Daily Archives: March 9, 2015

Run only one newspaper; it will be viable – Hamududu tips govt

Chairperson of the Expanded Parliamentary Committee on Estimates Highvie Hamududu has observed that it will become cost effective if government runs only one newspaper. Mr. Hamududu thinks the two newspapers which government currently runs the Times of Zambia and Zambia Daily Mail have now become liabilities. He has told Qfm News in an interview that government will do well to ...

Read More »

Solar plane begins epic journey

A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has got under way from Abu Dhabi. The aircraft – called Solar Impulse-2 – took off from the Emirate, heading east to Muscat in Oman. Over the next five months, it will skip from continent to continent, crossing both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in the process. Andre ...

Read More »

Fast Track court to hear 125 drivers this week

About one hundred and twenty five (125) drivers are this week expected to appear before the Lusaka Fast Track court for various traffic offences. And the Lusaka Fast Track court on Traffic offences has convicted and suspended a drivers license for two years for a Lusaka based businessman for dangerous driving contrary to section 155 of the Road Traffic Act ...

Read More »

Luonde’s attacks on Lungu annoy PF youths

The Patriotic Front youths in Lusaka province are not happy with the behavior and utterances of Father Richard Luonde attacking President Edgar Lungu. PF Lusaka province youth secretary Stanley Chumya says Father Luonde is a clergy man who should know how to advise citing that his behavior since President Lungu ascended to power has been a source of concern from ...

Read More »

Anyone in Lungu’s position could have collapsed – Kunda

Presence of God Ministries Overseer Apostle Christopher Kunda has advised the people of Zambia not to make a big thing out of President Edgar Lungu’s collapse at the heroes’ stadium during the international women’s day commemoration. Apostle Kunda stresses that anyone in his position can collapse as the proceedings take a long time and he is required to stand for ...

Read More »

Metal, nonmetal exports need strong monitoring mechanism- Dodia

The Private Sector Development Association of Zambia (PSDA) president Yusuf Dodia says government should put strong monitoring mechanism for metal and nonmetal exports. Mr. Dodia says currently the government has no monitoring mechanism and only depends on data given by my mining companies. Mr. Dodia has also expressed worry that the country has recorded a decline in the total value ...

Read More »