Visiting Afghan Deputy Minister for General Education Ghulam Hamayun has praised Zambia’s two career pathways education system. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Education Minister Michael Kaingu this morning, Mr. Hamayun says the two pathways which is the academic and vocational training will help students pursue what they want and are capable of. Mr. Hamayun says the two ...

Visiting United Bank for Africa (UBA) board Chairman Tony Elumelu has observed that entrepreneurship has a role to unite Africa through private sector engagement. Mr. Elumelu who is an accomplished Nigerian entrepreneur and a shareholder of the AFRIXIM Bank says he also believes the true sustainable development of the African continent lies in entrepreneurship. He says he has also come ...

Zambia has formalized its membership to the World Skills International (WSI) by officially announcing the establishment of the World Skills Zambia (WSZ) at a ceremony held in Lusaka this morning. This follows the country’s earlier securing of membership to the WSI in September 2014 by the sponsoring institutions which are the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA), Engineering ...

The Zambia Police has refuted allegations by the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) that Police officers are working under special instructions from the Command. Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani in a statement says Police officers are professionally trained and have the capacity to investigate any case that is brought before them without following any instructions. And Ms Libongani ...

Atlanta rapper T.I. has been very protective of his Hustle Gang affiliate Iggy Azalea. Whenever the “Fancy” performer had to face negative press or criticism from other artists, Tip stood up to defend his “No Mediocre” collaborator. Iggy was once again the subject of some unfavorable headlines when she decided to cancel her entire North American “Great Escape” Tour. The ...

BROOKLYN Beckham is growing up so fast. David and Victoria Beckham‘s son looks to be following in his parents’ footsteps now he’s graced the cover of Rollacoaster magazine, which is on sale now. The 16-year-old, who recently broke Twitter records, appears to have gotten his dad’s trademark smoulder down to a tee. He posed for photographer James White, who has previously shot ...

A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane has made an emergency landing in Australia after reporting a possible engine fire. Flight MH148 was travelling from Melbourne to the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Plane tracking sites showed the flight circling the airport several times. Fire engines were at the scene but officials at Melbourne airport said it had landed safely at around 15:00 ...

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to deny reports that an Australian navy ship paid the crew of a migrant boat to turn back to Indonesia. But Mr Abbott said Australia had developed “incredibly creative” approaches to stopping asylum boats from reaching Australia. Australia’s immigration and foreign ministers have denied allegations a payment was made to the crew. But Indonesia’s ...

Home Affairs Ministers Davies Mwila says government it is committed to modernizing the Zambia Police by equipping the service with modern equipment. Mr Mwila notes that the lack of modern equipment poses a challenge in the operations of the Police. He says the Patriotic Front government understands the challenges Police officers across the country are currently facing and is working ...

The Zambia Police Service has warned that it will not allow the use of firearms by unlicensed people. Police Spokesperson Charity Munganga – Chanda says for any person to own a firearm they have to obtain a license from the Police service in accordance with the law. Ms Chanda has told QFM News via telephone that the police will not ...