The Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) has cautioned stakeholders to be extra careful when engaging pupils on matters related to HIV and AIDS. PROTUZ General Secretary Kangwa Musenga says there have been isolated cases of pupils going into depression after finding out that they are HIV positive. Mr. Musenga has told QTV News that the nation needs to do ...

Prisoners Activist Evans Bunda has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s recent landmark judgment, allowing remandees and convicts who have appealed their convictions to vote in elections. Mr Bunda says this will help in the promotion of prisoners’ rights. He says this is in line with the transformation of the prisons service to Correctional service as enshrined in the amended republican constitution. ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) national trustee Bernard Mpundu has advised Paramount Chief Chitimukulu against being used by politicians to settle political scores. Mr Mpundu says the idea by the Chitimukulu to embarrass former Information and Broadcast minister Chishimba Kambwili for his political egoism is unthinkable. He says Dr. Kambwili is a free citizen who has freedoms of assembly ...

The MMD Felix Mutati led faction is against passing the political parties bill in its current form. National Secretary Raphael Nakachinda says the draft bill has so many grey areas. He says there is need for concerned stakeholders to reach consensus on the matter before the bill is taken to Parliament. Mr. Nakachinda says despite the party being in alliance ...

People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) President Andyford Banda has implored the ruling Patriotic Front and opposition UPND to engage in mature politics. Mr. Banda says the people of Zambia have for the past one year also been subjected to a lot of immature politics coming from the two political parties. He says it is time the two political parties competed ...