Zambia has recorded a reduction in investment pledges in the first half of 2015 compared to the same period last year. This has also resulted in a reduction in employment pledges. Speaking during a media breakfast meeting in Lusaka today, Zambia Development Agency Director General Patrick Chisanga says last year’s pledged investment for the first half of the year was ...

Government says it remains focused to grow a free, strong and professional media that contributes meaningfully to national development. Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Chishimba Kambwili says time has come for the media to refocus and re-define its reportorial agenda from over-concentration on politics at the expense and exclusion of more urgent and important issues of the economy and other ...

The 2015 in-depth Vulnerability and Needs Assessment Report has revealed that more than 430,997 households have been affected by the prolonged dry spells experienced during the 2014/2015 rainy season. Speaking during the launch of the report in Lusaka today, Vice President Inonge Wina says arising from the assessment report, sector experts from government, the United Nations System and Non Governmental ...

Thirty-five of the women who have accused Bill Cosby of rape or sexual assault have been photographed and interviewed by New York Magazine. The striking cover story features women aged up to 80, including supermodels Beverley Johnson and Janice Dickinson, waitresses and journalists. Mr Cosby denies any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crime. Barbara Bowman told the ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize, says Russian president Vladimir Putin. World football’s governing body is engulfed in a corruption crisis, including an investigation into the award of the 2018 World Cup to Russia. “People like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition,” said Putin. “If there is ...

The Zambian Voice has hailed government’s efforts in scaling up the social cash transfer scheme. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali notes that government has made tremendous progress in helping to cushion the eminent suffering among the majority Zambians through the social cash transfer. Mr. Tayali says government through the ministry of community development, mother and child health has done commendable in ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Bahati Member of Parliament Harry Kalaba says he is impressed with the development taking shape in his constituency. Mr. Kalaba points out that schools which had no electricity for a long time no have electricity, while feeder roads are also being constructed. He says he all the works have been done using funds from the Constituency Development ...

Lubansenshi Independent Member of Parliament Patrick Mucheleka has charged that there is too much bitterness among politicians because the Patriotic Front has failed to provide leadership. Mr Mucheleka states that President Edgar Lungu should therefore understand the reason why some politicians are bitter. He adds that it is not only politicians, but the majority Zambians who are complaining about the ...

The Zambia Center for Inter Party Dialogue (ZCID) has echoed calls by the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia for President Edgar Lungu to call for a dialogue meeting with the opposition in order to defuse the perceived tension in the country. ZCID Executive Director Horrance Chilando tells QFM News via telephone that it is only through such platforms that tensions can ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) says Government’s appetite for borrowing will have its own future consequences. EFZ Executive Pukuta Mwanza has told QFM News in an interview that the EFZ is concerned that government does not want to listen to the advice from the people of Zambia with regards borrowing. Reverend Mwanza says the fact that the borrowing limit ...