Opposition Patriotic Front Matero Member of Parliament, Miles Sampa has charged that the 2022 national budget is on the verge of collapsing because the expenditure side has far outweighed anticipated and actualized revenues. Mr. Sampa states that the 2022 national budget which he has described as the best ever in the history of nation is likely to fail to meet ...

Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane has noted the critical need to capacitate the Office of the Auditor General with necessary skills and knowledge for effective fulfillment of its mandate. Dr Musokotwane says the work of the auditor general’s office is crucial in realizing the aspirations of government. He said this in a speech read on his behalf ...

Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says a warn and caution statement has been recorded from opposition EEP leader Chilufya Tayali aged 47 of house number 38 Ngwezi road in Roma Township of Lusaka. Mr. Hamoonga says this is in relation to the offence of inciting Mutiny contrary to Section 48 subsection (a) of the Penal Code and communication of certain information ...

Cabinet has approved the draft Eighth National Development Plan (8NDP), 2022-2026 which has been anchored on four key development pillars. The four pillars are economic transformation and job creation, human and social development, environmental sustainability, and good governance environment, in order to achieve “socio-economic transformation for improved livelihoods”. The 8NDP which is a successor plan to the Seventh National Development ...

Local Government and Rural Development Minister Garry Nkombo has observed that the increase in the motor vehicle population in urban areas particularly Public Service Vehicles has posed a challenge for the need to create new bus stations within the Central Business District (CBD). Speaking when he conducted spot checks at Kulima Tower Bus Station and Freedom Way in Lusaka to ...

The World Bank has given Zambia 191.5 million U.S. dollars towards the Social Cash Transfer to ensure the livelihoods of vulnerable people are safeguarded. Minister of Community Development and Social Services, Doreen Mwamba says the Swedish government and a British, American, and Irish consortium has also provided financing to the Social Cash Transfer program. Ms. Mwamba has since assured the donor ...

UK Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford has arrived in the country for a three day visit aimed at continuing building the modern partnership between the UK and Zambia. Ms ford’s visit to Zambia is part of her regional visit which will also take her to Malawi and Tanzania. According to a statement obtained by Q-News, Minister Ford will whilst in ...

Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka today teaching Service Commission Chairperson Daphne Chimuka says no application should be submitted physically to any government office or institution. The Teaching Service Commission has advised applicants for the advertised 30,000 teaching positions to submit their applications to the District Education Board Secretary in the districts of their choice through ZAMPOST. Mrs Chimuka ...

Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu has announced that his ministry will soon commence the issuance of timber concession licenses that were last issued in 2017. In a statement obtained by Q-News, Mr Nzovu says the ministry will before the end of April 2022, issue and circulate an advertisement in the daily newspapers and other media platforms to ...

Social Economist Kelvin Chisanga has noted that the monthly fuel price review adopted by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) is disadvantaging the business sector. Mr. Chisanga has told QTV news in an interview that it is very hard for business people to maintain stability in their commodity prices because most of them are interdependent on the pricing of petroleum products. ...