaac Mumba is reported to have been discovered this morning by one of the neighbors who went to put cloths on the line but noticed that some ...

Indaba agriculture policy research institute has underscored the need for small scale farmers to diversify to other forms of agriculture in order to scale up nutrition in the country. Speaking during the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding among three organizations indaba agriculture policy research institute  (IAPRI), the national association for small scale farmers (NASSF) and  program against malnutrition ...

The United States, through the U.S. agency for international development (USAID), has launched the $21million dollars eastern Kafue nature alliance which will bring the public, private, and civil society actors together with local communities to address threats to biodiversity in and around the eastern side of Zambia’s Kafue national park. Implemented by the nature conservancy (TNC) and supported with a ...

The council of churches in Zambia (CCZ)has condemned the calls by some united party for national development (UPND) cadres who have given an ultimatum to the director of public prosecution (DPP) Mrs Lilian Siyuni to resign failure to which they would stage a protest. General Secretary Emmanuel Chikoya says in a statement that in as much as it is a ...