The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has shut down five health facilities on the Copperbelt province for various violations contrary to the laws of Zambia The facilities closed are Section 5 Mine Clinic and Baluba Shaft Mine Clinic both located in Luanshya while others are Copperbelt University Clinic in Kitwe, Sinozam Friendship Hospital also in Kitwe and Hilltop Hospital ...

American TV journalist Megyn Kelly is being criticised on social media for questioning why blackface is racist. The former lawyer asked, “What is racist?” in a discussion about inappropriate Halloween costumes during a Tuesday morning episode of NBC’s “Megyn Kelly Today”. “Back when I was a kid, that was okay just as long as you were dressing as a character,” ...

Suspected explosive devices were sent to former US President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the US Secret Service has said. It comes two days after a bomb was found at the home of liberal philanthropist and financier George Soros in the suburbs of New York City. The devices were discovered by technicians who screen mail sent ...

Visiting Zimbabwean President Emerson Mnangagwa has affirmed his Country’s commitment to sustaining close relations with Zambia. President Mnangagwa says his administration remains committed to strengthening the bilateral relations that exist between Zimbabwe and Zambia. He says this is as the two Countries endeavor to attain the middle income status by the year 2030. Speaking in Lusaka when he graced Zambia’s ...

Socialist Party General Secretary Cosmas Musumali has described as shocking government’s decision to indefinitely suspend the writing of the 2018 exams for grades 7, 9 and 12. Dr. Musumali has also wondered why such postponed of wring of Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ) exams does not happen often. In a statement to Q-News Dr. Musumali says as far as he ...

A committee of local eminent persons to chair the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID)  led national political dialogue has formerly been constituted. The committee comprise of Chief Nga’bwe, Senior Chief Madzimawe, Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika and Chifumu Banda. ZCID spokesperson Jackson Silavwe has disclosed to Q- News that all four members of the committee have been approved  and are ready to ...

The Movement for National Transformation (MNT) has observed the need to go beyond independence from colonial rule to crafting a new world Zambia. MNT president Daniel Shimunza says Zambia needs to re-craft its State, from being a third world, to first world status. In a statement to Q-News Mr. Shimunza says the State has corrupted itself and therefore must be ...

Zambia has today the 24th of October marked 54 years of independence from British colonial rule. And President Edgar Lungu and his Zimbabwean counterpart Emerson Mnangagwa led foreign dignitaries and service chiefs in laying wreaths at the Freedom Statue in Lusaka. The wreath laying ceremony which was characterized by solemnly music and a special gun salute, was in honor of ...