ZAMBIA NEWS

Agriculture Technical and Professional Staff Union of Zambia General Secretary Joe Kamutumwa has advised government to put a limit on the tonnage of maize to exported in view of the lifting of the export ban. Mr. Kamutumwa says though the move by government to lift the ban is welcome, it is important that government asses how much production some neighboring ...

ZESCO has today effected new electricity tariffs following the approval of its application by the Energy Regulation Board to adjust tariffs upwards by 75%. Initially tariffs will increase by 50% and 25% in September this year. ZESCO Spokesperson Henry Kapata has QTV News that domestic customers buying not more than 200 units will still pay 15 ngwee per unit. Mr. ...

The Lusaka Magistrate Court has acquitted UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema in the case in which he was charged with using insulting language. Mr Hichilema was accused of insulting Police officers who raided his home on 10th April leading to his arrest. Delivering judgment in the matter this morning, Magistrate Greenwell Malumani said the state had failed to prove its case ...

Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya has advised farmers across the country to be patient and avoid selling their produce cheaply. Ms Siliya says farmers should not rush in selling their produce to players who are already on the market offering cheap prices but rather wait a little bit until such a time when buyers are offering good prices. She says the ...

Transport and Communications Minister Engineer Brian Mushimba has disclosed that government has released over K1 million towards the displacement of 496 people in Ndola to pave way for the construction of the Ndola International Airport. Eng. Mushimba has told Journalists during the PF Interaction Forum in Lusaka that by the end of this month, all the people sitting on the ...

The opposition United Progressive People (UPP) has called for early elections in view of the high cost of living in the country. UPP President Dr. Saviour Chishimba notes that the rising cost of food and hardships among the people of Zambia in face of the declining purchasing power of the Kwacha are public emergencies that must compel the PF Government ...

President Edgar Lungu says late Salome Kapwepwe, who has been put to rest today, occupies a special place in the history of Zambia and the story of liberation struggle. The Head of State narrated his last encounter with Mrs. Kapwepwe when he visited her at her farm and inspired by what he shared with her described Mama Salome as a ...

The Conference of the Catholic Bishops in Zambia (ZCCB) has disassociated the Catholic Church from the planned national prayers for incarcerated UPND President Hakainde Hichilema. ZCCB Secretary General, Fr. Cleophas Lungu in a statement to QTV News says the Catholic Bishops have not organized any form of national prayers for the arrested United Party for National Development President Hakainde Hichilema ...

The Grain Traders Association of Zambia has welcomed the lifting of the ban on export of maize to other countries by the government. Yesterday Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya announced the lifting of the ban on maize exports in view of the anticipated bumper maize harvest the country the country will record. Association Executive Director Chambuleni Simwinga tells QTV News that ...

The Lusaka Magistrate Court has found opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema with a case to answer in the case in which he has been charged with Using Insulting Language. Mr Hichilema has since been put on his defense. This is in a case, in which Mr. Hichilema is alleged to have used insulting language on Police officers that apprehended him ...