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United Party for National Development (UPND) Leader Hakainde Hichilema has vowed to be heard in response for an intra-party petition to reach a logical conclusion. Responding to a petition by UPND women, youths and UPND Parliamentarians who demanded from their leader to report the matter to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Hichilema assured petitioners that once Zambian courts are ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) will be setting up an inquiry to ascertain the cause of the accident were 22 people died involving a Power Tools Bus which also culminated into another accident where three officers died in Serenje district recently. Road Transport and Safety Agency Head Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga says a team of RTSA, Zambia Police ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to consider inviting opposition leaders to State House to settle all existing differences amongst politicians. Former Church of God Overseer Bishop John Mambo says it is very clear that some leaders have not healed from last month’s general election and thus the need for all leaders more especially those who took part in ...

Copperbelt Minister Bowman Lusambo has cautioned civil servants in the province to stop engaging in partisan politics especially now that elections are over. Mr. Lusambo, who is also Kabushi PF Member of Parliament, says civil servants should realise that their allegiance is to President Edgar Lungu and the government of the day. Mr. Lusambo says President Lungu is in a ...

The Zambian DNA has welcomed the reelection of Justice Dr. Patrick Matibini as Speaker of the National Assembly, Catherine Namugala and Mwimba Malama as First and Second Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly respectively. Zambia DNA Spokesperson Spuki Mulemwa says Dr. Matibini has experience in Parliamentary procedures and etiquette and so he is the suitable person for that position. He ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) says it is focusing on reducing road traffic accidents by 35 percent by addressing over speeding on the roads. In this vein, the agency has procured handheld cameras to trap over speeding vehicles on the Zambian roads. RTSA Head of Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga tells QTV News in an interview that over speeding ...

The Road Development Agency has disclosed that so far over 350 kilometers out of the 408km of roads under the L400 Road Project have been done. And the agency is confident that the first phase of the L400 road project will be done by January 2017. RDA Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs Loyce Saili says the project which started ...

The National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) has called on government to priorities education by allocating more resources in terms of teaching and learning materials, infrastructure and teachers to the sector. NAQEZ Executive Director Aaron Chansa says this would promote quality education at the basic level to ensure a solid foundation for children to progress academically. Mr. Chansa ...

The challenge to enforce all 206 traffic rules enshrined under the Road Traffic Act has been cited as one of the reasons road traffic accidents are still high in Zambia. Ministry of Transport and Communication Assistant Director for Road Safety Lubinda Sakanga says due to limited road safety enforcement personnel only up to 80 percent out of 100 percent of ...

Various cultural groups from all the ten provinces converged in Lusaka today to celebrate Zambia’s cultural heritage through music and dance. Government last year launched the first-ever cultural and tourist product called ‘Pamodzi Carnival’ aimed at boosting cultural tourism. The event was later made an annual event in a bid to unite Zambians. Today’s Pamodzi Carnival started from Woodlands, passed ...