President Lungu has appointed and sworn-in Nchelenge PF Member of Parliament Raymond Mpundu as Commerce, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister. The Nchelenge Lawmaker takes over from Matero MP Miles Sampa who resigned about two weeks ago. Speaking during the swearing in ceremony at State House this morning, President Lungu has advised Mr. Mpundu to devise mechanisms of creating job ...

ZESCO Limited has justified the proposed increase in electricity tariffs. Speaking during the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) ZESCO tariff review public hearing in Lusaka today, Acting Managing Director Bestty Phiri says the primary driver for the Tariff Application is the need for investment in new electricity infrastructure, Inflation leading to rising operating costs and the Exchange rate fluctuations. Mr Phiri ...

David Moyes has been sacked as manager of La Liga strugglers Real Sociedad a day short of his one-year anniversary at the Spanish club. The 52-year-old steered the Basque team to 12th spot last season after taking charge on 10 November 2014. But La Real are only outside the relegation zone on goal difference and Friday’s 2-0 defeat at Las ...

The Great British Bake Off has been nominated for a prestigious Rose d’Or award, which recognises the best in TV and radio entertainment programming. The BBC One show is nominated in the reality and factual entertainment category, against Swedish hidden camera programme Who Cares? and Canadian fly-on-the-wall parking show Street Jungle. British nominees account for 24 out of the 33 ...

In her first interview since historic elections, Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told the BBC her party has won a parliamentary majority. Early results point to a sweeping victory for her National League for Democracy (NLD), but final official results will not be known for days. In an exclusive interview with the BBC’s Fergal Keane, Ms Suu ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has challenged the Zambia Police Service to also pull down all PF regalia which have been displayed in different locations in the country. The Police in Lusaka over the weekend pulled down at least 87 Chitenge materials, UPND party regalia, which were displayed on some sections of the Great East Road. But ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has expressed concern with the delays in concluding the teacher recruitment exercise for the year 2015. CSPR Civic Participation and Advocacy Programme Officer Maxson Nkhoma says it is shocking that despite the 2015 national budget having a budgetary allocation for the recruitment of 5000 teachers across the Country, the exercise seem to have ...

PF Kasama Central candidate Kelvin Sampa says he is interested to know why Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa resigned from government in the manner that he did. Mr. Sampa says this especially that the Matero Member of Parliament was appointed to be his campaign manager for the anticipated Kasama Central Parliamentary by-election. He has told Qfm News from Kasama ...

The Road Traffic and Safety Agency (RTSA) has announced plans of introducing an effective way of printing out drivers’ licenses upon passing the road tests. The agency has hinted that the temporal drivers’ license that is issued to a motorist upon completion of the road tests will be a thing of the past as the motorist will be issued with ...

PF Secretary General Davies Chama has clarified that the decision not to lift suspensions among party members in Eastern Province was a resolution made by the party’s Central Committee. Mr. Chama has explained that the decision was made owing to the unresolved issues that still need to be addressed in the Province. He has told Qfm in an interview that ...