The Medical for Quality Healthcare in Zambia is worried about revelations that about 20 boxes of Coartem have been stolen at Nalolo District Pharmacy Hub in Western Province. Organization Director General Quince Mwabu has noted the need for a collective effort and will to fight this habit of stealing government’s medicine. Dr. Mwabu has expressed fear that if this is ...

A four year old boy identified as Jonathan Kasongo died as a result of injuries he sustained after a table fell on him. Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Danny Mwale who has confirmed the development said the incident occurred on Wednesday this week at 14:40 hours at Damishal Christian academy school situated in Lusaka’s Libala area. Mr. Mwale explains that ...

Fight Inequality Alliance Zambia- National Coordinator Daisy Mwilima has urged government to step up efforts in reducing the cost of living to bridge the inequality gap.  Ms. Mwilima has noted that the kwacha has been gaining and inflation going down from 24 to 10 in the last 9 months which is commendable but regrets that they are not translating into ...

UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) today announced that it is working with IBM to address the digital skills gap by delivering digital learning to youth and women, as part of UNCDF’s digital futures initiative. UNCDF Executive Secretary Preeti Sinha says IBM will support the implementation of digital futures through the IBM skills build initiative to offer digital and workforce skills ...

Government has challenged the Opposition Patriotic Front and other Political Leaders in the country to state their position on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQI). Vice President Mutale Nalumango says the united party for national development even during their time in opposition when they were being accused of embracing gay rights, clarified that it does not promote gay rights in ...

Government says it has taken measures to recover a total of over 200 million kwacha erroneously paid allowances to public officials under the Ministry of Education following an audit conducted by the office of the auditor general of the payroll for the ministry of education for the financial years 2017 to 2021. The Audit was targeted at ascertaining the correctness ...

UNAIDS Chief Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has urged Zambians to challenge social norms that promote various forms of discrimination. In the same vain Mrs. Byanyima has also noted the need to challenge and call for the removal of established laws and policies that promote discrimination. The UNAIDS Chief Executive Director was speaking when she officiated at the 2021 youth prevention ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has assured that the new dawn government will support every initiative from the private sector that is aimed at improving the living standards of the vulnerable people in communities. President Hichilema said this in a speech read on his behalf by minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Charles Milupi when he officiated at the handover of ...

MISA Zambia says it has not withdrawn from supporting the setup of a self-regulation mechanism for the media sector in Zambia but would not support the proposals under the current ZAMEC bill with the current detrimental clauses and the targeted punitive measures to individual journalists. MISA Zambia Board Chairperson Rev. Barnabas Simatende says MISA will support a purely self-regulation mechanism ...

The opposition leadership movement (lm) has noted with concern that the Ministerial Statement on the update of the recruitment process is not giving proper direction and hope to the unemployed teachers. Education Minister Douglas Syakalima told parliament on Thursday that the list of successful candidates in the teacher recruitment process will be published in print and electronic media as soon ...