Chief Mpande of the Mambwe speaking people in Mbala District is impressed with President Edgar Lungu’s efforts in developing the nation. Chief Mpande has told QFM News in an interview that this is considering that President Lungu took over the country when the economy was performing badly. He notes that President Lungu is not only taking development to all parts ...

Government has targeted to reach about two million people under the Social Cash Transfer Scheme once it scales up the service to 103 districts across the country. Community Development, Mother and Child Health Minister, Emerine Kabanshi says currently only 50 districts are covered under the social cash transfer scheme with 148,000 beneficiaries. Ms Kabanshi says her ministry is determined to ...

The Zambia Co-operative Federation (ZCF) has appealed to government to ensure district administrations distribute farming inputs to farmers on time. ZCF Executive Director James Chirwa says the delay in delivering the farming inputs to farmers from district centres should be avoided this year because this sends panic in the farmers. Mr. Chirwa says government should be commended for embarking on ...

The Grand Coalition on the Campaign for a People Driven Constitution has condemned the proposal by the Republican President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to unilaterally alter the contents of the draft constitution by deleting Article 296 of the final draft constitution. Grand Coalition Chairperson Fr Leonard Chiti in a statement says it is unbecoming, undemocratic, disrespectful and unacceptable for the Republican ...

About Three thousand five hundred Lusaka residents suing as Sata Villa Community have filed a petition in the Lusaka High Court asking the Court to compel President Edgar Lungu to repossess part of Farm 32a/c and 32a/F and allocate the land to them as Zambians. The residents led by Gift Ng’andwe of House No. F 194 Chelstone Extension as the ...

The Grand Coalition on the Campaign for a People Driven Constitution has condemned the proposal by the Republican President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to unilaterally alter the contents of the draft constitution by deleting Article 296 of the final draft constitution. Grand Coalition Chairperson Fr Leonard Chiti in a statement says it is unbecoming, undemocratic, disrespectful and unacceptable for the Republican ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema says it’s important for political competitors in Africa to treat each other with respect and not as enemies in the political field. Speaking on SABC radio and later live television interviews in South Africa, Mr Hichilema says it is regrettable that opposition politicians in Africa were always targets of all sorts ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) says the arrest of Finance Bank proprietor Rajan Mahtani is ill-timed considering that it comes barely a day after a senior PF disclosed that the ruling party had received campaign funding from the business executive. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi says there is need for the government to be more transparent especially when it ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit has arrested a 52 year-old South African national for illegal trading in over 2,000 logs of the mukula tree. Commission Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo says Sarel Stephanus Putter, 52, a South African Consultant residing at Plot No. 1296 Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Road, New Avondale, Lusaka has been arrested for ...

Aggrieved University of Zambia (UNZA) Academic staff have vowed to continue with their go slow until their four demands have been met by Government and the University management. The lectures are demanding that UNZA management pays with immediate effect contractual obligations in terms of terminal benefits, gratuity and excess teaching fees. They are also demanding that the University management immediately ...