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First Lady Esther Lungu has called on government to urgently develop a Disability Management Information System that will ensure that evidence based practices are implemented. Mrs. Lungu says lack of data and information on disability and disability related indicators at national level contribute to the invisibility of persons with disabilities in official statistics. She says this presents a major obstacle ...

President Edgar Lungu has appointed members of the Advisory Board, Fundraising and Technical Committee to spearhead the construction of the National House of Prayer. Secretary to the Cabinet Dr. Rowland Msiska has told Journalists in Lusaka that the appointment of the 12 member board follows the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the National House of Prayer by President Lungu ...

An unidentified man of Lusaka has been electrocuted in a botched mission to steal a ZESCO underground power cable. ZESCO Spokesperson Henry Kapata has told QFM News that the deceased was in the company five people who attempted to cut the Ndeke underground armored cable along the road between Kamanga and Chelstone also known as Obama road. Mr. Kapata says ...

Higher Education Minister Michael Kaingu has announced that government is now ready to conduct safety and efficacy trials on the Sondashi Formula SF-2000 whose inventor Dr. Ludwig Sondashi claims it cures HIV/AIDS. Dr. Kaingu says this follows the processing of 23,000 Capsules in South Africa to be used in the trials. He has told Parliament in a ministerial statement today ...

Deputy Speaker of National Assembly Mkhondo Lungu says the nation should be worried that Zambia records about 19, 000 new HIV infections every year. Speaking during the SADC national parliamentary project on sustainable HIV financing dialogue meeting at Parliament buildings this morning, Mr. Lungu says Zambia is still among the eight countries in the world that contribute 70 percent of ...

Konkola Copper Mines has begun removing from the country Copper concentrates containing high levels of Arsenic which it imported from Chile. Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) Principal Information and Communication Officer Irene Chipili in a statement says this follows a decision by Government not to allow KCM to conduct any trial processing of the said copper concentrates due to environmental ...

Workers at the University of Zambia (UNZA) have decided to go on a go-slow from today until their paid their November salaries. University of Zambia and Allied Workers Union (UNZAAWU) Acting General Secretary Willa Mulabika has disclosed to QFM News that this follows a meeting held yesterday at the main campus where members resolved to go on a go-slow until ...

A total of 310, 230 grade 7 pupils have been selected to grade 8 out of 344, 516 that sat for the 2015 Exams. Out of the 310, 230 candidates selected, 155, 878 are boys while 154, 352 are girls representing a progression rate of 88.35 percent and 91.83 percent respectively. General Education Minister John Phiri has announced at a ...

The Ministry of Defence has moved to dismiss reports suggesting that there is an ongoing secret recruitment in the defence service. Speaking during a media briefing this morning, Defence deputy Minister Christopher Mulenga says to the contrary, the defence forces have not yet concluded the process of short listing successful candidates. He explains that following the advert of the recruitment ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Women have appealed opposition political parties to respect President Edgar Lungu. PF National Women’s Chairperson Margret Mumba says President Lungu deserves respect because he was put in office by the Zambian people. She says unwarranted attacks on President Lungu are actually exposing the desperation of the opposition especially the UPND and FDD. Ms Mumba says the opposition ...