Political activist Dante Saunders has charged that the political polarization in the country after the January 20th presidential is as a result of the failure by the new government to purportedly command the respect of the people. Mr Saunders claims the Patriotic Front (PF) government under the leadership of President Edgar Lungu is failing to persuade people to revere it. ...

Former Communication and Transport Minister in the Fredrick Chiluba administration William Harrington has challenged government to prove that the National Airline will be viable once established by publishing a bankable document. Mr. Harrington wants government to come up with a clear feasibility study before establishing the Airline which he has described as a prestigious and high risk venture. He has ...

German police have seized possessions belonging to a co-pilot who apparently crashed his plane in the French Alps killing all 150 people on board, as they investigate his possible motives. They said they had found a significant clue, according to media reports. Data from the plane’s voice recorder suggest Mr Lubitz had deliberately started a descent while the pilot was ...

Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini has conceded that his side have to be a lot more competitive if they want to win the Premier League title next season. United won the Premier League 13 times between 1992 and 2013, but endured a horror 2013/14 season, finishing seventh. The Red Devils have shown some improvement this term, currently sitting in fourth ...

  Cabinet has approved the contraction of a US$65 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of China. Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili in a statement says the loan contraction was approved during the fourth special Cabinet meeting held at State House on Wednesday 25th March, 2015. Mr Kambwili says $65 million loan will go towards the Zambia National Information and ...

Public Policy Analyst Mbita Chitala has reiterated that the volatility of Zambia’s money market will never be resolved unless the country deals with it’s over dependant on Copper and Cobalt exports. Dr. Chitala says the country will continue being vulnerable to global market pressures if its export base is not expanded away from mineral exports. He has told Qfm News ...

Opposition All People’s Congress (APC) President Nason Msoni says time is now ripe for Zambia to move away from contention to political consensus on the enactment of the new constitution. Mr Msoni says his party is encouraging the Patriotic Front (PF) government from now on to start engaging political stakeholders before making any announcement on the way forward with respect ...

Ivory Coast began life as African champions with a 2-0 home victory over Angola on Thursday in an international football friendly match. The Ivorian Elephants fielded seven of the starting line-up that won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea last month after a penalty shootout against Ghana. Two of the changes made by French coach Herve Renard ...

Former Finance Minister Ng’andu Magande is concerned that the PTA Bank–Zambian government business window he opened in his tenure as Minister has now started crumbling under the PF government. Mr. Magande who was Finance Minister under the Levy Patrick Mwanawasa administration says he finds it saddening that the PF government is failing to pay the dues owed to the PTA ...

The Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company has expressed happiness that it has managed to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on sanitation by ensuring that more than 75 percent of people in Lusaka District have access to clean water. Company Marketing and Public Relations Manager Topsy Sikalinda has told Qfm News that currently, over 86 percent of people in Lusaka ...