ZAMBIA NEWS

The Ministry of Health has announced that all the ten provinces in country will by next month have dialysis clinics offering effective dialysis services. And there currently about 300 kidney failure patients accessing dialysis treatment in the country. Ministry of health permanent secretary in-charge of technical services Professor Lackson Kasonka explains that all the provinces apart from Muchinga were offering ...

The United Nations (UN) system in Zambia has commended government for the recent recruitment of over 30,000 teachers and the impending recruitment of 11,200 health workers. UN Resident Coordinator Beatrice Mutali says the recruitment of teachers and health workers is a demonstration of the Zambian government’s determination to attain universal access to quality education and health services. Ms Mutali who ...

Governance, Elections, Advocacy and Research Services –GEARS- Initiative Zambia says opposition PF members are the ones bringing former President Edgar Lungu back into active politics thereby threatening his continued enjoyment of retirement benefits. GEARS Initiative Executive Director McDonald Chipenzi says if the former head of state is still active in politics as he indicated when PF members of parliament visited ...

Government says it has cleared all the dues which were owed to retirees under the Public Service Pensions Fund (PSPF) from years back up to 31st December,2021 amounting to K2.6 billion. In a statement obtained by Q-News,Chief Government Spokesperson and Minister of Information and Media, Chushi Kasanda says what has remained outstanding are dues for the retirees within this year ...

Vice President Mutale Nalumango has assured Indian investors that their investments in Zambia are safe, due to the conducive investment climate and political stability that the country enjoys. Mrs. Nalumango says she is aware that the Indian business community has already staked 5 billion United States dollars for investment in Zambia and that such investment will be protected by law.  The ...

The opposition Patriotic Front has demanded for the release of incarcerated former party deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri who has been detained since February this year without trial. PF information and publicity secretary Raphael Nakacinda tells q news that if there is currently no evidence against her or any justifiable cause for her to remain in custody, Mrs. Phiri must ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has announced that the country will next month be launching a Nickel mine which will be the biggest on the African continent. Speaking at the private sector day in Lusaka, president Hichilema has challenged the private sector to invest more in developmental projects in the country that will result in more job creation and increased investment. And ...

The long awaited long list of successful teachers recruited by government has been published in the two government newspapers, The Zambia Daily Mail and Times of Zambia. The publishing of the names of the 30,496 teachers caused the delay in the circulation of the two newspapers which only went into circulation after 09:00 hours. Anxious waiting prospective teachers positioned themselves ...

The Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has called upon the auditor general to verify the quality, authenticity and truthfulness of the declarations of assets and liabilities that are being made by the office bearers. TIZ chapter president Sampa Kalungu says the reason office bearers declare before the chief justice is because they are declaring before the court and any declaration before ...

Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu has disclosed that 1 hundred and 23 thousand 9 hundred and four people have benefited from the ongoing Transforming Landscapes for Resilience and Development (TRALARD) project since 2019. Mr. Nzovu says the project in Luapula, Muchinga and Northern provinces aims at giving support to communities in diversifying livelihoods and improving farming practices. ...