Luapula Member of Parliament Emerine Kabanshi says people in her constituency are anxious to see the construction of seven Health posts of the 650 government has earmarked to construct countrywide. Ms. Kabanshi says the challenge that her constituency faces is that it prone to being waterlogged. She has told Qfm News in an interview that the problem of being waterlogged ...

Andrew Banda, the son of former President Rupiah Banda has charged that all the sectors in the country are in a mess due to poor economic management by the Patriotic Front. Mr. Banda says when people talk about the mismanagement of the economy from an informed position; it is not that they detest their leadership but the manner in which ...

People’s Party President Mike Mulongoti has urged Members of Parliament to put partisan politics aside when the constitution amendment bill is tabled during the next sitting of Parliament. Mr Mulongoti says the members of parliament are well aware what the people of Zambia whose interests they represent. He states that Parliamentarians should therefore ensure that they debate the constitution bill ...

Government has described as malicious claims by some opposition political parties that Police are being controlled. Home Affairs Deputy Minister Colonel Panji Kaunda says such allegations are baseless and should not be taken seriously. Colonel Kaunda says leaders of the UPND, MMD and the Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) should watch what they say because their statements can alarm ...

Government and the civil society have agreed that there is need to improve the macroeconomic indicators and ensure they translate into improved social outcomes as well as tie the foreign direct investment to domestic investment as a way of reducing the externalization of resources from the country. In a communiqué on the joint GRZ-CSO national symposium on sustainable development read ...

Singer Cilla Black died from a traumatic head injury during a fall at her home in Spain, a coroner has ruled. During a 15-minute hearing at Liverpool Coroner’s Court, Andre Rebello recorded a verdict of accidental death. Black was found dead at her villa in Estepona on the Costa del Sol on 1 August. The 72-year-old entertainer’s funeral will take ...

The US has reopened its embassy in Cuba more than 54 years after it was closed, in a symbolic step signalling the warming of ties between both countries. John Kerry, the first US Secretary of State to visit Cuba in 70 years, presided over the ceremony in Havana. The US flag was presented by the same US marines who brought ...

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) Disciplinary Committee which sat today, Friday, 14th August,2015 has fined Mufulira Wanderers Football Club K5,000 and ordered the club to play their next six home matches 60 Kilometers away from Shinde Stadium. This follows the violent conduct of their fans during an abandoned week 19 match against ZESCO United sparked by 30th minute goal ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has charged that President Edgar Lungu is the chief instigator of the wrongs that are happening in the country. Addressing a press conference in Lusaka this morning, Mr. Hichilema says the country has continued to witness high levels of intimidation, violence against citizens, opposition political parties, the church and Zambians in ...

The Civil Society Constitution Coalition (CSCC) has observed that the failure of Zambia giving unto itself a people driven Constitution lies squarely at the feet the narrow interests of the ruling class and not on the legal, logistical and financial considerations that has been the mantra of successive ruling parties. CSCC Chairperson Judith Mulenga in a statement says the argument ...