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The Barotse National Freedom Alliance (BNFA) has called on President Edgar Lungu to disband the commission of inquiry appointed to probe the causes the political violence before, during and after the August polls. BNFA First Trustee William Harrington tells QTV News that that this is because all the past commissions of inquiry have not yielded any positive results. Mr. Harrington ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has disclosed that the ruling Patriotic Front is plotting to send cadres to attack President Edgar Lungu with a view to implicate him as being responsible for the attack. Addressing journalists during a press briefing at his residence today, Mr. Hichilema says he is aware of the ploy by the ruling ...

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has urged government to take advantage of the prevailing situation within SADC region to generate the much needed revenue. CTPD Acting executive director Isaac Mwaipopo has observed that despite Zambia having demonstrated resilience to the changing weather patterns, Zambia has continued to pursue policies that discourage investments in the Agriculture sector. Mr. ...

President Edgar Lungu has appointed a Commission of Inquiry to examine the causes of the political violence before and after the 11th August, 2016 general elections. The Head of State has since tasked the commission to submit its report to the President within 120 days from the date of appointment. President Lungu has named the Inquiry in accordance with the ...

The media in the Country has been advised against ignoring reporting about issues that affect them. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chapter has observed that the media in the Country appears to have paid a blind eye to issues of persecution and stifling of their freedoms. MISA Zambia Chapter Chairperson Hellen Mwale has wondered why media houses ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has dismissed concerns its preoccupation to having its August presidential election petition heard is eroding its significance to Zambia’s democracy. UPND Vice President for Administration Geoffrey Mwamba says it is also not true that owing to this preoccupation his party is not in a position to render credible checks and balances to ...

Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya says Zambia is still in a deficit of 187, 000 metric tonnes of maize of the total required strategic reserves. Ms. Siliya says this is what will be needed to push the Country’s strategic reserves to slightly over the national requirement of 500, 000 metric tonnes. In a ministerial statement Ms. Siliya has disclosed in Parliament ...

President Edgar Lungu has called for an end of Misappropriating public funds and resources including the pilferage of medicines. President Lungu says the misapplication of public funds by controlling officers should come to an end if the country is to prosper. The Head of State says there is need to inculcate discipline at all levels in society hence the need ...

Sixteen people including six refugees have died on the spot in a bus collision accident along Mongu – Lusaka road. The accident happened around 23hrs near Namilangi area in Kaoma District while 38 others survived the horrific accident. Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Levy Lilanga tells QTV News in a statement that the accident involved a Higer Bus registration number ...

Civil Society Organization-Scaling up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) has attributed Zambia’s poor ranking on the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report to the alarming percentage of child stunting which stands at 40%. Programs Officer Mwandwe Chileshe says child stunting in children is one of the prominent factors used by the GHI to measure levels of hunger. She says good nutrition alone will not ...