ZAMBIA NEWS

The Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE) and Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) have opposed the Ministry of Health’s decision to present the National Health Insurance Bill to Parliament without meaningful consultations with key stakeholders. The National Health Insurance Bill once passed will create an institution to be called National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) that will be given legal mandate ...

The University of Zambia is optimistic of meeting the standards set by health inspectors for the reopening of the institution by the end of February 2018. UNZA Registrar Sitali Wamundila told journalists during a conducted tour of the Great East road campus that K1 million has been spent on the rehabilitation works in readiness of the re-opening of the institution. ...

Transparency International Zambia has opposed calls for the removal of presidential immunity from the Republican Constitution. Recently, Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) called on Zambians to demand for the removal of presidential immunity from the Constitution in order to ensure that the presidency is also answerable to the judicial processes. But TIZ Chapter President Reuben Lifuka says what is ...

Pambashe pf member of parliament ronald chitotela says people have misinterpreted president edgar lungu’s use of a bemba idiom ‘uubomba mwibala alya mwibala’. Mr. Chitotela who had accompanied the president to the copperbelt has told journalists in lusaka that the media only picked the idiom without explaining the context it was used. He says president lungu was urging the pf ...

A fuel Tanker carrying petrol yesterday exploded in Mpika District of Muchinga Province after it lost control with the truck and its occupants been burnt beyond recognition. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo tells QTV News that the accident occurred yesterday at 16:10 hours at Danger Hill along Great North Road, 27 kilometers north of Mpika. Ms Katongo says the accident involved ...

President Edgar Lungu has called on the church in the country to consider engaging some politicians who are practicing cheap politics of malice and advice them to be better. The Head of State has also emphasized that he is always going to be available to the church and is ever ready to heed its advice and counsel. Speaking when he ...

Police in Lusaka have recovered assorted household items that were stolen from the members of the public including five vehicles. Among the items recovered by the police include 14 television sets, 12 laptop bags, 40, assorted mobile phones, 7 wigs, one home theater, photo copier toner, electric iron, 1 fridge and bunch of car keys, 40 GOTV decoders, among other ...

Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Administration Dr Kennedy Malama has assured the ministry’ commitment in forecasting and quantifying sunscreen lotion as commodity that should always be available in the public health system. Dr Malama says the ministry of health will continue to provide sunscreen lotions for people living with albinism in the country. He however states that the procurement ...

President Edgar Lungu has called on all politicians in the country to work together for the common goal of developing the nation. The Head of State said this when he addressed Mufulira residents on the copperbelt. President Lungu says there is need to practice what he has termed as ‘politics of development’ as opposed to preaching hatred in the country. ...

MMRP Manganese Mine Limited intends to invest US$15 million in the establishment of the mine, processing plant and Biomas Energy plant in Chief Chisunka’s Chiefdom in Mansa District of Luapula Province. Speaking at the ground breaking event for works to commerce at the mine in Mansa today, MMRP mining Chairman Raj Pousapaii says the manganese mine which is expected to ...