ZAMBIA NEWS

Ministry of health spokesperson Dr Kennedy Malama says the ministry is this year enhancing its provision of HIV testing around the country. Dr Malama told Journalists that there is a large number of people currently living with HIV but they do not know that they have it because they have not gone for testing, a situation he terms as dangerous. ...

UPND Central Province Youth Chairman Milner Mwanakampwe has disclosed that last evening some suspected PF cadres physically attacked UPND Vice President Geoffrey Mwamba, Senior Chief Hamusonde and Chief Mukuni in Kabwe. Mr. Mwanakampwe claims that this happened after Mr. Mwamba and the two traditional leaders were not allowed to visit incarcerated UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema at Mukobeko Maximum Prison in ...

Governance Activist Isaac Mwanza says there is nothing sinister about UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema and five others charged with treason being moved to Mukobeko Maximum Prison. Mr. Mwanza says what should worry the nation is the fact that some reports are suggesting that the UPND Leader has been put in isolation at Mukobeko Maximum Prison. Mr. Mwanza has explained to ...

Government says it will hasten the full implementation of measures announced during the 2017 budget presentation to ensure fiscal consolidation and reign in the budget deficit. Speaking at the just ended IMF mission to Zambia, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba says Government will also ensure restraint on expenditure, adding that critical capital investments will be done in a systematic ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba has disclosed that two male Zambians were among the 43 people who died in the King Lion bus accident which happened last Wednesday along Harare – Chirundu road. Mr. Kalaba tells QTV News in a statement that the bus was coming from Zimbabwe heading to Zambia and the accident happened around 22:00 hours. He says ...

Visiting World Bank Country Director Paul Um has says job creation should be prioritized in Zambia’s quest to reduce poverty and stem inequality. Dr. Um says for World Bank supported programmes to have an impact, the job creation agenda should be prioritized. The visiting World Bank Country Director said this during a High-Level Meeting between the Government of the Republic ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) Leader Hakainde Hichilema, with his co-accused in the treason case, have today been transferred to Maximum Mukobeko Prison in Kabwe from Lusaka Central Prison. The opposition leader has been moved by air from City Airport using a ZAF helicopter on his 60th day in incarceration to Mukobeko Maximum prison in Kabwe. Mr. Hichilema and ...

The opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) says the PF Government cannot be trusted again that they will respect the submissions of the people with regards to constitution amendment after doctoring it in parliament. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza tells QTV News that with the call by Justice Minister that stakeholders must submit the articles they want amended in the ...

Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) President Andrew Nthewewe has challenged President Edgar Lungu to break the silence on the 2021 PF presidential candidate debate saying this is becoming bothersome for Zambians. And Mr. Nthewewe has challenged the Head of State to tell the nation if the current endorsements are a sign that he knows the outcome of the Constitutional Court ...

Unconfirmed reports reaching QTV News indicate that a Zimbabwean Bus King Lion coming from Harare to Lusaka, Zambia was early this morning involved in an accident killing about 43 people on the spot. The report indicates that the accident happened at around 02hrs near Mukuti area in Zimbabwe a few kilometers before Chirundu Boarder. The report further indicates that thirty ...