Mbabala Member of Parliament, Joseph Munsanje has disclosed that a total of 630,000 kwacha has been released to the constituency for skills training and boarding schools bursaries under the constituency development fund. Mr. Munsanje has since called on all bursary applicants to ensure their documents reach the constituency office by Friday, 5th march 2022 for the CDF committee to process ...

The 2021 Annual Market Performance Report for the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Sector has revealed that there was increased access and utilisation of ICT services in the country in the year under review.  In particular, the report highlights an increase in the number of active mobile cellular subscriptions from 19.1 million subscriptions in 2020 to 20.2 million subscriptions in ...

Speaker of the National Assembly Nellie Mutti has reserved ruling on a point of order raised by Mufulira Member of Parliament Golden Mwila who wanted to know whether Bwana Mkubwa is in order to continue chairing the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) when his company Balaam Limited has been implicated in the irregular supply of facemasks to the Disaster Management and ...

Eighty (80) Zambian nationals have so far been successfully evacuated to the Polish capital Warsaw from Ukraine of the 114 nationals earmarked for evacuation. In a ministerial statement to Parliament on the Zambian nationals in Ukraine, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Corporation Stanley Kakubo says most of those evacuated to Poland so far are students. Mr Kakubo adds that ...

PRISONS Care and Counseling Association (PRISCCA) has appealed to ward development committees to consider correctional facilities as beneficiaries of the K25.7 million Constituency Development Fund (CDF). PRISCCA Executive Director Godfrey Malembeka tells Q-news in a telephone interview that many correctional facilities in the country are currently in a bad state. Dr. Malembeka also notes that some inmates in Correctional facilities ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has acknowledged that the dubious acquisition of driver’s licenses without due examination could be among the leading cause of accidents on the roads. RTSA Head of Public Relations Fred Mubanga says going forward, the agency is considering engaging the Anti Corruption Commission so that its officers can be stationed at examination centres as ...

The Council of Non-Governmental Organizations in Zambia has expressed disappointment over the unilateral cancellation of the World NGO day activities by the permanent secretary special duties, Nicolas Phiri. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka this morning, Council of NGOs in Zambia Chairperson, McDonald Chipenzi says the Council will not be part of the unilateral revival of the day by ...

A Consortium of Civil Society Organisations has warned that Zambia is off target and may not achieve the African Union target of halving poverty, ending hunger and reducing child stunting to 10 percent and underweight to 5 percent by 2025.  The Netherlands Development Organization (SNV), Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance and Civil Society for Poverty Reduction have further said ...

The United Nations says at least 136 civilians have been killed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began last Thursday. Thirteen children are believed to be among the dead. But Liz Throssell, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the real death toll is likely to be much higher. Throssell said most of the casualties came ...

Oil prices have surged on international energy markets despite new measures aimed at calming concerns about the impact of the Ukraine invasion. Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil prices – has topped $110 (£82) a barrel, marking the highest level seen in more than seven years. The rise came even after the International Energy Agency’s members agreed to ...