Mongu Municipal Council has appealed to shop owners in the district to always check the expiry dates for the products they are selling to the public. Council Public Relations Officer Lusale Kaseba says the council in conjunction with the Zambia Bureau of Standards and the ministry of Health has in the past one month been carrying out operations to check ...

Evangelical Youth Alliance International Executive Director Moses Lungu has urged stakeholders in the constitution making process to take advantage of government consultations on the new constitution to speak out. Reverend Lungu says government has given a chance to the stakeholders and the people of Zambia to speak out on the enactment and adoption of a new constitution. He however, states ...

Five political parties have pledged to uphold the importance of gender equality as key to the political social and economic development of the country and democracy. And Gender and Child Development Minister Nkandu Luo has expressed concern about the continuing gender inequalities in the country and in political parties. Professor Luo has lamented the failure by successive governments and political ...

COMESA Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya says addressing regional human and institution capacity challenges still remains the key to improving efficiency of the mineral sector. Mr. Ngwenya says COMESA also believes that limitation of capacity with respect to contract negotiations and the management of mineral revenue is what accounts for the high levels of illicit financial flows from the sector. He ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has reemphasized that he is willing to give Zambians a new constitution through a referendum, but that Zambians should understand the cost implications of a referendum. Speaking when he held a meeting with over 25 Chiefs from Southern Province at State House this afternoon, President Lungu says he is willing to give Zambians what they want ...

KIM Kardashian has expressed her excitement after announcing she is pregnant with her and Kanye West’s second child. The star sent fans into meltdown when she revealed the news publicly yesterday evening in a midseason teaser for her show Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Speaking to Glamour magazine, Kim confirmed the news and said: “We are so beyond excited” The ...

Solar Impulse, the zero-fuel aeroplane, has landed in Japan after being forced to abort a Pacific crossing due to deteriorating weather ahead of it. The aircraft, which set off from China on Saturday (GMT), had hoped to reach Hawaii by the end of the week. But a developing cold front over the ocean is blocking its path and pilot Andre ...

Fresh from his final match as Borussia Dortmund coach, Jurgen Klopp confirmed on Monday he will take an undetermined break from coaching, despite being linked to Real Madrid, Napoli and Liverpool. After seven years as head coach, the 47-year-old had his last game in charge of Dortmund in Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to Wolfsburg in the German Cup final at Berlin’s ...

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney believes finishing in the Premier League’s top four last season was essential for the record 20-times English champions. United came fourth in Louis van Gaal’s first campaign in charge, improving on their seventh-place finish under David Moyes 12 months ago. “Top four was a must, really,” Rooney told the United website on Friday. “We had ...

Eastern Province Police Commissioner Eugene Sibote has pledged to provide a leveled playing field for all political parties taking part in the June 30th Malambo and Petauke Central Parliamentary by-elections. Mr. Sibote has assured all political parties of fair treatment as they conduct their campaigns. He has told Qfm News by telephone that while politics will be left to the ...