YVZ condemns suicide reports among pupils
Youth Vision Zambia (YVZ) says it is stupidity of the highest level for some young people to commit suicide because they have failed to make it to grade ten. Commenting on a 16 year old girl of...
View ArticlePrivate colleges shouldn’t be for personal gain – minister
EDUCATION, Science, Vocational Training and Early Childhood Education Minister John Phiri has said private colleges of education should not be created for personal gain but with key focus in changing...
View ArticlePresident Sata’s Facebook : MCS- 27/01/14 – Progress on Road construction
Good Morning Dear Friends, Today, I wish to share with you our Government’s progress on the construction of selected road works within and around Western Province. As of December 2013, a total of 1,713...
View ArticleOut of Africa: Father reveals his amazing rescue of snatched son (7) from Zambia
A father – whose son was abducted by his mother and taken to Africa - has revealed his desperate and dramatic crusade to successfully bring his son back home. Richard Quarry’s son Ethan (7) was...
View ArticlePresident Sata’s Facebook : 28/01/14 School construction and teachers...
Good Morning Dear Friends, Today, I wish to share with you our Government’s progress on the construction of Education infrastructure across the country. During 2014, Government will accelerate the...
View ArticleState of the nation address by Hakainde Hichilema
23 January 2014, Lusaka REFLECTIONS ON THE STATE OF OUR NATION Good morning ladies and gentlemen of the press. I am grateful that you have taken time to be with us today and present to us this...
View ArticleLiteracy initiative to boost education
CHOMA District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Mutinta Mubanga has called for stronger adult literacy programmes to enhance education standards among ordinary citizens. Ms Mubanga said her office had...
View ArticleLusaka based politician advises government to consult before implementing...
A Lusaka based politician, Nason Msoni, has advised the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) government to be consulting widely before implementing policies that affect a large number of people. Mr. Msoni cites...
View ArticlePave-Zambia 2,000 machinery launched
THE distribution of machinery to be used in implementing the Pave-Zambia 2, 000 road project countrywide has been launched. And Government has directed the Road Development Agency (RDA) regional...
View ArticleWest road works create 1,000 jobs
MORE than 1,000 jobs have been created in Western Province under the ongoing construction of various roads in the province, President Michael Sata has said. Mr Sata said the construction of key roads...
View ArticleAVAP calls for level playing ground in Katuba by-election
The Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) has called for a level playing ground for all political parties that will contest in the Katuba parliamentary by-election slated for February 28 this year. The...
View ArticleOSF backs calls for withdrawal new education policy
Open Society Foundation (OSF) has supported calls for government to withdraw the newly introduced policy that subjects pupils from Grades one to four to be learning in their local native local...
View ArticleHigh bank rates setback –Veep
HIGH bank interest rates in the country are preventing many Zambians from acquiring mortgages to build houses, Vice-President Guy Scott has said. He said in Lusaka yesterday that interest rates on...
View ArticlePresident Sata expected at AU summit tomorrow
President Michael Sata is tomorrow, Wednesday the 29th of January expected in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the 22nd African Union summit. The Theme for the summit is 2014 Year of Agriculture and Food...
View ArticleChikwanda spells out IDC inclusion guidelines
FINANCE Minister Alexander Chikwanda has said that not all quasi-Government institutions will be incorporated in the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). Mr Chikwanda said in an interview that...
View ArticleLightning kills 4 family member
FOUR members of the same family, including a set of two-year-old twins have died after being struck by lightning. The bodies of the four of Ofa village in Chief Chiwala’s area in Kafulafuta were...
View ArticleSata in Ethiopia for food summit
PRESIDENT Sata is expected here today to attend the 22nd African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government summit where a busy schedule awaits him. Zambia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Susan Sikaneta told...
View ArticleUS trip a success, says Kapeya
MINISTER of Information and Broadcasting Services MwansaKapeya has described the trip he undertook to the USA with other officials from the ministry on a comparative study tour of freedom of...
View ArticleIntegrity needed for development – Msiska
SECRETARY to the Cabinet Rowland Msiska says there is need to maintain integrity in government institutions if the country is to achieve sustainable development. Dr Msiska says integrity is at the...
View ArticleMAJAZ opposes Judicial Service Commission Act amendment
THE Magistrates and Judges Association of Zambia (MAJAZ) has strongly opposed the proposed amendment to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Act which seeks to remove the Chief Justice as chairperson...
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