The Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) has advised government to listen to stakeholders whenever they speak out on issues in the education sector. PROTUZ Secretary General Albert Muyembe says the teachers had forewarned that Information Communication Technology (ICT) exams were not possible because schools did not have adequate computers coupled with the ongoing countrywide load shedding. Mr. Muyembe however, ...

Trevor Noah, who took over as host of The Daily Show in September, has undergone emergency surgery to remove his appendix. Comedy Central cancelled Wednesday’s live show and aired a repeat, but said “the procedure went well” and Noah was “currently recuperating from surgery”. “We expect he and the show will be back with an original episode tomorrow,” said a ...

The Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) says the proposed increase in electricity tariffs by ZESCO is ill-timed considering the current prevailing economic situation in the country. ZACA publicity and information officer Juba Sakala says the increase in tariffs will negatively affect consumers who are already grappling with the high cost of living. He says ZESCO should instead consider reducing the percentage ...

Russia and Egypt have urged caution over suggestions that a Russian airliner that crashed in Sinai killing 224 passengers may have been bombed. Russia said such theories were “speculation”, while Egypt said there was “no evidence” yet to support them. US and UK officials say intelligence suggests the plane may have been bombed. The UK has suspended flights to and ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu is in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania to attend the inauguration ceremony of that country’s President-elect Dr. John Magufuli. Dr. Magufuli, of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Party, was declared winner of the elections on Thursday last week after defeating his closest opponent Edward Lowassa in the Tanzania presidential elections. The Chama Cha Mapinduzi party has been ...

Fourth Revolution President Erick Chanda has described the move by the Central Bank to raise the policy rate to 15.5% from 12.5% as murderous. Mr. Chanda says it is very clear in the minds of the Zambian people that the PF came to destroy the country’s economy once and for all. Mr. Chanda states that the move by the Bank ...

Operation Young Vote (OYV) has intensified its efforts of encouraging more Zambians to take advantage of the countrywide mobile voter registration exercise. This follows its realization that with just 6 days remaining before the mobile voter registration exercise comes to an end the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has only managed to do just above 50 percent of its 1.7 ...

PF Member of the Central Committee Father Frank Bwalya has reminded Zambians that the decision by mining companies to lay off workers is a wake up call for the country to make progress in taking full charge of key sectors in the economy especially the mining industry. And Father Bwalya says President Edgar Lungu’s challenge to Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) ...

Lusaka City Council and National Aids Council (NAC) have signed a memorandum of Understating and a K103, 000 financing agreement for scaling up the eliminating of mother to child transmission of HIV using community models. Lusaka Mayor George Nyendwa says eliminating transmission of a virus is one of the greatest public health achievements possible saying this is why they are ...

LAMAR Odom reportedly kicked Khloe Kardashian out of his hospital room as he recovers from his shock collapse. The former NBA player is said to have asked his ex-wife to leave after claims Khloe and her sisters were exploiting his hospital dash for their show KUWTK. According to US Weekly’s Novemeber 16th issue, Lamar’s family turned him against Khloe and told ...