The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Lusaka has arrested 3 civil servants in the Ministry of General Education for money laundering activities involving over K2.7 million. The 3 suspects are identified as Lawrence Bwalya Phiri, 46, an accountant of Civic Centre area in Lusaka, Eliya Mwale 41, of house number 238,Chamba Valley and Vengi Sinda, 58, a standards officer residing ...

The Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) has with immediate effect suspended two companies from participating in public procurement in Zambia. The suspension of the two companies, Budocoro Enterprises Limited and R. Phiri Enterprises Limited of Lusaka’s Kamwala South and Misisi Compound respectively, is for a period of one year. ZPPA public relations principal officer John Chipandwe says the two companies ...

The EU is “united” over the negotiated Brexit deal, the bloc’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier says, after the UK PM said she wants to reopen it. Theresa May is expected to continue talks with the EU after MPs backed a plan to renegotiate her Brexit deal. MPs voted 317 to 301 in favour of changing the backstop plan – the ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Livingstone Member of parliament Mathews Jere for the offense of abuse of authority of office. Mr. Jere aged 45, of house number 231 Highlands, Livingstone, has since been charged with one count of Abuse of Authority of Office contrary to Section 21 (l)(a) of the Anti-Corruption Act . Particulars of the offence are that ...

The opposition Rainbow Party says Zambia’s fall in ranking on the latest global corruption index is a sign the Patriotic Front government has failed to fight corruption. Party leader Wynter Kabimba says his party is in fact of the view that there is no political-will to fight corruption in the Country. Mr. Kabimba notes that this is despite President Edgar ...

National Arts Council (NAC), Chairperson, Patrick Samwimbila says Art is one of the mediums that can be used to fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) through sensitisation. Mr. Samwimbila has told Q-news that it is the duty of artists to be the mouth piece for the communities and partner with government ministries to sensitise people. He states that art should ...

Ikeleng’i Member of Parliament Elijah Muchima has bemoaned the lack of development in his constituency. Mr. Muchima says 8-years after Ikeleng’i was declared a district in 2011, the area has nothing to show in terms of development. He says the roads are in a deplorable state, while most of the schools are also in a bad state. Mr Muchima says ...

A Constitutional Expert Simon Kabanda has condemned the violence that has characterized the Sesheke parliamentary by-election campaigns. Mr. Kabanda has appealed to politicians participating in the Sesheke Parliamentary By-election to mobilize their cadres towards positive thinking and not sway their minds into negativity. He says there is need to promote a culture of responsible cadres who think and perceive things ...

The Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) anticipates another shortage of wheat on the market due to reduced production in the last farming season. Association president Andrew Chintala says to this effect the country is likely to import the product to meet the current increased demand. Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka, Mr. Chintala disclosed that MAZ is engaging the ...

The spread of the Cassava Brown Streak Virus Disease in Luapula Province is threatening food security in the area,Sub-Chief Natende of Chiengi district Katele Kalumba has said. He says the virus that was first detected in Uganda is now widespread in at least three districts in Luapula Province. In an interview with Q-News, the traditional leader has named the Districts ...