The opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President Edith Nawakwi has charged that President Edgar Lungu needs technocrats to train and show him how to run the country. Addressing a public meeting at Kapaka village in Bangweulu Constituency were she is on a campaign trail for the party candidate Robby Mwansa, the opposition leader says President Lungu is a ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has challenged opposition UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema to condemn the attack on PF members in Monze yesterday by suspected UPND cadres. PF Media Committee and Publicity Vice Chairman Sunday Chanda says the ruling party is concerned at Mr. Hichilema’s play-victim attitude, that even after President Edgar Lungu has shown dedicated political will to bring to ...

Government has been urged to urgently address the increasing levels of joblessness among the youths in the Country. Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of disputes (SACCORD) Executive Director Boniface Chembe says there is need for the patriotic Front government to address the number of challenges the country is grappling with. Mr. Chembe has challenged government to give a ...

Visiting Malawian President Peter Mutharika says it is important to come up with new technologies in the agriculture sector to enable farmers to increase production and protect the environment. Speaking during the official opening of the 89th Agriculture and Commercial Show in Lusaka this afternoon, Professor Mutharika also urged exhibitors not to limit their ideas and innovations but continue to ...

Rap star Snoop Dogg has been stopped by police in Italy while carrying $422,000 (£270,000) in cash, authorities say. The singer was travelling through an airport in Calabria, southern Italy, where he had been performing. Sums of more than €10,000 (£7,000; $11,000) must be declared by anyone travelling through airports in the European Union. Last week, the American was stopped ...

Mourners are gathering in Georgia for the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of the late singer Whitney Houston. The 22-year-old died in a hospice last Sunday, six months after she was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub. She is expected to be buried beside her mother at a cemetery in New Jersey. Houston drowned in ...

Power Dynamos bid to pick up their third successive win on Sunday when they host Green Buffaloes in Kitwe to stay in close touch with leaders Zesco United. The Kitwe side have picked up maximum six points in their last two games since losing 2-0 at home to Zesco on July 9. Second placed Power are currently just three points ...

The Grand Coalition on the demand for a people driven constitution says the failure by the Patriotic Front to publish the Constitution Amendment Bill 2015 and the Constitution of Zambia Bill 2015 makes it very difficult for the people to believe the PF. Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula told parliament on Thursday that the Constitution Amendment Bill 2015 and the Constitution ...

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has dismissed media reports that the mine has decided to close the Nchanga underground mine and or scale down operations at the Nkana Refinery. In a statement availed to Qfm News today KCM Manager Public Relations and Communications Shapi Shachinda says the company’s operations remain open and production is continuing. Mr. Shachinda says no workers have been ...

Visiting Malawian President Peter Mutharika says Zambia and Malawi will no longer be landlocked counties once the project connecting to the Nacara corridor the two countries are implementing is completed. Professor Mutharika says this project will also help the two countries in terms of exports and imports which he says is good for international trade. Professor Mutharika states that the ...