The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has called on Livestock farmers to remain vigilant for likely incidences of livestock drowning and increased animal disease due to floods as a result of increased rainfall in some parts of the country. In a statement obtained by Q-news, Department of Veterinary Services Director, Swithine Kabilika is therefore urging farmers to move livestock from low ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says it is happy with the manner political parties are conducting their campaigns ahead of this Thursday’s Kabwata parliamentary by-election. ECZ Corporate Affairs Manager, Patricia Luhanga, however, states that the Commission received a complaint over the weekend from the Socialist Party were some political parties were campaigning in the same campaign zone the party ...

Senior Chief Chiwala of the Lamba speaking people of Masaiti District on the Copperbelt has called on fellow traditional leaders to take a leading role in stopping the brewing of the illicit local beer known as Kachasu in their chiefdoms. Chief Chiwala says he does not allow the brewing of the illicit beer in his chiefdom because it has destroyed ...

Over 13 million of Zambia’s estimated 20 million people are at risk of being affected by one of the four endemic neglected tropical diseases. Zambia is endemic to four Neglected Tropical Diseases which are Bilarzia, Trachoma,Soil Transmitted  and Elephantiasis also known as lymphatic filariasis, which is the swelling of limbs and other body parts. Speaking during the virtual commemoration of ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance has warned that it will not tolerate anyone defaming the President. Alliance Secretary Kaluba Simuyemba says what is critical is for all political leaders and citizens to observe the defamation law as it is. Mr. Simuyemba is advising Zambians and opposition political leaders in particular to avoid coming into conflict with the ...

Former National Arts Council of Zambia Chairman Patrick Samwimbila says government is in order to remind artists who benefited from the youth empowerment loans to pay back as this was the agreement from the start. Mr. Samwimbila says there is nothing sinister about the call on the artists to pay back the loans because it is within the terms and ...

The Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) has stressed the need for the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) to provide nutritious foods to flood victims avoid the country in the near future recording cases of malnutrition among victims of disasters such as floods. Organization country coordinator Mathew Mhuru has questioned whether the relief food the DMMU is giving to ...

Former Environment Minister William Harrington has charged that allowing mining activities to take place in the Lower Zambezi is a disaster and tragedy in waiting. And Mr. Harrington has challenged the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) to publish the environmental Impact Assessment Report and its decision letter which sets out conditionality to enable all concerned citizens to appreciate the decision. In ...