Lusaka Apex Medical University has advertised for qualified lecturers after the Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) withdrew approval certificates for some training programmes, Sunday. HPCZ Registrar Dr Aaron Mujajati said the council could not allow the Apex and Cavendish universities to continue training doctors saying given their capacity, they could only produce assassins. HPCZ...

Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Executive Director Andrew Ntewere has written to the office of the Public Protector, submitting his concern that that Financial Intelligence Center acted unreasonably and illegally by publicising its latest trends report. In his letter dated 11th June 2018 and addressed to the Public Protector, Ntewewe stated that by publicising the...

The Financial Intelligence Center (FIC) says every piece of information that is contained in its trends report is backed by factual evidence that can easily be used by law enforcement agencies if they wish to prosecute perpetrators of financial crimes. In this verbatim interview, FIC board chairman John Kasanga reacts to accusations that the center...

Zambeef Plc has posted huge profits after tax of K11.6 million after producing strong volume growth in both its cold chain food products and stock feed sales. According to a consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the six-month period ending March 31, 2018, Zambeef has posted massive profits of K11.67 million after tax, more than...

CUTS centre coordinator Chenai Mukumba says government’s decision to suspend 40 percent e-voucher system by reverting to the old conventional Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) will bring back corruption in the acquisition of farming inputs. On June 1st, 2018, Minister of Agriculture Michael Katambo announced government’s decision to re-stream 40 per cent of the E-voucher...

All Peoples Congress Party President Nason Msoni says he can't help but regret supporting President Edgar Lungu who pretended to be a humble man, when he was in fact a thief. In an interview, Msoni said the Patriotic Front government had revealed its true character to Zambians and that the public now understood who they...

International Trade Researcher and Consultant Trevor Simumba says his latest research findings have found proof that government unjustifiably escalated the cost of the Ndola-Lusaka dual carriageway from US$100 million to US$1.2 billion. Speaking in an interview with News Diggers after the launch of the case study on Chinese debt held at Grand Palace Hotel in...

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says neither Section 5 of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Act of 2010 nor any other law bars the FIC from disseminating its findings to the public. And Sinkamba has warned the PF members who are pressurizing their leadership to fire the FIC boss and her team that he will...

A report by the Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR) on Mukula production and trade has revealed that Zambia declared to have exported 3,000 m3 of Mukula logs valued at US$900,000 in 2016, while China declared Mukula imports from Zambia of about 61,000 m3 for an approximate value of US$ 87 million. CIFOR Southern Africa...

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has warned UNZA students that he will work closely with law enforcement agencies and management to ensure that unruly students are rooted out of the institution. On Saturday evening, University of Zambia students blocked parts of the Great East Road and stoned motorists in a protest sparked by a ten-minute...

Premier Consult Limted executive director Professor Oliver Saasa has questioned government’s continued intimidation of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) over revelations contained in its latest Financial Trends report. And Prof Saasa has observed that FIC director Mary Tshuma is being treated like she has commited a bigger crime than the thieves whom she has exposed....

CTPD Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo says instead of attacking the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) for releasing a financial fraud report involving K4.5 billion, government would do better by stopping the pilferage of public resources. Speaking in an interview with News Diggers, Mwaipopo said the attacks on the FIC’s decision to release its report before availing...

Veteran politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga has observed that institutions such as Parliaments, the Judiciary and the Press are on retreat due to fear of new African dictators who operate under the theme 'you are either with us, or against us'. In a statement, Saturday, Mwaanga lamented that most African countries had lost most of the...

The Zambian women came from a goal behind from the first leg to force a 2-2 aggregate and qualify to the 2018 Ghana African Women Championship finals at the expense of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe beat Zambia 1-0 in the first leg at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka last Wednesday but failed to repeat the feat at their...

The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has withdrawn five medical courses from Apex Medical University and Cavendish University for various breaches such as inadequate lecturers and lack of proper laboratories. And HPCZ says it will sue the two universities to demonstrate the gravity of the offenses. Meanwhile, HCPZ says the two universities must find...

Students of this institution should consider suing this university in both negligence and breach of contract. It is an implied term of an educational contract that the college will employ teachers that are academically and professionally qualified. If a college fails to uphold its end of the bargain, it must held liable. This institution is...