A clergyman has urged young people in the country not to indulge in illicit sexual activities and beer drinking as the festive season peaks. Presence of God Ministries International Church Overseer Christopher Kunda says a lot of lives are lost during this period because young people get too excited for nothing. Apostle Kunda says this is the time for parents ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) Chairperson for Energy Garry Nkombo says time is ticking for the Patriotic Front to please the Zambian people who are bitter with their policies. Mr. Nkombo who is also Mazabuka Member of Parliament points out that government still owes farmers in his constituency K19 million who are spending sleepless nights thinking about what they ...

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia chapter has hailed the media for the coverage they have given to all political parties taking part in the 2015 presidential election. MISA Zambia chapter Chairperson Hellen Mwale says the media should be commended because they are doing well in their coverage of the ongoing election campaigns. Ms. Mwila has told Qfm ...

The Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has encouraged political parties to continue conducting their campaigns in a peaceful manner and strive by all means to ensure that party members and supporters abide by the provisions of the laws which govern elections in the country. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says as the campaign mood begins ...

Three television adverts for electronic cigarettes have been banned, just weeks after the rules were changed so people could be shown using them. Two of the adverts featured a woman exhaling vapour which, according to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), appeared to glamourise the smoking of tobacco products. Another was said to be encouraging non-smokers to take up e-cigarettes. The ...

Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic believes his side can win an unprecedented quadruple. No club has won the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup in the same season. But Matic, who rejoined Chelsea from Benfica for £21m in January, said: “I think it’s possible. We have a chance.” The Premier League leaders are in the Capital One Cup ...

Islamic State (IS) militants have captured the pilot of a Jordanian warplane that crashed in northern Syria, Jordan’s military has confirmed. The jihadist group claimed it had shot down the jet with a heat-seeking missile near the city of Raqqa. It published photographs showing the pilot, who has been named as Flight Lieutenant Moaz Youssef al-Kasasbeh. This is the first ...

Bashi Lubemba have pleaded with government not to interfere with traditional affairs especially in the appointment of traditional rulers. Speaking when PF President Edgar Lungu paid a courtesy call on Paramount Chief Chitimukulu designate Henry Kanyata Sosala, Chairman for Bashi Lubemba, Chief Chimba says the confusion surrounding the installation of Mr Sosala as Paramount Chief Chitimukulu has really affected the ...

Former President Rupiah Bwezani Banda has urged candidates in next month’s presidential election to remember that Zambia is bigger than all of them and that the nation’s interests override any personal ambitions they may harbour. Mr Banda has since advised that, for the sake of the country, all the candidates should pledge to be magnanimous enough to concede when defeated ...

The country has recorded an end year inflation of 7.9 percent way above the government target of 6.5 percent. December’s inflation of 7.9 percent represents a decrease of 0.2 percent from the November inflation which was recorded at 8.1 percent. Addressing journalists during the December release of the monthly bulletin this morning, Central Statistical Office Director for Census and Statistics ...