The Media Institute of Southern Africa has opposed the reintroduction of the 16% value added tax (vat) by the government on e-newspapers and newspaper sales saying this will further reduce the already low levels of readership in Zambia. The government of Zambia through the 2022 budget that was released last year in October passed an amendment to the vat act, ...

The Cross Border Network Africa, an organization promoting and facilitating small and medium enterprises [SMEs] in Africa has disclosed that the importation of onions has still continued with trucks being allowed to enter Zambia despite the suspension on onion importation. Addressing the media in Lusaka today, network chairman General Bernard Sikunyongana says trucks laden with onions are being allowed to ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has urged youths in the country to aggressively seek various empowerment initiatives being offered by government. President Hichilema says government is also in the process of reviewing the youth policy of 2015 and other pieces of legislation to make them relatable to challenges facing youths. speaking in a speech delivered for him by Vice President Mutale Nalumango ...

Government has announced that it will give an amnesty to all ineligible young Zambians who acquired the national registration cards below the age of 12 years old prior to the august 12th 2021 general elections to surrender the cards to the government so that they can start afresh. Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu has confirmed the Non ...

The National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) has commended president Hakainde Hichilema’s directive for the arresting of perpetrators of child marriages must attract national support and instituting of various cultural and legal amendments. NAQEZ Executive Director Aaron Chansa says the resultant and hoped-for amendments of customary law, which permits underage marriages, will make underage marriage an actionable offence. Mr. Chansa ...

The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has seized various food and feed products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) worth over k136, 000 which were placed on the market without documentation from the authority. The authority has warned distributors, suppliers and traders that they risk their authorized GMO products seized for failure to produce permits when requested during inspections. The NBA during ...

The Government has revealed that the process of strengthening Zambia environmental management agency’s mandate by amending the environmental management act and other related laws such as the environmental impact assessment regulations to ensure that existing gaps and concerns from stakeholders are addressed. Speaking when he officiated at the anti-corruption sensitization workshop for ZEMA inspectors in Lusaka this morning, minister of ...

Youth, Sport and Arts Minister Elvis Nkandu has revealed that the ministry has so far recovered over 20 million kwacha from beneficiaries under the youth empowerment program. Speaking at the ongoing national indaba, Mr. Nkandu says the ministry has made tremendous progress in loan repayment. Mr. Nkandu says the new dawn government is determined to create equal opportunity for all by ...

Opposition Leadership Movement President Richard Silumbe has charged that assertions that the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia poses a threat to the stability of fuel prices in the country is a scapegoat for the government. Dr. Silumbe has told QTV news that the conflict in Ukraine and Russia started when fuel prices were already on the increase in the country. He ...

Ruling UPND National Chairperson Stephen Katuka says the UPND administration has no intentions of making the country a one-party-state. Mr. Katuka was responding to assertions by opposition Patriotic Front Information and Publicity Chairperson Raphael Nakacinda that the UPND wants to make the country a one party state. He tells QTV news that the UPND favors multi-party democracy and those who ...