The Dutch Safety Board is to publish a final report on why Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 broke up over Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 on board. Preliminary findings say it was hit by “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft”, fuelling speculation that a surface-to-air missile was responsible. The West and Ukraine say Russian-backed rebels brought down the Boeing 777, ...

Nchanga Member of Parliament Wylbur Simuusa says jobs losses in mining sector in Chingola have become a major source of concern for the people in the mining town. Mr. Simuusa says as a result of the jobs losses in the Mines in Chingola, the economy of the town has been depressed. He has told QFM that people in the mining ...

PATRIOTIC Front Secretary General Davies Chama says President Edgar Lungu’s recent appointment of Cabinet Ministers has nothing to do with the purported sidelining for adoption in 2016 of 70 percent of the current PF MPs. Mr. Chama says the new appointments President Lungu has made are only a reflection of an all inclusive government he is running. He has told ...

The Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) has warned teachers against engaging themselves in examination malpractices during the forthcoming final examinations for grades, seven, nine and twelve. ZNUT president, Henry Kapenda says the union will not protect any teacher found wanting. He says it is embarrassing that teachers engage themselves in such negative and retrogressive vices. Mr. Kapenda has told ...

Political Activist Dante Saunders says ruling Patriotic Front should tell the Zambian people why they should be kept in office beyond 2016 when they have reneged on campaign promises. Mr. Saunders says while the ruling party has done well in road infrastructure development, this is not enough as most people are languishing in poverty. He says there is need for ...

Former Church of God Overseer Bishop John Mambo has charged economic hardships in the country are sending the poor people to the grave early. Bishop Mambo says the cost of living is unbearable for the poor Zambians who are the majority. He states that the poor in the country are becoming poorer while the rich are getting richer. Bishop Mambo ...