President Edgar Lungu says the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) will increase the maize from price from the announced K70.00 to K75.00. President Lungu says this is in order to encourage farmers to produce more maize. Speaking upon arrival from Botswana this afternoon where he had gone to attend the 35th SADC Heads of State and Government summit, President Lungu to ...

The Non Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) is dismayed by the high dropout rate of girls from school in Luwingu District because of child marriages and teenage pregnancies. According to statistics obtained by a team from NGOCC and the Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) in Lupososhi Constituency, in Mulala and Katuta Chiefdoms 86% of girls drop out from school ...

National Revolution Party President Cosmo Mumba has charged that some Members of Parliament in the ruling Patriotic Front are working against President Edgar Lungu so that he can fail. Dr Mumba has since advised President Lungu to immediately deal with the Members of Parliament who are against his leadership. He says some PF Members of Parliament aware that they will ...

Green party Peter Sinkamba says President Edgar Lungu’s going Green policy statements are thoroughly sensible and plausible. In an interview with QFM, Mr. Sinkamba says Green policies are simply the best alternative agenda for a country like Zambia. He states that this is considering the many benefits of such policies. Mr Sinkamba however states that the tragedy for the country ...

The Zambia Electoral Alliance (ZEA) has praised the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) for galvanizing stakeholders in the Electoral Process to share the ECZ’s position on the commencement of the Voter Registration Exercise slated for 14th September, 2015. ZEA Spokesperson Guess Nyirenda in a statement says the action by the ECZ brought stakeholders to speed with regards the Voter Registration ...

Rainbow Party President Wynter Kabimba says it is wishful thinking to predict a Patriotic Front victory in the 2016 general election. Mr Kabimba says believing that the Patriotic Front will win the 2016 general election is like saying Jesus Christ is coming next week. He says no matter how much money the PF government will pump in, it is impossible ...

US actor Emile Hirsch has pleaded guilty to assaulting a female film executive during the Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January. The Into The Wild and Milk star was given a 15-day jail term and 50 hours of community service as part of a plea deal agreed with the prosecutors. He was also fined $4,750 (£3,048). Daniele Bernfeld, an ...

Financial Analyst Mambo Hamaundu has observed that there is nothing productive happening in the Zambian economy that will strengthen the kwacha. Mr. Hamaundu says the kwacha will continue to come under considerable pressure as long as the country continues to have a huge appetite for imports. Mr. Hamaundu tells QFM News that the only thing the country can hope for ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has charged that the ruling Patriotic Front has stopped believing in its manifesto going by the way they conduct their business which in most cases goes contrary to the provisions of their 2011-2016 party manifesto. FODEP Executive Director Macdonald Chipenzi says one wonders whether the electorate will ever believe political parties during campaigns going ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has implored government to allow the continued enjoyment of fundamental human rights in Zambia. SACCORD is urging government to ensure that regardless of one’s political inclination, all citizens are not deprived of their freedoms of Expression, Assembly and Association. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says his organization is against ...