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President Hakainde Hichilema says he has received with great sadness and sorrow the news of the death of renowned professor and medical practitioner, Lupando Munkonge. Renowned professor and medical practitioner, Lupando Munkonge passed away yesterday aged 85. And according to a message posted on his face book page president hichilema says professor Munkonge is greatly credited for having significantly contributed ...

President Hakainde Hichilema says the new dawn government is determined to change the mindset of citizens from always waiting upon the government to create jobs. President Hichilema says his administration is committed to ensure that the Zambian economy grows by leveraging on entrepreneurship among citizens. He has charged that time has come for citizens to take the lead in all ...

Energy expert Johnstone Chikwanda has urged government to consider subsiding fuel as a temporal measure to cushion the impact of high fuel prices on the citizens in light of the continued Geo-political tension between Russia and Ukraine. And Mr. Chikwanda who is also energy forum chairperson has predicted an upward adjustment of fuel prices this month end. Mr. Chikwanda tells ...

Governance, Elections and Advocacy Research Services (GEARS) Initiative Zambia says the corruption fight can only succeed if institutions of governance work in close collaboration with one agenda of rooting out the vice in society. GEARS Executive Director, McDonald Chipenzi, however, observes that institutions of governance such as the judiciary appear not to be pulling in the same direction with law ...

The Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) has welcomed the quantity of the various positions advertised for recruitment within the health sector by government. Association President, Dr. Brian Sampa has told Q-news in an interview that RDAZ is satisfied with the number of positions that have been advertised in the print media. Dr. Sampa says he is hopeful that the ...

The Ministry of health has advertised the recruitment of 11,276 health workers, with the period for receiving applications being seven days from today. And four directors in the human resource department at the ministry of health have been sent on forced leave in connection with irregularities in the number of health workers in health facilities across the country and the ...

Opposition patriotic front Kabushi member of parliament, bowman Lusambo has accused the ruling united party for national development of destroying the country. Mr. Lusambo is alleging that many people are still suffering despite being promised better things by the ruling party when it was in opposition. Mr. Lusambo who is also former lusaka province minister has charged that people are ...

Former Patriotic Front (Pf) Deputy Secretary General, Mumbi Phiri and Shebby Chilekwa have been committed to the high court for trial in a matter in which they are charged with alleged murder of Lawrence Banda in Kaoma District in 2019. Magistrate Bestings Hamasiki committed the duo after receiving a certificate of committal from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Earlier, ...

President Hakainde Hichilema says the recruitment of the 11,000 health workers will focus on inclusiveness and will be done fairly. Mr. Hichilema says jobs in the public sector must be available to all citizens across the country as this will also help reunite the country. This came to light after president Hichilema engaged the ministry of health at the ministry’s ...

Inspector-general of police, Lemmy Kajoba has noted with concern the slowly emerging non-compliance of traffic officers to the earlier directive by the government and the Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Jack Mwiimbu on the suspension of snap road traffic checkpoints across the country. And Mr. Kajoba has directed that all traffic officers across the country are reminded to ...