Opposition Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP) President Sean Tembo has charged that most of President Hakainde Hichilema’s actions are not in tandem with his pronouncements bordering on national unity. Mr. Tembo says the Head of State is fond of using divisive terms in most of his speeches which is indirectly promoting divisions among citizens. In an interview, Mr. Tembo says ...

The Zambia Institute of Purchasing and Supply (ZIPS) has bemoaned the disruptions caused to the supply chain by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. ZIPS president Robert Tembo has told a media briefing that Logistics have become more challenging than ever before. Mr Tembo is concerned that import related procurement’s will now have longer lead times as a result of the conflict. He has ...

The Millers Association of Zambia has attributed the continued high cost of mealie meal to the increase in price of maize and inconsistencies in fuel prices. Association president Andrew Chintala says the price of maize has gone up from K3, 200 per metric ton to K4000 leading to the increase in the price of mealie meal. Mr. Chintala tells QTV ...

Republican President Hakainde Hichilema says the African people deserve better from their leaders. Speaking when he addressed the ongoing mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa today, President Hichilema says there should be no excuses from African leaders to drive development and alleviate poverty on the continent. He says leaders are elected to better the lives of the people. President ...

A renowned fish farmer and trainer who is also founder of the zambian aquaculture cooperative society (ZACOSO) Dr Collins Kachaka has called on government to utilize the vast water resources to add value to the gross domestic product GDP. Dr. Kachaka says the abundant water resource that Zambia is endowed with are enough to improve the economy of the country ...

The civil society organization decentralization alliance network (CSO-DAN) has appealed to the local government parliamentary committee to summon the Zambia public procurement authority so it can explain what capacity it has built in the councils for the proper management for the constituency development fund. Speaking to Q-News CSO-DAN national coordinator George Chimembe recalls that not long ago the committee alarmed ...

Veteran politician Chifumu Banda says the provision of free education will compromise quality education if the new dawn government does not urgently address the challenge of the pupil-teacher ratio in schools across the country. Mr. Banda tells q news that in as much as the provision of free education is welcome, there are several challenges that government should urgently address ...

Lukulu East member of parliament Christopher Kalila has bemoaned the poor state of the Katunda-Lukulu-Watopa road which connects his constituency to the rest of the country. Dr. Kalila tells Q-news that the road which is a stretch of about 200 kilometers of gravel is in a very bad state and becomes impassable during the rainy reason. The lawmaker says the ...

Leader of opposition Economic Front Wynter Kabimba has charged that employees in the country employed both by foreign and local investors are likely to continue getting low wages as they don’t have strong unions to speak for them. Mr. Kabimba tells Q news that there is for employees in the private sector to come up with unions that will speak ...

Chikondi Foundation founder Bishop John Maambo says it will be a great mistake for the patriotic front-PF to adopt a politician that jumps from one political party to another as their party president during its convention slated for June. Speaking in an interview with Q news bishop Maambo notes that politicians that jump from one political party to the another ...