ZAMBIA NEWS

The Zambia Medical Association says it’s in full support of the reintroduction of licensure examinations by the Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ). Association Secretary General, Dr.Roy Tolopu has said the Association being the official representative of medical doctors and dental surgeons in the country is behind the HPCZ. Dr. Tolopu says the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia and the ...

Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) Registrar Chief Executive Officer and Registrar, Bwembya Bwalya says the reintroduction of licentiate examinations is not meant to punish health practitioners. Mr. Bwalya has also clarified that the examinations are also not meant to curtail the number of health practitioners, but merely meant to assess students whether they have the minimum competencies and skills to practice their ...

Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Chishimba Nkole has advised the government to carefully consider the impact of some of the international monetary fund (IMF) prescribed policies given its history in Zambia which he feels left a bitter taste among workers. Mr. Nkole has told Q-news in an interview that the union is following with keen interest the economic ...

Zambia Federation of Employers Vice President Kennedy Njamba says the first quarter of the year 2022 which ended on 31st march was as bad as the last quarter of the year 2021 as the cost of living and that of doing business have been high in the country. Mr. Njamba says the country witnessed some workers in certain entities resorting ...

Veteran Politician Chifumu Banda has advised the new dawn government to ensure that it delivers on some of the promises that it can in the remaining two months to its one year in office. Mr. Banda has charged that so far some members of the public feel disappointed with the new dawns performance as it has not delivered on some ...

A consortium of three unions in the mining sector have proposed for a forensic investigations of the business at Konkola Copper Mines to determine the true status of the business. The Mine Workers Union of Zambia, the United Mine Workers Union of Zambia and the National Union of Miners and  Allied Workers wants this to be done by the KCM’s ...

The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says the decline in maize production will have a negative bearing on the country’s food security. According to the crop forecasting survey for the 2021/2022 agricultural season and the food security status for the 2022/2023 season, maize production is expected to decrease by 25.24 percent from 3,620,244 metric tonnes recorded during the 2020/2021 ...

Ministry of tourism has dismissed a video circulating on social media suggesting that one of the stray lions in Kafue has been killed. Speaking in a telephone interview with Q-news, Ministry of tourism public relations officer, Sakabilo Kalembwe says wildlife and ZAF officers are still on the ground looking for the stray lions. Mr. Kalembwe has since advised residents of Kafue ...

Government has disclosed that it has developed a roadmap on the review of the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) Act. Labour and Social Services Minister Brenda Tambatamba says discussions have since reached an advanced stage benchmarking lessons from within, the region and abroad.  She says this is to ensure that the provisions incorporated are not only transformational, but also meet ...

A senior patriotic front member Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba commonly known as GBM has dispelled social media claims suggesting that he intends to rejoin the ruling united party for national development. Mr. Mwamba says he is content in the patriotic front and has no intentions to leave it for UPND. he says if UPND was in the opposition for 20 years ...