The Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) has called on government to tell the nation how they intend to address the challenges the teachers are facing as the country commemorates Labour Day on 1st May. PROTUZ General Secretary Albert Muyembe says teachers have for a long time been facing a lot of challenges which have remained unattended to. Mr Muyembe ...

Senanga UPND Member of Parliament Likando Mufalali has charged that it’s mere hallucination to suggest that the Patriotic Front is gaining ground in Western Province. Mr. Mufalali says there is nothing the PF has done in western province to win them the people’s confidence. He says it will take a lot of time for the PF to penetrate Western Province ...

Tourism and Arts Minister Jean Kapata says the inflow of tourists in the country has continued to increase since the PF came to power in 2011 contrary to sentiments by the opposition that government has failed to manage the tourism sector. Ms Kapata notes that the launch of the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) Uni-visa between Zambia and Zimbabwe ...

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala says suggestions that President Edgar Lungu will lose his immunity once he leaves office for alleged mismanagement of the country have no justification but are mere scare tactics. Opposition UPND presidential adviser Douglas Syakalima has been quoted in one of the tabloids as saying his party wants President Lungu’s immunity lifted after his tenure in ...

Nchanga Member of Parliament Wilbur Simuusa says his intentions to contest for the presidency in 2016 have been misrepresented by some sections of the media. Mr. Simuusa has told Qfm News by telephone that though his intentions seek the highest office have not changed, there is need for people to understand that there is no barrier for one to express ...

Cabinet has approved the contraction of a low interest concessional loan of US$14 million from the OPEC Fund for International Development to improve water and sanitation in 100 villages in all the 16 districts of western province. The President’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda in a statement says the project will comprise the construction and rehabilitation ...

Floyd Mayweather should retire after Saturday’s super-fight against Manny Pacquiao, according to his father. Mayweather, 38, has said he will fight one more time after the clash with Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The unbeaten American’s fight with Pacquiao is the fifth of a six-fight contract with broadcaster Showtime. “I hope he walks away after this fight.” ...

Two self-portraits by Francis Bacon are going on public display for the first time after being rediscovered in a private collection, before being sold. Although experts knew the works by the late painter existed, they had no idea who had bought them. Descendants of the original owner have decided to sell the paintings, which are expected to fetch up to ...

France and Australia have condemned the death penalty as executions for three of their nationals loom in Indonesia. Earlier, Australia called on Indonesia to delay executing two convicted Australian drug traffickers until corruption claims were investigated. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were convicted in 2006. The two, along six other foreigners and an Indonesian, have been formally told of their ...

Caritas Zambia has advised the Patriotic Front government to begin honoring the pending promises they made to the Zambian people. Caritas Executive Director Samuel Mulafulafu says those that won the 20th January presidential election have the responsibility to honor the commitments they made to Zambian people. Mr. Mulafulafu notes that among the promises that the people of Zambia cannot wait ...