Patriotic Front (PF) Women have appealed opposition political parties to respect President Edgar Lungu. PF National Women’s Chairperson Margret Mumba says President Lungu deserves respect because he was put in office by the Zambian people. She says unwarranted attacks on President Lungu are actually exposing the desperation of the opposition especially the UPND and FDD. Ms Mumba says the opposition ...

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala has expressed concern with the manner the media is reporting on the current economic crisis the country is facing. Mr. Changala has observed that the media is making it look as if Zambia is the only country affected by the falling global commodity prices. In an interview with Qfm News, Mr. Changala has advised that ...

Government has been advised to come up with robust fiscal measures in 2016 in an effort to bridge the growing budget deficit. Bweengwa Member of Parliament Highvie Hamududu is urging government to devise measures that will particularly address the issue of fiscal indiscipline in the public service. Mr. Hamududu is concerned that currently there are many controlling officers who are ...

Government has been challenged to state clearly how it intends to diversify the economy from being copper dependent to agriculture with the meagre allocation to the sector in the 2016 National Budget. Some of opposition political parties have told QFM News it is not possible to go the agriculture way when government has only allocated 7 percent of the 2016 ...