Some former Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) members have welcomed the decision by the Labour Commissioner to dissolve the National, Provincial and district leaderships of the union. PROTUZ founder member Chisanga Mumba says this development will greatly help the Union to start afresh, heal the deep rooted divisions AND face the future as a united labour entity. In a letter to ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) Presidential campaign team member, Beene Hachombwa has urged the Anti Corruption commission (ACC) to expedite investigations into the awarding of the digital migration deal to Topstar leaving out other companies that had quoted lower prices. Speaking in an interview with Q news, Mr. Hachoombwa notes that the deal is suspicious considering that local companies ...

The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) has welcomed the progress the government, through the Teaching Service Commission, has made towards the recruitment of 30,000 teachers provided for in the 2022 education budget. Coalition Executive Director George Hamusunga says the announcement by government that the recruitment process will be decentralized gives the coalition confidence that the process will be completed in ...

Technology and Science Minister Felix Mutati has disclosed that a total of K21. 2 Million has been invested into youth skills empowerment programmes. In a ministerial statement on the progress made on the Youth skills Empowerment Programme, Mr. Mutati says it is anticipated that 7, 100 youths drawn from 100 constituencies will be trained during this first phase which is ...

The Ministry of Finance has developed a data capturing tool for monitoring progress on projects, programmes and services being provided by government through budgetary expenditures both through Central government and the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Finance and National Planning Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane says this is about monitoring what the money disbursed is doing on the ground. In a ministerial statement ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) and bus operators have held a consultative meeting to consider the request by transport operators to increase bus fares. RTSA Head Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga says the proposed increase in bus fares will only be effected after approval by all concerned stakeholders including the Ministry of Transport and Logistics. He says the meeting which ...

Government has noted with concern that some criminals have been attacking and stealing from unsuspecting motorists driving along Chibuluma and Mindolo Roads on the Copperbelt. Home Affairs Minister, Jack Mwiimbu says criminals are taking advantage of motorists who are forced to move at a very slow speed due to the deplorable state of the roads. Mr. Mwiimbu has told Parliament ...

Ukrainian officials are reporting gains made outside Kyiv and also in the southern Kherson region. The mayor of Brovary, a commuter town immediately to the north-east of Kyiv, said Russian troops had left all of the surrounding areas. Brovary itself was never captured by the Russian troops despite heavy fighting in neighbouring villages. Also in the Kyiv region, Ukrainian forces ...

Russia have responded to the alleged Ukrainian attack on a Russian oil depot in Belgorod. The Kremlin says that the strike on the fuel depot does not create comfortable conditions to continue peace talks, Reuters reports. A spokesman adds that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been briefed on the incident and says everything is being done to reorganize the fuel ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) board has elected Dr Caleb Fundanga as board chairperson. The board, at it’s first seating also elected Ms.Nana Munsanda Mudende as vice chairperson. In a congratulatory message to the new ZRA Board Chairperson and his vice, Finance and National Planning Minister, Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has reiterated the need to develop remedial strategies to address the ...