The Health Professions Council of Zambia has introduced licensure examinations for all health practitioners who will graduate as at 1st June,2016 from both public and private universities and colleges. Speaking during a quarterly media briefing in Lusaka today, Council Registrar Dr Mary Zulu says the graduates will be required to pass the licensure examinations before being registered and issued with ...

Governance activist David Kapoma says the political violence taking place in the country is diminishing Zambia’s democracy. Mr. Kapoma says it is the duty of all political parties participating in the elections to ensure their candidates, cadres and supporters abide by the electoral code of conduct. He says Leaders of all political parties have an even greater responsibility to lead ...

People’s Party President Mike Mulongoti says it is shocking that the Patriotic Front wants to come out clean with regards to the violence that has characterized the campaigns. Mr. Mulongoti says political parties perpetrating violence should not run away from the fact that their cadres are violent, but should instead take responsibility. He says political leaders should realize that their cadres ...

Uefa has fined Hungary 65,000 euros (£50,000) over the behaviour of their supporters at Euro 2016. The Hungarian Football Federation was charged with crowd disturbances, setting off fireworks and throwing objects during the draw with Iceland. Hungary top Group F and face Portugal on Wednesday in their final group game. Croatia were previously fined 100,000 euros (£77,000) and Russia 150,000 ...

Lawyers for Led Zeppelin have asked a judge to throw out a case accusing the band of stealing the riff for Stairway to Heaven. Singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and Warner Music argue that the claimants have failed to make their case after three days of testimony. US District Judge R Gary Klausner is expected to hear arguments on ...

Congolese ex-rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba has been jailed for 18 years following a landmark conviction at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and sexual violence. Bemba, a former vice-president of DR Congo, was convicted in March of crimes committed in the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) in 2002-2003. He was accused of failing to stop his rebels from ...

The National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) has collected over K150 million from the Manyumbi and Kafulafuta toll gates in the first quarter of 2016. The agency has set K816 million as a target to be collected from toll plazas this year alone. NRFA Spokesperson Alphonsius Hamachila has told QTV News that the response from motorists passing through the two toll ...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says threats such as the ones President Edgar Lungu made to sort him out if he does not accept defeat in the upcoming elections are often used when people feel control slipping away. Mr Hichilema says it has become abundantly clear that President Lungu is now afraid of a free and fair contest. He says such ...

  The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to exercise his authority as head of State to address the political violence urgently with seriousness and impartiality before the country becomes ungovernable ahead of the elections CCZ president Bishop Dr. Alfred Kalembo in a statement says if political violence is not addressed, the country is ...

Three men reportedly were arrested and charged in the beating of NASCAR veteran Mike Wallace and his daughter after a Rascal Flatts concert in Charlotte, N.C., Friday night. Nathan Lucas and Randolph Mangum were charged with assault Saturday morning and a third man, Paul Lucas, was charged with assault on a female. A spokesperson for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department confirmed ...