The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has with immediate effect abolished conducting professional licensure examinations, both theory and practical. Passing licensure examinations has been a prerequisite for HPCZ to issue Certificates permitting Health practitioners to practice in any facility in Zambia. In a statement, HPCZ Acting Chief Executive Officer and Registrar Bwembya Bwalya says the abolition means that candidate ...

At least one person has died and several others have been injured in clashes at Venezuela’s border with Brazil, local media report. Venezuelan security forces opened fire on a group of people who tried to block them from travelling to the border. President Nicolás Maduro has closed the country’s border with Brazil amid a row over the delivery of humanitarian ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has placed its Secretary General Mwenya Musenge on a 21 days forced leave. Announcing the decision at a media briefing in Lusaka today, Party Vice President Joseph Akafumba emphasized that Mr. Musenge has not been suspended but merely placed on leave. Mr. Akafumba explains that the decision was arrived at following a central committee meeting. ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) party Consultant Chishimba Kambwili has failed to turn up at the Lusaka Division Police headquarters where he was summoned for questioning over racial remarks he made against a road construction worker of Indian origin. Zambia Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has told journalists that Mr. Kambwili who was expected to appear for questioning today, Friday, 22nd February, 2019, ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission in Livingstone has arrested of fourteen (14) former Livingstone City Council Councilors for Abuse of Authority of Office. The former Councilors have been charged with one count of Abuse of Authority of Office contrary to Section 21 (1)(a) of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 3 of the Laws of Zambia. The Commission earlier arrested Livingstone Central Member of ...

President Edgar Lungu has asked Amnesty International, the International Criminal Court and Human Rights Commission to probe the allegations made by the opposition Alliance. Recently, the Opposition Alliance threatened to report President Edgar Lungu and seven others to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its quest for justice over the escalated political violence in Zambia arising from the recent by-elections. Opposition ...

Ministers of National Development Planning, Agriculture and Copperbelt province have supported the African Development Bank (AfDB) proposal to implement the Staple Crop Processing Zone (SCPZ) at Luswishi Farm Block in Lufwanyama District on the Copperbelt. The Staple Crop Processing Zone concept is envisaged to facilitate the development of idle land into commercially viable farm production and processing operations. The African ...

Minister of Justice Given Lubinda has announced a two phased roadmap for the refinement of the Republican Constitution which will commence in March 2019 at a cost of K2 million. Mr. Lubinda says in phase one, the refinement process will deal with the review of the Public Order Act. In a ministerial statement to Parliament, Mr. Lubinda has acknowledged that ...

Tobacco farmers from across the country are up in arms against the Tobacco Association of Zambia (TAZ) management over what they have termed as the mismanagement of the tobacco sector in the country. The tobacco farmers are disappointed with the association and other companies for suing government following its decision to put the tobacco sector in order through the introduction ...