Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo says his ministry has continued to receive a lot of complaints from members of the public on the disproportionate mounting of traffic check points by police officers across the country. Mr. Kampyongo has told Parliament that while these check points may be significant, these check points can be an inconvenience to motorists and can add ...

Russia’s Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been accused of taking a bribe to endorse a state takeover. Russia’s main anti-corruption body, the Investigative Committee (SK), said he received a payment of $2m (£1.6m). Mr Ulyukayev is the highest-ranking Russian official held since the 1991 coup attempt in what was then the USSR. The SK said he had “threatened” to create ...

Policy Monitoring and Research Center (PMRC) is pleased with the decision by government as highlighted in 2017 national budget to conduct a situational analysis of some State Owned Enterprises (SOE’s) in an effort to recapitalize those that are viable and hive off those that are not viable. The listed SOE’s are Zesco, Zamtel, Zambia National Building Society, Indeni, TAZAMA Pipeline, ...

Opposition Alliance for Democracy (ADD) says it finds the proposed 2017 national budget to be a reflection of how desperate the state of the Zambia economy is. ADD leader Charles Milupi says the sense his party is getting is that there is virtually no economy in the Country. Mr. Milupi says by announcing a K64.65 billion national budget out of ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Muchinga Province has arrested two Tanzanian nationals for drug trafficking. Juma Barset, 29, a Tanzanian Businessman of Chiyanda village in Nakonde District has been arrested for trafficking in 17 sachets of heroin contrary to Laws of Zambia. Barset had concealed the drugs in his rectum which were discovered after officers conducted a body search ...

The Born Short Living Tall (BSLT) has embarked on a three month project called “Accelerate” aimed at empowering the underprivileged with knowledge and skills to help them start their own businesses. BSLT Executive Director Pastor Chisha Ntalasha tells QTV News that it is a shame to see disabled people on wheelchairs begging on the streets and this is why his ...

Government has observed the need for the private sector to play an active role in the implementation of the Country’s economic recovery programme. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says government needs the private sector to create the needed growth for the economy. Ms. Mwanakatwe says for the fact that government is not in the business of doing business ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR), Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) and Caritas Zambia have commend government for taking on board some civil society budget submissions and specifically putting in place austerity broad based social safe guards which include increased allocation to social sectors but also targeted social protection programs like the social cash transfer. The three organizations ...

Lionel Messi had to reach for the sick bag on Monday as the plane carrying the Argentina team endured a bumpy ride from Buenos Aires to San Juan ahead of a World Cup qualifier. The Barcelona superstar and several of his team-mates took ill due to the turbulence during the journey to the city near the Andes where Argentina will ...

Jailed South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been moved to another prison at his request. Pistorius asked to move to the nearby Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, South Africa’s department of correctional service said. The centre, just outside Pretoria, is better adapted for disabled offenders. The former Paralympian, known as the Blade Runner, is serving a six-year prison sentence for the murder ...