Peter Correia is the new Managing Director of Airtel Zambia with effect from 1st March 2015. Mr Correia takes over from Ms Charity Lumpa who has opted to retire from the mobile phone service provider to pursue other interests. Mr Correia will be joining Airtel Africa from the Liquid Telecommunications Group where he has been the Managing Director for the ...

Patriotic Front youths in Lusaka province have welcomed the appointment of Lusaka district party Chairman Mulenga Sata as deputy minister at State house. PF Lusaka province youth Chairman Kennedy Kamba says Mr. Sata is young and energetic and will deliver to the best of his ability. Mr. Kamba notes that the appointment of Mr. Sata to such a position is ...

Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has maintained that the new mining tax regime is final. Speaking when he commissioned the ZRA Mokambo Border housing project in Mufulira this afternoon, Mr.Chikwanda says the new mineral royalty based tax regime has intrinsic value of simplicity. Mr Chikwanda says government is committed to maintaining the employment levels in the mining sector and ensure that ...

Patriotic Front member Sunday Chanda has dismissed as malicious and misleading the suggestion that he is begging for a job from President Edgar Lungu. Mr. Chanda says his task is to ensure that the PF remains in power even after next year’s general elections. Mr. Chanda has however stated that if President Lungu decides to deploy him as part of ...

The Press Association of Zambia (PAZA) says the media in the country have a lot of expectations from the Administration of President Edgar Lungu. PAZA Executive Secretary Patson Phiri says the media are expecting that government under President Lungu will materialize the access to information bill which has stalled for a long time. Mr. Phiri says the media fraternity expects ...

The Zambian Voice (ZV) has written to President Edgar Lungu requesting him to setup a commission of inquiry to investigate the privatization process and the recovery of assets through the Task Force on Corruption. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali in a letter to the President dated 2nd February, 2015 made available to QFM News says the commission of inquiries should be ...

Snoop Dogg’s son Cordell Broadus has caused quite a commotion as his football stardom has flown to new heights. Now, Cordell – a high school senior – has opted to head over to UCLA and begin his education. He also happens to be one of the top wide receivers in the nation. “I just want to play in front of ...

Fourth Republican President Rupiah Bwezani Banda has been appointed co-leader of an election observation mission to the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the country’s 68.8 million voters choose their leaders in the general elections set for next week. President Banda has been invited to the February 14 Nigerian elections by the United States-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) ...

Republican Vice President Inonge Wina says considerable progress has been made in some Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) members states in addressing gender issues. Speaking when she officially opened the 8th COMESA meeting of Ministers responsible for women affairs and gender, Ms. Wina says despite the progress made, a lot still needs to be done stating that ...

The Zambia Electoral Alliance (ZEA) has recommended that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) embarks on the civic and voter registration exercise ahead of the 2016 general elections in the event that the continuous voter registration cannot be actualized. And the Alliance has also recommended that the Zambia Police Service should be made to account for all the action of ...