Green Party president Peter Sinkamba has noted the reduction in price of cement on the market following the entry on the market by Dangote Industries Zambia Limited. Mr Sinkamba says there is need for more investors to invest in manufacturing in order to push the prices further down. And Mr Sinkamba says while the creation of 1,000 direct jobs by ...

Kazungula’s Nyawa Ward Councilor Elias Siamibila is disappointment that the call on government to adequately provide relief food to the District appears to have fallen on deaf ears. Mr. Siamibila is worried that despite repeated reminders to government that Kazungula being one of most affected Districts by the poor rainfall pattern, is on a redline, government has decided to rationalize ...

Forum for African Women Educationalists in Zambia (FAWEZA) has called on the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health and the ministry of Gender and Child Development to urgently look into the plight of Women in the country. FAWEZA Executive Director Agness Shipanuka has observed that a lot of women face different challenges due to the absence of a ...

Chief Musaka of the Lamba speaking people in Solwezi District his subjects are seeking medical services from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo because the only health post in the area cannot carter for the growing population. The Traditional leader has told QFM news in an interview that seeking health services in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become expensive ...

The opposition Movement for Multi party and Democracy (MMD) says it remains skeptical about the honesty of the Patriotic Front government to honor their promises especially pertaining to the constitution. MMD President Never Mumba says despite government publishing the constitution bills, there is no basis for trust in the constitution making process. Dr Mumba says this is considering that the ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has won the Bangweulu Parliamentary by-election with a landslide victory. PF candidate Anthony Kasandwe has polled 10, 516 votes to beat his closest rival Robby Mwansa of the opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) who got only 1, 852 votes. In the third position is opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) candidate Bulanko ...

Paris St-Germain have completed the signing of Manchester United midfielder Angel Di Maria for a fee of £44.3m. The Argentina international leaves United just a year after they paid Real Madrid a British record £59.7m for him. Di Maria, 27, has signed a four-year deal with the French champions after undergoing a medical in Qatar on Tuesday. “I am very ...

Actor George Cole, best known for playing Arthur Daley in TV’s Minder, has died aged 90. Cole played the Cockney wheeler dealer Daley for 16 years, between 1979 and 1994. He also starred in a number of St Trinian’s films as shady businessman Flash Harry. Agent Derek Webster said Cole had died at the Royal Berkshire hospital following a short ...

Relatives of those missing on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have vented anger at apparent mixed signals over whether part of the plane has been found. Malaysian PM Najib Razak said experts in France had “conclusively confirmed” the wing part found on an island in the Indian Ocean was from the aircraft. But French investigators stopped short of confirming the link, ...

A new organisation known as the Intellectual Forum Institute of Zambia (IFIZ) has been formed to encourage informed social, political and economic debates in the country. Announcing the formation of the organisation in a statement, IFIZ President Dr Alex Ng’oma says the organisation will serve as a platform for intellectuals from all spheres to interact and share knowledge and ideas ...