The National Council for Construction (NCC) has introduced a new criterion for measuring Continuous Professional Development (CPDs) for Contractors Upgrade. The new criterion that has been launched with the support of the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) is meant for Lusaka Province based small and medium scale contractors. Speaking during the opening of the Provincial Training Workshop for Lusaka Province ...

The Bank of Zambia says it will launch investigations into why some Commercial Banks are charging clients with savings accounts when such accounts are supposed to be growing with interest. And the Central Bank has this year set a target to capture over 50 percent of the country’s unbanked population especially in the remote parts of the country. Speaking during ...

Rainbow Party President Wynter Kabimba says the exodus of Patriotic Front members joining his party has proved wrong those who claimed he was unpopular during his reign as PF Secretary General. Mr Kabimba says many of the people that have joined his party from the time it was formed are PF members. He says this is a contradiction of the ...

Police in Lusaka have arrested eight suspects and gunned down one in connection with the spate of aggravated robberies that have been happening at different filling stations in Lusaka. The alleged robber that has been shot after an exchange of fire with police officers is currently nursing injuries at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). Police Spokesperson Charity Munganga-Chanda has disclosed ...

Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila has commended the Zambia Police for arresting expelled MMD National Secretary Muhabi Lungu for conduct likely to cause breach of peace. Mr.Mwila has told Qfm news in an interview that there is no one above the law and any such person pretending to be above the law will face the wrath of the law. He ...

The Non Governmental organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has urged the Patriotic Front leadership especially President Edgar Lungu to denounce and stop the violence by PF cadres especially against those perceived to be members of other political parties. The NGOCC has since condemned in the strongest terms what it has described as the barbaric and undemocratic conduct of the Patriotic Front ...

  WBC and WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather says he is “hopeful” a fight with Manny Pacquiao can happen, but an agreement has not yet been reached. American Mayweather, 37, and Filipino Pacquiao, 36, recently exchanged phone numbers at a US basketball game. “I haven’t signed yet and he hasn’t signed yet,” said Mayweather. Mayweather-Pacquiao rumours at All-Star game welcomed ...

Erotic film adaptation Fifty Shades of Grey sizzled at North American box offices this weekend, taking an estimated $81.7m (£53m). It was the second-highest February debut ever, behind The Passion of the Christ’s $83.9m opening in 2004. Based on EL James’ best-selling novel, Fifty Shades of Grey is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. According ...

Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State targets in Libya, hours after the militants released video of apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians. State TV said the dawn strikes had targeted camps, training sites and weapons storage areas. A second wave of strikes was reported hours later. Libyan officials said Egypt hit targets in the militant-held city of Derna. The ...

The Human Rights Commission has condemned in the strongly terms the gruesome murder of an elderly woman by an angry mob in Lusaka’s Chibolya compound on Saturday 14th February 2015. Commission Director Florence Chibwesha in a statement says it is regrettable that human life which is so sacred can be taken away in such a brutal manner which is unacceptable ...