Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says the release of the final draft constitution should build the momentum towards the enactment of the new constitution. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says his organization is happy that the final draft constitution has been finally released by government. Mr. Cheembe says though SACCORD would have wanted the draft ...

South Africa’s football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has died after being shot, South African police say. The incident reportedly happened at Meyiwa’s girlfriend’s house in Vosloorus, south of Johannesburg. The 27-year-old played for Orlando Pirates and had played in South Africa’s last four Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. On Saturday, he was in action for his club, when they ...

Bishop Lenson Bwalya of Elshadai Pentecostal Church in Lusaka has appealed to young people to desist from posting nude pictures on social media. Bishop Bwalya has told qfm news in an interview that it is unfortunate that young people are now in the forefront of circulating nude pictures and other sinful material on social network. Bishop Bwalya stresses that Zambia ...

The Grain Traders Association of Zambia (GTAZ) has opposed the reintroduction of crop levy saying it will bring into effect additional taxes that will increase the cost of doing business in the country. GTAZ executive director Jacob Mwale says that reintroducing the crop levy would mean that the private grain traders will be paying more to move products from one ...

Governance Activist, Maurice Malambo, says stakeholders should not reprimand the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI’s) proposal to hold the referendum alongside the 2016 General Elections. YALI has maintained that the country must consider hosting a referendum for adopting the new constitution alongside the 2016 general elections now that government has released the final draft constitution. Mr. Malambo says YALI is ...

Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) says the removal of subsidy on fuel has adversely affected the operations of private milling companies as transportation costs are consuming a larger chunk of their profits. MAZ President Allan Sakala says the millers are spending colossal amounts of income on ferrying raw materials to milling plants and this had resulted in increased costs of ...

The opposition Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) has indicated that it will this week join the six leaders of the workers who were retrenched in 1990 and go to the burial site of the late former president Fredrick Chiluba to hold silent fasting prayers. ZDDM President Edwin Sakala has disclosed the development to QFM News that later the group will proceed ...

Cote d’Ivoire and Zambia battled to a 1-1 draw in a friendly international match played at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka on Saturday. The draw saw Zambia remain unbeaten against Cote d’Ivoire now four successive meetings since losing 1-0 to The Elephants in the 1992 African Cup quarterfinals. Goals from Zambia striker Ronald Kampamba and Elephants midfielder Ousmane Ouattara ...

How would Keanu Reeves have looked with mutton chops? The world may never know. Reeves, who is currently starring in revenge thriller John Wick, told Moviefone that he wishes he could have played a Marvel or DC hero, but alas, the studios didn’t come calling. “I always wanted to play Wolverine,” Reeves said. “But I didn’t get that. And they have ...

The Tripartite Sectoral Committee of Ministers meeting in Burundi from 24 – 25 October 2014 has agreed that the Tripartite Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held in Egypt in mid-December 2014 to launch the Tripartite Free Trade Area (FTA). The decision to launch the Tripartite FTA took into account the fact that the majority of the ...