Zambia kickoff their Cosafa Castle Cup defence on Sunday when they face Namibia at Moruleng Stadium. Chipolopolo are looking to clinch an unprecedented fifth Cosafa Cup crown this year and are also bidding to win back-to-back titles for the first time since doing so in 1997 and 1998. They face a Namibia side that has come into the competition in ...

Chongwe District Commissioner Kebby Kashinamulinda says all developmental projects taking place in the district are progressing well. Mr. Kashinamulinda has told Qfm news in a telephone interview that the projects which include the construction of Chalimbana University and Palabana University are progressing at a fast rate. He says all the projects are being monitored closely, adding that government will not ...

Government has called upon the media in the country to take keen interest in reporting on science and technology. Speaking during a media forum for science and technology reporting organized by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in Lusaka today, Ministry of Education, Science and Vocational Training Permanent Secretary Patrick Nkanza says technology has come with many benefits thus ...

China Geo Engineering has been awarded a contract to rehabilitate lots 1 and 3 of the Chingola Solwezi road at a cost of K1.067 Billion. Rehabilitation works for lot 1of the road to be executed within a period of 24 months from the date of commencement has a contractual value of K481, 085, 786.95 Million, while lot 3 which will ...

Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila has implored the Zambia Police Service to ensure efficiency in giving out results following the commissioning of the DNA analysis machine. Mr. Mwila says he expects the Police forensic department to be efficient in processing DNA samples. He says government attaches great importance to ensuring that Zambians are served with efficiency. Mr Mwila says Police ...

UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema has charged that Government is broke and cannot pay current salaries for civil servants. Mr Hichilema says it is illegal for government to fail to pay civil servants on time, and has since demanded that government pays civil servants now. Mr Hichilema in a statement says a government that leads in abusing workers has no moral ...

Women for Change has strongly condemned and described as barbaric the stripping naked,torture and beating up of a young woman by thugs at Kulima Tower bus station for purportedly wearing what they perceived as indecent. Executive Lumba Siyanga says her organisation is deeply appalled by the action taken by the thugs which was a violation of fundamental rights of the ...

The National Council for Construction (NCC) says it has issued over 3,200 registration certificates to contractors for the 2015 registration period. This came to light today during the launch of the media awareness campaign for labour laws in the construction sector in Lusaka aimed at educating Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the construction sector of the need to ...

Senior Chief Nsokolo of the Mambwe speaking people in Mbala district has expressed fears that some foreigners may obtain the National Registration Cards if security is not intensified to verify information. Senior Chief Nsokolo said there is need to involve local traditional leadership to help in verifying information of their subjects seeking to obtain the NRC’s using village registers. The ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) says Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani is being hypocritical by suggesting that the Public Order Act is being implemented fairly. The UPND wonders why it has been so difficult for opposition political parties and the civil society to obtain permits to stage public processions if indeed the Public Order Act is being ...