Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) Spokesperson Joe Kasaka has blamed the Examinations Council of Zambia for the leaked examination papers. Recently, Education Minister David Mabumba announced the suspension of all exams for grades 7, 9, and 12 to allow investigations into the leakage of examination papers. Mr. Kasaka has told Q-news that government should thoroughly investigate this matter and ...

The United Party for National development (UPND) says it is not ready to attend the National Dialogue that excludes the three church mother bodies. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says his party remains committed to genuine dialogue facilitated by the three Church Mother Bodies. Mr Katuka says the UPND has nothing to do with the national dialogue being spearheaded by the ...

Vice President Inonge Wina has noted the need to come up with a law that criminalizes hate speech in the country. Mrs. Wina says it is high time Parliament considers enacting such a law especially given how weak legislation pertaining to hate speech is currently in the Country. Responding to a question by Kabwe central Member of Parliament Tutwa Ngulube ...

Luapula Province Minister Nickson Chilangwa says Luapula province has so far accumulated an investment figure of 3 billion United States dollars. Mr. Chilangwa says there are currently over 60 companies at various stages of investing in the province. He says the investments cut across various sectors such as agriculture, livestock and fisheries, manufacturing and in the energy sector. Mr. Chilangwa ...

The Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) has accused the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) of not telling the truth on the appointment of a committee to spearhead the national political dialogue process. The UPND has said it was not consulted on the appointment of a committee of eminent persons to chair the national political dialogue process. But ...

The University Teaching Hospital has successfully conducted its first ever kidney transplant surgery. Announcing the development, Health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya said a team of medics and surgeons from India and Zambia successfully conducted the four hour surgery on Wednesday coinciding with Zambia’s 54th Independence anniversary. The minister has announced that the team was led by a lead Zambian surgeon ...

The most famous football fixture in the world: El Clasico. For the past 10 years, it has been a personal playground for two larger-than-life global icons. But neither of them will be playing on Sunday afternoon when Barcelona and Real Madrid lock horns at the Nou Camp. Cristiano Ronaldo, of course, has departed for Juventus after a nine-year stay in ...

Modern Family star Sofia Vergara is the best-paid actor on US TV, earning $16m (£12.4m) more than her nearest rival, according to Forbes magazine. Vergara earned $42.5m (£33m) in 2017-18, Forbes said – far ahead of the top-earning man, The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons, who is on $26.5m (£20.5m). Overall, the top 10 men still earned more than the ...

Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president. Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa’s only female head of state. Her election to the ceremonial position comes a week after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed a cabinet with half the posts taken up by women. After being sworn in, President ...

Zamtel in partnership with the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has announced the launch of a mobile tax payment system using Zamtel Kwacha. The move will see Zamtel customers remit all their domestic taxes such as Turnover Tax, Base Tax, Income Tax, VAT, Withholding Tax and Pay As You Earn via the Zamtel Kwacha platform. Other tax types covered under this ...