Government has reiterated its determination to close the gap on the missed cases of TB, which currently stands at about 10,000. Health Minister Sylvia Masebo says government is also keen to raise the desired awareness about tuberculosis in Zambia. Speaking when she officiated at the commemoration of the world TB day, which was commemorated under the theme, ‘invest to end TB. ...

Vice President Mutale Nalumango has blamed the previous administration of the patriotic front for failing to provide the farmers in Petauke District with fertilizer on time. Mrs. Nalumango says the fertilizer was not delivered even though in some cases, it was fully paid for. She has told parliament in a ministerial statement on measures being undertaken to provide relief food ...

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 ...

The Governance, Elections, Advocacy, Research Services (GEARS) initiative has doubted if the electoral commission of Zambia will embark on any continuous voter registration exercise anytime soon. His comment comes shortly after the electoral commission of Zambia (ECZ)  announced the postponement of the continuous voter registration among other prominent reasons were due to the forthcoming by-elections in Luwingu, Monze and Mongu. ...

The Governance, Elections, Advocacy, Research Services (GEARS) initiative has doubted if the Electoral Commission of Zambia will embark on any continuous voter registration exercise anytime soon. His comment comes shortly after the electoral commission of Zambia (ECZ) announced the postponement of the continuous voter registration among other prominent reasons were due to the forthcoming by-elections in Luwingu, Monze and Mongu. Organization ...

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 ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has requested the kingdom of Saudi Arabia to convert Zambia’s debt into a grant. Speaking when Saudi Arabia ‘S King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud special Envoy Ahmed Kattan paid a courtesy call on him, president Hichilema also requested that fuel and fertilizer deals between Zambia and Saudi are relooked at. President Hichilema says with the ongoing war ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he’s spoken with UK PM Boris Johnson and “received assurances of his support” ahead of tomorrow’s emergency Nato summit in Brussels. Zelensky tweeted they “discussed the course of hostilities and defence assistance to Ukraine”. As we reported earlier, Johnson told his Cabinet colleagues “the West should not hesitate to go further in strengthening sanctions and providing further ...

Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTAT) Interim Statistician General, Mulenga Musepa says the agency has made significant progress in readiness for the 2020 national census of housing and population. Mr. Musepa says ZAMBSTAT has just completed the assessment on how it is going to apportion equipment for conducting the census to various localities depending on the need. He has told Q TV ...