ZAMBIA NEWS

Zambia national students union (ZANASU) president Steven Kanyakula has cautioned the new dawn government against privatizing education because of its failure to fulfill its responsibility of sourcing for funds to educate citizens in higher learning institutions. Speaking to Q-news in a phone interview, Mr. Kanyakula says it is worrying that government has failed to secure resources to provide education loans ...

UNDER-fire outspoken Patriotic Front Chairman for Information and Publicity Raphael Nakacinda has been reported to the Police by a group of UPND youths for defamation of the President following his recent remarks alleging that President Hakainde Hichilema is summoning judges to his house to compromise their judicial integrity. And UPND Lusaka province Youth chairman Anderson Banda has ordered party youths ...

Operation Young Vote (OYV) has described as wild and contemptuous utterances by PF Chairperson for information and publicity Raphael Nakacinda that President Hakainde Hichilema is summoning some judges to his house to influence their handling of cases and outcomes with a view of taking Zambia back to a one party State. OYV Execvutive Director Guess has since recommended that the ...

UPND Chairman for Mines Percy Chanda feels Police are being too soft on alleged corrupt former ruling PF members, who he says some of them are supposed to be charged with terrorism, economic sabotage and crimes against humanity. Mr. Chanda says the PF leadership should blame itself for turning a political party into a safe haven for crooks and thieves ...

Nine people among them a juvenile have died on the spot when the motor vehicle they were in overturned along the Isoka-Muyombe road in Muchinga province. Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga who has confirmed the incident says this happened yesterday around 22:00hrs at Sese Village in Mafinga District. Mr Hamoonga says the accident happened when a Mistubishi Fuso Fighter registration number ...

Cooperating Partners in the Health sector have committed to provide over 2.3 Billion United States Dollars to Zambia from 2021 to 2023. The support is earmarked for 136 different projects such as HIV/ AIDS, Malaria, TB,maternal and child health, COVID-19, Nutrition, adolescent health, water and sanitation,  provision of critical medical supplies among others. Speaking during the virtual Annual General Meeting ...

Police have formally jointly charged and arrested former home affairs minister Steven Kampyongo with six others with the offence of endangering the safety of civil aircraft in flight or service with its passengers on board contrary to section 8 (b) (c) and f cap 445 of the civil aviation act. Mr. Kampyongo aged 49 of house number 31 Kudu road, ...

Vice president Mutale Nalumango has urged Zambians to tighten their belts for take-off and safe landing following the IMF staff-level agreement government has clinched for a us$1.4 billion extended credit facility. Mrs. Nalumango says with the IMF agreement, the Zambian economy is expected to do well and Zambians will be smiling after two or three years. Responding to a question ...

Chikondi foundation president Bishop John Mambo has advised president Hakainde Hichilema to maintain competent experienced individuals in government structures rather than replacing all of them with qualified individuals with no experience. Bishop Maambo tells q-news that the continued replacement of competent experienced individuals such as the former ministry of education permanent secretary Jobbicks Kalumba among others with qualified individuals who ...

Eight Patriotic Front Members of Parliament led by Kabushi MP Bowman Lusambo have applied for leave in the Lusaka High Court, seeking judicial review against Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti’s decision to stop them from attending Parliament. In her ruling on Tuesday, the Speaker ordered Mr Lusambo and other MPs whose seats have been nullified by the High ...