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The Fight Against Inequality Alliance (FIA) has urged the New Dawn Government to seek other alternatives to economic recovery other than the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. Following the government’s announcement of the IMF Staff Level Agreement, FIA which is a movement uniting a wide range of rural groups, CSOs, activists, women and youth groups to fight inequality in the ...

ZESCO Limited has signed a 10-year power supply agreement worth US$500 million with the Namibian Power Supply Company (NAMPOWER) for the supply of 80 megawatts of power to Namibia. ZESCO Managing Director Victor Mapani signed the deal on behalf of the power utility, while Simson Haulofu who is the Chief Executive Officer for NAMPOWER signed on behalf of the Namibian ...

Oil Marketing Companies Association of Zambia president Kafula Mubanga has described the first quarter of 2022 as challenging for the sector owing to the continued high cost of oil on the international market. Speaking in a phone interview with Q-news, Dr. Mubanga says if the war in Ukraine and Russia does not come to an end, the cost of doing ...

Former Finance Minister Ngandu Magande has urged government to reduce the number of government vehicles going to the Kuomboka ceremony in order to reduce the cost to be incurred on transportation. Speaking in an interview with Q-news, Mr. Magande notes that government should not go ahead to procure the 10 million liters of petrol for the transportation of government officials ...

His team are 12 points clear at the top of La Liga and preparing for a Champions League quarter-final with Chelsea, so why is Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti apparently still in serious danger of being fired? To understand the Italian’s precarious position, it’s necessary to consider the context of his arrival at the club last summer. Real were in ...

Russia have responded to the alleged Ukrainian attack on a Russian oil depot in Belgorod. The Kremlin says that the strike on the fuel depot does not create comfortable conditions to continue peace talks, Reuters reports. A spokesman adds that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been briefed on the incident and says everything is being done to reorganize the fuel ...

Chief Chikwanda of the Bemba speaking people in Mpika district of Muchinga province has bemoaned the increase in incest cases in his chiefdom. The traditional leader tells Q-news that the chiefdom has between January and March 2022 recorded about 20 incest cases involving his youthful subjects. Chief Chikwanda who is also the newly elected house of chief’s chairperson has attributed ...

Labour Commissioner Givens Muntengwa says Republican President Hakainde Hichilema has made it clear that he wants civil servants to access terminal benefits before leaving employment. Mr. Muntengwa tells Qtv News that what this means that going forward, the NAPSA Act will need to be amended to streamline it with the vision of the New Dawn government to ensure people have ...

former Bwana Mukubwa PF Member of Parliament Dr. Jonas Chanda Immediate past Health Minister, Dr Jonas Chanda says the Ministry of Health as a custodian of the health sector should devise a mechanism for dismantling its debt portfolio as resources released for the procurement of medicines may only end up being used to service the debt. Dr. Chanda says government ...

Governance Activist Brebner Changala has called on president Hakainde Hichilema to fire Information Minister Chushi Kasanda and Ministry Spokesperson Thabo Kawana. Mr. Changala says president Hichilema should also consider abolishing the ministry of information which he feels is currently merely playing a propaganda role for the government. Mr. Changala says there is more confusion in the ministry with what he ...