Permanent Secretary for technical services in the Ministry of Education, Joel Kamoko has dismissed assertions by UNZASU President Gabriel Banda that there is lack of political will in the New Dawn government to attend to the needs of the school of Education at the University of Zambia. Mr. Kamoko says it is not a secret that the UPND government has ...

Government is concerned with the unregulated production and trade in charcoal taking place across the country resulting in adverse environmental consequences. Speaking during the launch of the national charcoal task force in Lusaka today, Ministry of Green Economy and Environment Permanent Secretary John Msimuko  says illegal charcoal production poses great danger to the environment because of the manner in which ...

Vice President Mutale Nalumango has called on accountants across the country to help cleanse the public and private sectors of corrupt practices. Ms. Nalumango says accountants should also be wary of other unwarranted misapplication of resources especially finances. Speaking in Lusaka during an ACCA women’s leadership conference under the theme: “State of leadership in Zambia – Inclusion for economic progression”, Mrs. ...

The Women’s movement in Zambia is demanding that government develops and presents to the public within the next three months a clearly articulated roadmap on the establishment of the Gender Equality and Equity Commission. The movement comprises Young Women in Action, Plan International, Oxfam, Forum for African Women Educationalists of Zambia, Zambia National Women’s Lobby, Generation Alive and the Non-Governmental ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and other Law Enforcement Agencies to ensure that individuals marrying off adolescents as well as those aiding the process are brought to book. Speaking when he officiated at the commemorations of the international women’s day, themed gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, in Lusaka today, President Hichilema said this ...

The 95 Zambian nationals who were evacuated by the Zambian government from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of that country have safely arrived home. The group mostly comprising students touched down at the ZAF Lusaka airbase around 20:00 aboard a chartered flight last evening. Some senior government officials including cabinet ministers Stanley Kakubo of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Jack Mwiimbu ...

Government has received over 2,500 applications from various cooperatives for registration. The dawn government advised women and youths in communities to form cooperatives in order for them to benefit better from the constituency development fund and other empowerment programs. And Small and Medium Enterprises Minister, Elias Mubanga says there has been an overwhelming response from the women and youths who ...

UPND National Youth Chairperson Gilbert Liswaniso has challenged councils across the country to improve on their performance and deliver as expected by the public. Mr. Liswaniso tells q news that the councils are now making enough money to support their operations. Mr. Liswaniso has reminded councils that the party and the public are expectant especially that they are no longer ...

The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) has noted that there is no need for a road-map in the employment of teachers because the country needs their services urgently. ZANEC Executive Director George Hamusunga says government should therefore recruit the 30, 000 teachers before the first quarter of this year elapses. Mr. Hamusunga says in an interview that the recruitment of ...