Government says it is working around the clock to ensure to major challenges associated with low crop yields and poor productivity among small scale farmers are given the necessary attention they deserves. Speaking when he officiated at the NWK Agri Services launch to handover fifteen tractors to farmers in Mumbwa district today, Agriculture Minister Wilbur Simuusa says government is slowly ...

The Road Traffic and Safety Agency will conduct countrywide stakeholders’ consultative meetings in order to obtain consensus on the preferred age for drivers, specifically that of the Drivers for Public Service Vehicles (PSV). RTSA acting Senior Public Relations Manager Fredrick Mubanga says it is the duty for the RTSA to promote a safe and efficient road transport system for all ...

Pick n Pay has projected a total investment in Zambia in excess of US$50 million by the end of 2015, complemented with a total 15 stores and 2,000 employees. Speaking during the an open day for its ninth store in Zambia at East Park Mall along Great East Road, next to the University of Zambia, Pick n Pay Zambia General ...

MTN Zambia has announced the migration of its Mobile Money platform as part of its expansion programme to give customers more value. MTN Zambia Chief Sales and Distribution Officer Amon Jere says the move is meant to give MTN Mobile Money customers more value as the new platform has more functionalities that support the expansion of Mobile Money products and ...

Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education Minister John Phiri has noted the serious strides the Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ) has made in cleaning up the entire examinations process. Speaking when he officially opened the ECZ service centre in Lusaka today, Dr. Phiri says the cleanup is evidenced by the recently introduced and leakage free examinations and non availability ...

Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) Vice President for politics Canisius Banda has wondered why the water blues that hit Kitwe’s Wusakile township and other urban centers in the country has not been declared an emergency. Dr Banda in a statement made available to QFM News that the water situation has reached a critical stage. He has called on ...

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has cautiously welcomed government’s expressed desire to limit the overall fiscal deficit to 4.6 percent of the country’s GDP in the 2015 national budget. Government has also indicated that it will contain domestic borrowing to 2.0% of GDP. And the CCZ has appealed to government to seriously consider lifting the wage freeze imposed ...

Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Yang Youming says as Zambia continues to record development it is bound to see more diversified investments from China. Mr. Youming says to this effect, China has already started diversifying its investments from mining to other sectors such as Agriculture. He has also observed that the massive infrastructure development Zambia has embarked on is indicative of ...

Chief Chisunka of the Aushi Speaking people in Mansa District in Luapula Province says his chiefdom has seen minimal development under the PF leadership. Chief Chisunka has told QFM News in an interview that the PF promised the people in his chiefdom roads the promise which is yet to be honored. He notes that while other areas are experiencing massive ...

Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) Board Chairperson John Lijimu has advised government to realize that it has a role and responsibility to provide food, good health and education services to the people of Zambia. Mr. Lijimu says food, good health and education should be government’s top priorities and not infrastructure alone, stating that infrastructure development on its own is ...