The Road Development Agency (RDA) Board has terminated the contract of Chief Executive Officer Benard Chiwala with immediate effect. The RDA Board has since appointed Kanyuka Mumba the RDA Director of Construction and Rehabilitation as the new Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Road Development Agency with immediate effect. Acting RDA Board Chairperson Charles Sipanje in a statement made ...

Road Development Agency (RDA) Board Chairman and Patriotic Front Member of the Central Committee Willie Nsanda has died. Mr Nsanda died in South Africa this morning at Milpark Hospital where he was receiving treatment. Outgoing Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Muyeba Chikonde confirmed Mr Nsanda’s death. Last month, government evacuated the former Chimwemwe Member of Parliament for specialist treatment. ...

Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has thanked the fans at Anfield for holding him back during his on-field confrontation with Manchester United defender Chris Smalling. Balotelli and Smalling almost traded blows when they collided on the touchline during Sunday’s fixture, with the Reds striker falling into the advertising boards. Before Balotelli could do something he would later regret, the fans around him ...

Tunisia’s Bardo Museum is due to reopen less than a week after gunmen killed at least 22 people, mostly European tourists, in the capital Tunis. A concert and a public rally are expected, with museum officials saying they want to show the world that the gunmen “haven’t achieved their goal”. There are fears the attack – claimed by Islamic State ...

Zambia’s failure to have revenue earnings from its annual US$8 billion worth of exports remitted back into the economy has been described as irresponsible. Renowned Lusaka based economic analyst Yusuf Dodia says such irresponsibility is what has led to the country being starved of foreign exchange. Mr. Dodia says much as he agrees with the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) that ...

The Zambian Voice says it agrees with British High Commissioner to Zambia James Thornton’s observation that holding the constitution referendum alongside the 2016 election does not make sense. The Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali however fears that owing to the position government has taken on some of the contentious clauses in the final draft constitution, most of such clauses ...

The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is hopeful that the political will shown by government may see the finalization of the negotiations over the Wage Freeze. ZCTU Secretary General Cosmas Mukuka has told QFM News in a telephone interview that the negotiations for the possible lifting of the wage freeze have taken longer than expected. Mr. Mukuka says President ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has welcomed the statement by President Edgar Lungu that he has deliberated with some funding agencies to consider implementing the electronic-voting system in Zambia during general elections. President Lungu on Saturday night told Zambians living in Namibia that he has been talking to some of the funding agencies about e-voting in Zambia, but fears ...