The Zambia National Teachers Union (ZNUT) has advised government to pick a good number certificate holders in the ongoing teacher recruitment exercise following its decisions to include them recruitment exercise. ZNUT Director for international and public relations Joe Kasaka says certificate holders should be prioritized so that they are cleared once and for all so that in the next recruitment, ...

The Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) has observed that the Eurobonds issued by the government are not impacting on Zambia’s productivity because of the model being used to invest the borrowed funds. ZAM Chief Executive Officer Maybin Nsupila says his Association has taken note that most projects in which the Eurobonds funds have been invested are being implemented by foreign ...

Zambians have been encouraged to actively participate in the debate pertaining to the published Constitution Bills. International Forum Institute of Zambia (IFIZ) President Alex Ng’oma is encouraging the people of Zambia to conscious that the wheel of life never stop spinning and therefore the best they can do is to debate the two Bills and state their position. Dr. Ng’oma ...

All People’s Congress (APC) President Nason Msoni has charged that the economic challenges the country is currently facing all point to lack of leadership. Mr Msoni says his party believes in view these economic challenges, it has become necessary to hold the 2016 general election as early as April 2016. Mr. Msoni has told Qfm News in an interview that ...

Anaesthetic gas may have been used against Jenson Button and his wife Jessica during a burglary in France, the Formula 1 driver’s spokesman says. Two men, who stole jewellery including Jessica’s engagement ring, may have pumped gas through the air conditioning before Monday’s break-in, he said. The spokesman said they were unharmed but “unsurprisingly shaken”. But medical experts said they ...

One Direction have topped the UK singles chart with their new single Drag Me Down. The track broke streaming records, earning the highest first-week streams for a single in the UK with 2.03m plays. Indie band The Maccabees have scored their first number one album with Marks To Prove It, just 1,300 copies ahead of Lianne La Havas’ Blood. Cilla ...

France has launched air, land and sea searches on and around the island of Reunion in the hope of finding more debris which could be linked to MH370. Malaysia has said a wing section found on the French Indian Ocean island came from the lost Malaysia Airlines flight. But French investigators have yet to confirm the link. The relatives of ...

Vice President Inonge Wina says Government is committed to improving the health sector in the country. Speaking this morning when she received a donation of Medical Equipment and Disposables worth K178,000 from OK Investment Zambia Limited, Ms Wina thanked OK Investment Limited for supplementing Government’s efforts to improve the health status of Zambia through the strengthening of health service delivery. ...

Government has reiterated its commitment to take advantage of Zambia’s status as a land locked to country’s to accelerate development. Transport, Works, Supply and Communication Minister Yamfwa Mukanga says government will continue with its infrastructure projects to ensure the country becomes more land linked with the view of opening up more opportunities for investment. Mr. Mukanga says government believes that ...

University of Zambia (UNZA) acting vice chancellor Enala Tembo says the teaching profession is key in the realization of government’s goal of turning Zambia into a highly literate nation by 2030. Speaking when she graced the 4th graduation of 500 secondary school teachers at Paglory College of Education in Kabwe today, Professor Tembo says it is the responsibility of the ...