Political Activist Dante Saunders says people should not be excited that government has allocated K29 million towards the constitution making process. Mr. Saunders has told QFM News that it is annoying for government to continue allocating money towards the process when they are not going to deliver the document. He says the move is aimed at hoodwinking Zambians that the ...

Action Aid Zambia Economic Justice Officer Patrick Nshindano has urged government to look towards promoting value addition among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Mr. Nshindano says government should look at ways of promoting small businesses involved in value addition by helping them build capacity and give them capital so that they are able to compete with other players internationally. And ...

Government says Zambia has the capacity to be self-sufficient in edible oil production due to the availability of raw materials. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Robert Sichinga says the country should not be importing the commodity because it has the capacity to produce its own. Mr. Sichinga notes that the country has raw materials like sunflower, groundnuts and soya beans, ...

Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma has ruled out any imminent reduction in fuel pump prices despite the continued declining oil prices on the international market. The price of Brent crude has fallen by 20% since the summer on concerns of oversupply, as output increases and demand wanes. Brent crude has fallen to below $87 a barrel, while ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission in Central Province has arrested a 40 year-old businessman of Lusaka for trafficking in more than 300 bundles of miraa. Commission Spokesperson Theresa Katongo says Simon Mwangulu, 40, a businessman residing at Plot No. 348 Kamwala in Lusaka has been arrested for trafficking in 302 bundles of miraa weighing 113.25kg concealed in five (05) carton boxes. ...

Government has reiterated its commitment to continue implementing the health sector reforms aimed at improving health service delivery at primary levels of care. Speaking in Lusaka today during a stakeholders meeting for Global Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea (GAPPD), Newborn Framework, Strategic Plan and Essential Newborn Care guidelines, Community Development, Mother and Child Health Minister ...

There was drama at the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) public hearing in Lusaka this morning when the Petroleum Transporters Association of Zambia (PTAZ) walked out of the hearing in protest of the agenda of the meeting. The PTAZ was due to make the initial submission at the hearing organized in view of the association’s recent action against licensing of foreign ...

The Zambia Police say investigations into the leaked letter Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda wrote to President Michael Sata seeking approval to amend VAT Rule 18 are still ongoing. The contents of a confidential letter written to President Sata in August this year were published in a named newspaper forcing government to declassify it. Zambia Police Spokesperson Charity Munganga Chanda has ...

National Restoration party (NAREP) President Elias Chipimo Junior has observed that government has no intentions of holding a referendum to adopt a new constitution before the 2016 general elections. Mr Chipimo has told Qfm news in an interview that though he does not want to appear like a prophet of doom, the reality is that it is not possible that ...

ActionAid Zambia has commended Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda for increasing the mineral royalty tax in the 2015 National budget. Speaking to Qfm in an interview, ActionAid Zambia Economic Justice project officer Patrick Nshindano says the increase in mineral royalty will compensate for the corporate income tax which many companies have not been paying. Ms. Nshindano explains that the Zambia Revenue ...