The engineering institution of Zambia (EIZ) has noted with great concern that mining activities at the black mountain are being conducted without following safe mining methods. In a statement on the activities at the black mountain, EIZ president engineer Abel Ng’andu says the EIZ maintains its recommendations made in august 2018 on safer and controlled mining practices at the black ...

A funeral church service for fourth republican president rupiah Banda who died aged 85 last Friday has been at the Anglican cathedral of the holy cross in Lusaka ahead of his burial in the next few hours. Republican president Hakainde Hichilema was among scores of mourners including former president Edgar Lungu who filled the cathedral for the memorial. The late ...

Fourth republican president Rupiah Banda who died on 11th March,2002 has been put to rest at the Presidential Burial site, Embassy Park in Lusaka. Mr Banda succumbed to colon aged 85. The burial of the late former president was preceded by a funeral church service at the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Republican President Hakainde Hichilema was among scores ...

Paramount chief Chiti-Mukulu of the Bemba people has described late fourth republican president rupiah Banda as a gallant leader and a selfless man who led the country on the values of peace and unity.  Speaking in a telephone interview with q news, chief Chitimukulu says he together with the Bemba royal establishment are saddened by the death of the fourth ...

The Democratic Governance and Human Rights Advocacy [DEGHA] has advised the 30 patriotic front suspended members of parliament to use the 30 days as an opportunity to visit their constituencies.  On Tuesday 30 PF members of parliament were suspended from parliament for 30 days for participating in a protest that disrupted the business of the house on 30 November 2021. ...

Minister of education Douglas Syakalima has disclosed that over 78 girls in Shiwang’andu district had dropped out of school due to early pregnancies and early marriages while in school. Mr. Syakalima tells q news that the ministry managed to retrieve from marriages eight children who were not yet pregnant. The minister has noted the need for parents in rural areas ...

State owned power utility firm, Zesco has assured that the over 60,000 applications for new connections it received will be dismantled before the end of the year. Zesco corporate affairs manager john Kunda tells Qtv news that the backlog stood at 67, 000 as of December last year. Dr. Kunda notes that the utility is currently mobilizing funds to ensure ...

Bank of Zambia governor, Denny Kalyalya has acknowledged that there is currently a short supply of dollars in the country. In an interview Dr Kalyalya has attributed the short supply to the transition period and settling in of the new dawn government, stating that some business players that contribute to the supply of dollars in the market had halted their ...