Foreign Affairs Joe Malanji and Shandong Province Vice Minister Ren Airong The foreign affairs office of Shandong Province in China is ready to put in writing the intent to twin Shandong Province with Zambia’s Eastern Province. Shandong Province Vice Minister Ren Airong says they want to actively push forward cooperation between the two provinces and…
The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) has commended the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) for facilitating the payment of teachers whose salaries were withheld on account that their transfers to various stations did not follow the right procedure. Recently, the Teaching Council of Zambia blocked salaries for 125 teachers who transferred from rural districts…
The Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company has suspended water supply to Chirundu district as a result of high turbidity levels on the Zambezi River which is the source of the company’s water. In a statement, Company Marketing and Public Relations Manager, Patson Phiri says the high turbidity levels have rendered water treatment virtually impossible. Mr…
Justice Minister Given Lubinda Minister of Justice Given Lubinda says the Public Order Act amendment bill will soon be ready. Mr Lubinda says his Ministry is waiting for the convening of a workshop for Member of Parliament and other stakeholders on the public order act by the inter-parliamentary union. He says his ministry is currently…
BuyZed campaign has joined the Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) in opposing the importation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) into the country. Campaign founder Evans Ngoma says his organization finds it unfortunate that the country is allowing the importation of gmos when it has capacity to produce a lot of agricultural products. Mr. Ngoma tells…
The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) says it regrets plans by mining companies to cut down labour and capital injections. In a statement issued to Q-News, the EAZ Board has expressed concern over the statement issued by the chamber of mines warning that the new mine tax regime proposed by government could lead to more…
More than Five Thousand girls have been impregnated in the third quarter of 2018 in Chipata district alone in eastern province. Chipata District Commissioner Kalunga Zulu has disclosed that the pregnancies where recorded from girls below the age of 20 years old. He says some of the girls are in schools while the others are…
