The Zambia Police has been challenged to explain which provision of the law was used to release the President’s Special Aide for political affairs Kaizer Zulu from lawful custody on a Weekend. Ruling PF Lusaka Province Youths are suspicious that the Police have flouted the law to release Mr. Zulu who was on Friday arrested, charged and detained for the ...

Former Commerce Minister Felix Mutati has advised against the creation of an in plant bureaucracy in the framework for introducing Feed In Tariffs in the Energy Sector. Mr. Mutati is already seeing a danger in the amount of players that are anticipated to take part in the process of implementing the Feed In Tariffs framework. He is of the view ...

The US singer Chris Brown has been told he is unlikely to be given a visa to perform in Australia because of his record of domestic violence. The singer is scheduled to go on tour in Australia in December, and tickets are due to go on sale on Monday. He now has 28 days to appeal. In 2009, Chris Brown ...

France has carried out its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, the president’s office says. French planes had hit targets identified during reconnaissance missions over the past fortnight, the statement said, without giving details. The French prime minister said the strikes had hit IS “sanctuaries where those who attack France are trained”. A US-led coalition has been ...

Munali Member of Parliament Nkandu Luo has been called upon to explain development plans which government will use to address challenges that people in her constituency are going through. Professor Luo has been asked to particularly explain how government will address the issues of sensitization, education and poverty for people of Kalikiliki in Mtendere East of her constituency. Professor Luo ...

About 15 girls who were recently married off by their parents from various schools in Chilubi district in Northern Province have been brought back to school after the intervention of their teachers. This follows numerous reports of cases of early marriages involving young girls at various schools in chief Chiwanangala’s area of Chilubi District. Mutimba Primary School Head Teacher Martin ...

President Edgar Lungu has reiterated Zambia’s commitment to ensuring the use of evidence-based priority setting and targeted mechanisms with a view to achieve inclusive socio-economic development. And President Lungu says Zambia being a least developed and landlocked developing country, will require support in completing the unfinished business of the Millennium Development Goal (MGDs). He says this is especially in the ...

Opposition ADD president Charles Milupi has observed that the Barotseland Agreement of 1964 issue is still the single most critical governance problem that Zambia presently faces. Mr. Milupi notes that this is given the dishonest with which successive government have treated the issue. He has told Qfm News in an interview that the Barotseland Agreement issue has however started gathering ...

President Edgar Lungu says Zambia’s economic growth is not sufficient to reduce poverty and unemployment because the major share of the growth is exports of raw materials. President Lungu notes that the export of raw materials is also what renders African countries like Zambia vulnerable to external shocks and commodity price fluctuations. He has observed that the weak manufacturing base ...

The ruling PF Lusaka Province leadership has hailed its party’s victory in the Lubansenshi parliamentary by election. The PF Lusaka Province leadership has also congratulated the Opposition UPND for scooping the Solwezi West Parliamentary seat. In an interview with Qfm News PF Lusaka provincial publicity and information secretary Stanley Chiumya says the victory in Lubansenshi constituency is an indication of ...