The Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) says it cannot intervene in addressing the concerns raised by junior medical doctors through the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ). Junior Doctors at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) have gone on a sit-in protest demanding that the Ministry of Health addresses the various issues affecting them at the institution. ZMA President Aaron Mujajati has ...

Visiting renowned Evangelist Daniel Kolenda says Zambia needs a touch from heaven for things to change for the better. Evangelist Kolenda who is in the country for a 4 day gospel crusade says the gospel is the only answer to the challenges the country is facing. He says the answers to the challenges the country is facing are not with ...

Great British Bake Off star Sue Perkins has revealed she has a non-cancerous tumour in her pituitary gland, which prevents her from having children. Speaking to Good Housekeeping magazine, the broadcaster said she had discovered the tumour while having medical tests for another BBC show, Supersizers. “I’m lucky that it’s benign so it’s not in itself a worrying thing,” she ...

UPND Vice President for Administration Geoffrey Mwamba has charged that his summoning by Police in Kasama for merely buying fishing attests to how scared the ruling Patriotic Front is of him. Mr. Mwamba says the PF who have been claiming that he is a political nonentity are now feeling his weight the reason why the Police are now following every ...

Hundreds of migrants have protested for a second day at Hungary’s decision to prevent them from travelling on towards Germany and other EU countries. They are among 2,000 people camped at Budapest’s Keleti train station, having bought tickets for onward journeys. Meanwhile, more than 4,000 migrants arrived in mainland Greece from the island of Lesbos overnight. The EU is struggling ...

Rory McIlroy has been given a special exemption by the European Tour to play in the season-ending Final Series. An ankle injury has curtailed the world number one’s season to the extent he would not meet the 13-event Race to Dubai qualification standard. With the Northern Irishman leading the rankings, Tour officials have used their discretion to ensure the 26-year-old ...

The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has recorded about 753 cases of Child defilement in the first half of 2015. UTH Public Relations Manager Mwenya Mulenga has disclosed to QFM News that the highest number was recorded in January with about 118 cases of defilement. Mr. Mulenga says the ages of the children defiled range from 11 to 15. He notes ...

University of Zambia (UNZA) students this morning staged a protest disturbing the rush-hour traffic flow on Great East Road which they blocked with stones and burning tyres. The students were protesting over their withheld examination results by lecturers. University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers Union (UNZALARU) have withheld the exam results for 2014/2015 academic year demanding the payment of their ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has commended Government for approving the creation of the Education Loans Institution to replace the bursary scheme. YALI President Andrew Nthewewe says the bursary scheme has lamentably failed, and has been used as a conduit of corruption, bribery and nepotism and was unsustainable as the funds were not revolving. Mr. Nthewewe notes that the ...

Action Aid Zambia has called on the Zambian government to hasten the process of enhancing knowledge around mining production in order to address the current gaps in taxation in the mining sector. Speaking in a telephone interview with Q FM News, Action Aid Country Director Pamela Chisanga says there is need to capacitate institutions as the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) ...